Afghanistan vs Upper middle income: Total reserves
Total reserves over time
- Afghanistan
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 320.7% against 81.5% in Upper middle income, a difference of 239.2%.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 3.9 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 13 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 3rd and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 112 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 156.9% | 142.0% | 15.0% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 279.3% | 109.8% | 169.5% | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 320.7% | 82.4% | 238.3% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total reserves, Afghanistan or Upper middle income?
- Afghanistan, at 320.7% against 81.5% in Upper middle income as of 2020.
- What is the difference in total reserves between Afghanistan and Upper middle income?
- 239.2%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Upper middle income?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2020.
- How do Afghanistan and Upper middle income rank globally for total reserves?
- Afghanistan ranks 3rd and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 112 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Total reserves (% of total external debt). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total external debt which are all liabilities that require payment(s) of interest and/or principal by the debtor at some point(s) in the future and that are owed to non-residents by residents of an economy.