Since 9/11, the United States has amassed an estimated two trillion U.S. dollars of war spending in Afghanistan, with the interest on additional borrowing alone costing over 456 billion U.S. dollars. These figures include budgetary spending between FY 2001 and FY 2019.
Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2019, by category
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Budgetary costs in billion U.S. dollars
Defense and State Department approprations
999.7
Interest on Department of Defense and state borrowing*
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Brown University. (September 30, 2019). Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University. "Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University. (2019). Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University. "Total Budgetary Cost to The United States of War Spending in Afghanistan between Fy 2001 and Fy 2019, by Category (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University, Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/ (last visited January 25, 2022)
