Afghanistan vs Upper middle income: Imports of goods and services
Imports of goods and services over time
- Afghanistan
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 68.1% against 23.8% in Upper middle income, a difference of 44.3%.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 2.9 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 43rd and Upper middle income ranks 40th of 193 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher imports of goods and services, Afghanistan or Upper middle income?
- Afghanistan, at 68.1% against 23.8% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in imports of goods and services between Afghanistan and Upper middle income?
- 44.3%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Upper middle income?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Upper middle income rank globally for imports of goods and services?
- Afghanistan ranks 43rd and Upper middle income ranks 40th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. 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.