Afghanistan vs Somalia: Gross national expenditure
Afghanistan
152.4%
in 2024
Somalia
169.6%
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
5th
Somalia rank
3rd
Gross national expenditure over time
- Afghanistan
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 169.6% against 152.4% in Afghanistan, a difference of 17.2%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 186 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross national expenditure, Afghanistan or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 169.6% against 152.4% in Afghanistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gross national expenditure between Afghanistan and Somalia?
- 17.2%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Somalia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Somalia rank globally for gross national expenditure?
- Afghanistan ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as Gross national expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.