
Gross debt in Afghanistan
The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. Not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.The gross debt in Afghanistan in the period from 2002 to 2020 was between 1.2 billion and 14.0 billion USD. The hightest level within the past 18 years was reached in 2002. However, the liabilities in 2020 have been only one billion USD
Based on the number of inhabitants, this is a debt of 38 USD per person. For comparison, the average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 30,783 USD.
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Gross debt of the last 18 years in billion USD
Year | Afghanistan total | Afghanistan per capita | EU per capita |
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2002 | 14.03 bn USD | 621 USD | 12,258 USD |
2003 | 12.22 bn USD | 516 USD | 15,286 USD |
2004 | 12.80 bn USD | 518 USD | 17,595 USD |
2005 | 12.81 bn USD | 499 USD | 18,327 USD |
2006 | 1.60 bn USD | 61 USD | 18,877 USD |
2007 | 1.96 bn USD | 72 USD | 20,898 USD |
2008 | 1.93 bn USD | 69 USD | 24,086 USD |
2009 | 2.02 bn USD | 71 USD | 25,361 USD |
2010 | 1.22 bn USD | 42 USD | 26,496 USD |
2011 | 1.34 bn USD | 44 USD | 29,231 USD |
2012 | 1.35 bn USD | 43 USD | 28,174 USD |
2013 | 1.39 bn USD | 43 USD | 29,981 USD |
2014 | 1.78 bn USD | 53 USD | 30,648 USD |
2015 | 1.83 bn USD | 54 USD | 25,918 USD |
2016 | 1.52 bn USD | 44 USD | 26,261 USD |
2017 | 1.51 bn USD | 42 USD | 27,024 USD |
2018 | 1.36 bn USD | 37 USD | 28,448 USD |
2019 | 1.16 bn USD | 31 USD | 27,168 USD |
2020 | 1.49 bn USD | 38 USD | 30,783 USD |