Afghanistan vs Iran: External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per capita

Afghanistan
78.41 DOD, current US$ per person
in 2024
Iran
105.43 DOD, current US$ per person
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
121st
Iran rank
118th

External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per capita over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Iran
0100200300400198020022024

How they compare

Iran currently reports 105.43 DOD, current US$ per person against 78.41 DOD, current US$ per person in Afghanistan, a difference of 27.02 DOD, current US$ per person.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.3 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Iran ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 121st and Iran ranks 118th of 122 countries.

Iran has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Iran Difference Ahead
2000s 71.96 DOD, current US$ per person 253.54 DOD, current US$ per person 181.57 DOD, current US$ per person Iran
2010s 78.61 DOD, current US$ per person 108.18 DOD, current US$ per person 29.57 DOD, current US$ per person Iran
2020s 82.29 DOD, current US$ per person 99.86 DOD, current US$ per person 17.57 DOD, current US$ per person Iran

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per capita, Afghanistan or Iran?
Iran, at 105.43 DOD, current US$ per person against 78.41 DOD, current US$ per person in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per capita between Afghanistan and Iran?
27.02 DOD, current US$ per person, with Iran ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Iran?
19 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Iran rank globally for external debt stocks, total (dod, current us$), per capita?
Afghanistan ranks 121st and Iran ranks 118th of 122 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per capita
Unit
DOD, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
134 places, 6,470 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.