# Afghanistan and Tajikistan compared Afghanistan and Tajikistan side by side: 41 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, their chronicles record no events of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/afg-vs-tjk Updated: 2026-08-10 (latest of the two dossiers' refreshes and the two chronicles' verification dates) Two sourced records set beside each other — nothing on this page was written for the pair. Every figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two national dossiers; every event is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle. Figures are compared, never graded. A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero; each value shows its own observation year — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Formation - Afghanistan: 1747 — Ahmad Shah Durrani founds the Durrani Empire - Tajikistan: 1991 — Tajikistan becomes independent as the Soviet Union dissolves ## Economy | Metric | Afghanistan | Observed | Tajikistan | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $17 B | 2023 | $14 B | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $414 | 2023 | $1,341 | 2024 | | GDP growth | 2.3% | 2023 | 8.4% | 2024 | | Inflation | -6.6% | 2024 | 6.0% | 2016 | | Trade openness | 67.6% | 2023 | 65.6% | 2023 | ## Society | Metric | Afghanistan | Observed | Tajikistan | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 43 m | 2024 | 11 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 66.3 yrs | 2024 | 71.9 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 25.7% | 2024 | 26.2% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 4.8 | 2024 | 3.0 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | Afghanistan | Observed | Tajikistan | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 19.2 | 2024 | 28.1 | 2024 | | Political stability | 28.2 | 2024 | 61.2 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 13.7 | 2024 | 39.7 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 30.6 | 2024 | 42.9 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 23.7 | 2024 | 36.6 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 21.4 | 2024 | 23.2 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | Afghanistan | Observed | Tajikistan | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 15.0% | 2023 | 7.4% | 2023 | | Physicians | 0.32 | 2023 | 1.87 | 2023 | | Under-5 mortality | 53.0 | 2024 | 28.1 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 55.0% | 2024 | 98.0% | 2024 | | Safe drinking water | 30.6% | 2024 | 65.1% | 2024 | ## Education | Metric | Afghanistan | Observed | Tajikistan | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 37.3% | 2021 | 99.7% | 2009 | | Education spending | 4.3% | 2017 | 5.4% | 2023 | | Primary enrolment | 112.2% | 2023 | 95.8% | 2024 | | Secondary enrolment | 59.6% | 2023 | 86.9% | 2024 | | Tertiary enrolment | 10.9% | 2020 | 35.6% | 2024 | ## Technology | Metric | Afghanistan | Observed | Tajikistan | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Internet users | 16.1% | 2024 | 55.8% | 2024 | | Mobile subscriptions | 60 | 2024 | 76 | 2023 | | High-tech exports | 0.0% | 2019 | 15.2% | 2023 | | R&D spending | — | — | 0.1% | 2020 | ## Geography | Metric | Afghanistan | Observed | Tajikistan | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 652,230 km² | 2023 | 138,790 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 1.9% | 2023 | 3.1% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 58.4% | 2023 | 27.9% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 0.3 | 2024 | 0.9 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 20.0% | 2022 | 34.9% | 2021 | ## Resources | Metric | Afghanistan | Observed | Tajikistan | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 0.4% | 2021 | 9.0% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.3% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 7.1% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 0.4% | 2021 | 1.0% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 85.3% | 2023 | 100.0% | 2023 | ## Military | Metric | Afghanistan | Observed | Tajikistan | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 1.8% | 2021 | 1.8% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $278 M | 2021 | $246 M | 2024 | | Armed forces | 165,000 | 2020 | 17,000 | 2020 | Each metric is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Full dossiers: https://terralore.co/country/AFG.md and https://terralore.co/country/TJK.md. ## Entangled histories (0 events) Neither nation's sourced chronicle names the other — across both archives, no recorded event crosses between them. That is a fact about the two records as they stand, not a gap filled here. ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://childmortality.org - R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Chronicle references are cited inline above and resolve in full at https://terralore.co/country/AFG/chronicle.md and https://terralore.co/country/TJK/chronicle.md. 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