🇦🇫 Afghanistan National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Afghanistan government debt. The national debt currently stands at
approximately $1.5 billion, with no published growth-rate estimate. Debt-to-GDP: 8%. Per-citizen share: $34.
The IMF's October 2026 World Economic Outlook gives Afghanistan's end-2025 debt but no 2026 projection, so this counter does not move until the next edition.
Among the 194 governments tracked here, Afghanistan ranks 189th by debt-to-GDP, 169th by total debt and 194th by debt per person.
Afghanistan's Debt Trajectory (2015–2025)
Afghanistan's ratio has declined from its high for the period of 11% (2021) to roughly 8% at end-2025. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government gross debt.
Afghanistan Net Debt and Interest
The IMF publishes no net debt figure for Afghanistan, so only the gross figure can be shown. The IMF's figures put Afghanistan's net interest bill at about 0.1% of GDP in 2025, about $9 million, or 0.2% of government revenue. That is 173rd of the 177 governments ranked by interest as a share of revenue.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government, 2025, mostly IMF estimates. Net debt leaves out equity holdings, and what counts as an asset varies by country. Net interest is the primary balance minus the overall balance. A government in default or arrears can show a low figure that understates what it owes. Data · method.
About Afghanistan's National Debt
Afghanistan's debt-to-GDP ratio of 8% is low by international standards: higher than 2% of the 194 governments tracked here. No ratio is safe or dangerous on its own — whether a debt is sustainable depends on the interest rate on it, how fast the economy grows, the currency it is owed in and who holds it. By total government debt, Afghanistan ranks 169th of the 194 governments tracked here.
We do not currently publish a growth-rate estimate for Afghanistan, so its counter is held at the baseline figure. This reflects a gap in the underlying fiscal data, not a finding that the debt has stopped changing. We go through every government in this position, and what is missing for each. Each of Afghanistan's 44 million residents carries an individual share of approximately $34. That is below the world average of roughly $14,700 in government debt per person.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock by linear extrapolation from each country's baseline figure, named in the source line on this page (for most countries, the IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026). Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Afghanistan National Debt — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Afghanistan's national debt right now?
Afghanistan's national debt is approximately $1.5 billion as of November 8, 2026, with no published growth-rate estimate. Its debt-to-GDP ratio is 8% and each citizen's share is about $34.
How fast is Afghanistan's debt growing?
We do not currently publish a growth-rate estimate for Afghanistan. The IMF October 2026 dataset has no usable projection for it, so rather than show a placeholder figure we hold the counter at the baseline and say so.
What is Afghanistan's debt per capita?
Each of Afghanistan's 44 million residents carries a notional share of approximately $34 of the national debt.
What is Afghanistan's debt-to-GDP ratio?
Afghanistan's debt-to-GDP ratio is 8%. That is higher than 2% of the 194 governments tracked here.
How much interest does Afghanistan pay on its debt?
The IMF's figures put Afghanistan's net interest bill at about 0.1% of GDP in 2025, about $9 million, or 0.2% of government revenue.
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Data & Citation
Source: IMF WEO October 2026 (GGXWDG, end-2025 stock; no projection published, so no growth rate) · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 1,503,804,187 + 0 × seconds_since(2026-01-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=af (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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