How much coast is there?

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

How high can you climb?

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

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

How many people live there?

Afghanistan has 18% more people than Uzbekistan.

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

How crowded is it?

Uzbekistan is 25% more densely populated than Afghanistan.

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

How old is the typical person?

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

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

How many children per woman?

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)

How many people are 65 or older?

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

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

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Afghanistan and Uzbekistan are practically level.

Afghanistan: 0 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Afghanistan has 3 official languages, Uzbekistan 2.

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

How big is the economy?

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

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

How much is produced per person?

Uzbekistan produces 6.1 times as much per person as Afghanistan.

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

How evenly is income shared?

Afghanistan: no data · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

How many people are looking for work?

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

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

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan spends 2.9% of its GDP on the military, Afghanistan 1.8%.

Afghanistan: 1.8% (2021) · Uzbekistan: 2.9% (2018)

How expensive is it?

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

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

How much is spent on health?

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

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

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

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)

How many doctors are there?

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)

How common is obesity?

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

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

How many adults smoke?

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

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

How do people rate their lives?

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

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

How much do people drink?

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

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

How much meat is on the menu?

Uzbekistan has 7.4 times as much meat per person as Afghanistan.

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

How much food is there per day?

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

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

How long do people work?

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

How long do people go to school?

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

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

How many tourists visit?

Afghanistan: no data · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

How many people are online?

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

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

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

How many live in cities?

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

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

How many phones per person?

Uzbekistan has 110 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Afghanistan 60.

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

How much railway is there?

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

How much do they fly?

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

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

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 8.5% of Uzbekistan, but only 1.9% of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 1.9% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 8.5% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

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)

How green is the power grid?

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

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

How clean is the air?

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

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

How common is murder?

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)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Afghanistan are 2.6 times as deadly as in Uzbekistan.

Afghanistan: 24.1 per 100k (2021) · Uzbekistan: 9.3 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Uzbekistan is on average 0.8 °C warmer than Afghanistan.

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

How much rain falls?

Afghanistan gets 46% more rain than Uzbekistan.

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