Afghanistan vs Puerto Rico: Proportion of total government spending on essential services
Afghanistan
15.7%
in 2017
Puerto Rico
16.0%
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
54th
Puerto Rico rank
52nd
Proportion of total government spending on essential services over time
- Afghanistan
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 16.0% against 15.7% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.3%.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 54th and Puerto Rico ranks 52nd of 196 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of total government spending on essential services, Afghanistan or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 16.0% against 15.7% in Afghanistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of total government spending on essential services between Afghanistan and Puerto Rico?
- 0.3%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Puerto Rico?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2017.
- How do Afghanistan and Puerto Rico rank globally for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Afghanistan ranks 54th and Puerto Rico ranks 52nd of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.