Afghanistan vs Bahrain

Bahrain scores 60.6 in the NationsTree Index (56th in the world) and Afghanistan scores 21.5 (185th), a gap of 39.0 points. Their trees are 5.0 m and 6.6 m tall; tree height grows with real GDP and is adjusted by the index.

Afghanistan has 27 times the population of Bahrain. Afghanistan is 816 times larger than Bahrain by land area. The economy of Bahrain is 19% larger than that of Afghanistan (GDP at purchasing power parity). Population: Afghanistan 43.8 million and Bahrain 1.6 million (2025).

GDP per person at purchasing power parity is $70,997 in Bahrain and $2,236 in Afghanistan (2025, international dollars). People in Bahrain live on average 15.1 years longer (81.4 vs 66.3 years).

Of 34 indicators reported by both countries, Afghanistan ranks higher in the world on 7 and Bahrain on 27. Afghanistan is clearly stronger in environment & energy and land & people. Bahrain is clearly stronger in infrastructure & digital, institutions & safety and society & health.

As a nation, Afghanistan is the older of the two (statehood since 1747, 279 years), compared with Bahrain (since 1971). Over the last five years Bahrain improved faster (direction score 55 vs 36 out of 100).