States involved in state-based conflicts in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: States involved in state-based conflicts was 1 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 194 countries
All-time high
1
in 1978
All-time low
0
in 1946
Years of data
80
1946–2025
States involved in state-based conflicts in Afghanistan, 1946–2025
Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Peace Research Institute Oslo (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, states involved in state-based conflicts in Afghanistan stood at 1. That is the highest value across all 80 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, states involved in state-based conflicts in Afghanistan peaked at 1 in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1946.
Afghanistan ranks 1st of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
States involved in state-based conflicts in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0 | — |
| 1947 | 0 | — |
| 1948 | 0 | — |
| 1949 | 0 | — |
| 1950 | 0 | — |
| 1951 | 0 | — |
| 1952 | 0 | — |
| 1953 | 0 | — |
| 1954 | 0 | — |
| 1955 | 0 | — |
| 1956 | 0 | — |
| 1957 | 0 | — |
| 1958 | 0 | — |
| 1959 | 0 | — |
| 1960 | 0 | — |
| 1961 | 0 | — |
| 1962 | 0 | — |
| 1963 | 0 | — |
| 1964 | 0 | — |
| 1965 | 0 | — |
| 1966 | 0 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | — |
| 1968 | 0 | — |
| 1969 | 0 | — |
| 1970 | 0 | — |
| 1971 | 0 | — |
| 1972 | 0 | — |
| 1973 | 0 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 1 | — |
| 1979 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1 | +0.0% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 1 is above the median for low income countries, which is 1, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 1 Angola 1 compare
- 1 Benin 1 compare
- 1 Burkina Faso 1 compare
- 1 Cambodia 1 compare
- 1 Cameroon 1 compare
- 1 Central African Republic 1 compare
- 1 Colombia 1 compare
- 1 Democratic Republic of Congo 1 compare
- 1 Ethiopia 1 compare
- 1 Haiti 1 compare
- 1 India 1 compare
- 1 Indonesia 1 compare
- 1 Iran 1 compare
- 1 Iraq 1 compare
- 1 Israel 1 compare
- 1 Kenya 1 compare
- 1 Mali 1 compare
- 1 Mozambique 1 compare
- 1 Myanmar 1 compare
- 1 Niger 1 compare
- 1 Nigeria 1 compare
- 1 Pakistan 1 compare
- 1 Philippines 1 compare
- 1 Russia 1 compare
- 1 Rwanda 1 compare
- 1 Somalia 1 compare
- 1 South Sudan 1 compare
- 1 Sudan 1 compare
- 1 Syria 1 compare
- 1 Thailand 1 compare
- 1 Togo 1 compare
- 1 Turkey 1 compare
- 1 Ukraine 1 compare
- 1 Yemen 1 compare
More social development data for Afghanistan
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 20,869 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2.67 million (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0609 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2.67 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0005 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is states involved in state-based conflicts in Afghanistan?
- States involved in state-based conflicts in Afghanistan was 1 in 2025, according to Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Peace Research Institute Oslo (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest states involved in state-based conflicts recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1978.
- What is the lowest states involved in state-based conflicts recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1946.
- How does Afghanistan rank for states involved in state-based conflicts?
- Afghanistan ranks 1st out of 194 countries with data for 2025.
- Is states involved in state-based conflicts rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Peace Research Institute Oslo (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of States involved in state-based conflicts. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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State was a primary participant in at least one interstate, intrastate, or extrasystemic conflict that year.