Afghanistan: 0 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Afghanistan’s highest peak towers 2,849 m above Uzbekistan’s

Afghanistan: 7,492 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 58% of Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 58.4% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

Afghanistan has 18% more people than Uzbekistan

Afghanistan: 43.8 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Uzbekistan is 26% more densely populated than Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 67 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Uzbekistan is 10 years older than in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 16.9 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Women in Afghanistan have 1.3 more children on average than in Uzbekistan

Afghanistan: 4.76 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

6.1% of people in Uzbekistan are 65 or older, versus 2.4% in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 2.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Afghanistan hosts 3,527 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Afghanistan: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Afghanistan and Uzbekistan are practically level

Afghanistan: 0 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Afghanistan has 3 official languages, Uzbekistan 2

Afghanistan: 3 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

Uzbekistan’s economy is 8.3 times the size of Afghanistan’s

Afghanistan: $17.8 billion (2024) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

Uzbekistan produces 6.1 times as much per person as Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Int$2,236 (2024) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Afghanistan: no data · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Afghanistan: no data · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment is 13% in Afghanistan, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Afghanistan: 13.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Afghanistan 1.8%

Afghanistan: 1.8% (2021) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Uzbekistan’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Afghanistan’s 9.9%

Afghanistan: 9.9% (2017) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Uzbekistan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Afghanistan’s

Afghanistan: 19% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Uzbekistan spends 3.3 times as much on health per person as Afghanistan

Afghanistan: $59 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

A baby in Afghanistan is 3.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Uzbekistan

Afghanistan: 48.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Uzbekistan has 8.8 times as many doctors per person as Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Uzbekistan has 14 times as many hospital beds per person as Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 56% higher than in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 5 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 19% in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 18.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

22% of adults in Afghanistan smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Afghanistan: 22.1% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 4.84 points higher than in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 1.45 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Adults in Uzbekistan drink 69 times as much alcohol as in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 0.03 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Uzbekistan has 7.4 times as much meat per person as Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 6.4 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Uzbekistan has 983 kcal more food per person per day than Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 2,315 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Afghanistan: no data · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 9.4 years longer than in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 2.5 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Afghanistan: no data · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

Uzbekistan has 6 more World Heritage sites than Afghanistan (8 against 2)

Afghanistan: 2 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Afghanistan 2

Afghanistan: 2 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 16% in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 16% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 14 times as fast as in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 16 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Uzbekistan have electricity, versus 88% in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 87.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 100% (2024)

51% of people in Uzbekistan live in cities, versus 26% in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 26% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Uzbekistan has 110 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Afghanistan 60

Afghanistan: 60 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Afghanistan: no data · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Airlines from Uzbekistan fly 5.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 0.02 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Forest covers 8.8% of Uzbekistan, but only 1.9% of Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 1.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 15 times as much CO₂ as someone in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 0.3 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

87% of Afghanistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Afghanistan: 86.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

The air in Afghanistan carries 33% more fine dust than in Uzbekistan

Afghanistan: 40 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.9 times as likely to be murdered in Afghanistan as in Uzbekistan

Afghanistan: 4 per 100k (2021) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Afghanistan are 2.7 times as deadly as in Uzbekistan

Afghanistan: 35.6 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Uzbekistan is on average 0.8 °C warmer than Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 13.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Afghanistan gets 46% more rain than Uzbekistan

Afghanistan: 324 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)