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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Low income
Afghanistan: key statistics
Afghanistan has 43.8m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $417. Below: 75 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Kabul
- Income group
- Low income
- Currency
- afghani AFN
- Languages
- Turkmen, Uzbek, Arabic, Balochi
- ISO codes
- AFAFG
- Land neighbours
- China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Population43.8m2025 · rank 36 of 217GDP$17.8bn2024 · rank 139 of 211GDP per capita$4172024 · rank 210 of 211Life expectancy66.3 yrs2024 · rank 184 of 217Internet users16.1%2024 · rank 182 of 188Fertility4.762024 · rank 9 of 217CO₂ per person0.28 t2024 · rank 176 of 203Inflation-6.6%2024 · rank 180 of 180
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Afghanistan, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Afghanistan by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 43.8m | 2025 | 36/217 | 6/23 | +30% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | 2.77% | 2025 | 20/217 | 7/23 | −0.4 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 25.9% | 2025 | 204/217 | 23/23 | +1.5 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 4.76 | 2024 | 9/217 | 1/23 | −17% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 2.4% | 2025 | 210/217 | 21/23 | +0.1 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 42.6% | 2025 | 11/217 | 1/23 | −3.7 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 65.4 | 2024 | 140/216 | 17/23 | +30% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 35.0 | 2024 | 9/217 | 1/23 | −12% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 652,870 km² | 2024 | 40/216 | 7/23 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $17.8bn | 2024 | 139/211 | 20/22 | −13% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $417 | 2024 | 210/211 | 22/22 | −33% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $2,236 | 2024 | 189/199 | 22/22 | +0.5% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $390 | 2024 | 200/201 | 22/22 | −39% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 1.9% | 2024 | 149/210 | 18/22 | −0.9 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | -1.0% | 2024 | 195/210 | 16/22 | ±0.0 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 34.3% | 2024 | 6/198 | 2/22 | +12.2 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 14.5% | 2024 | 163/201 | 19/22 | −6.7 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 45.2% | 2024 | 170/201 | 19/22 | −7.8 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 17.1% | 2024 | 143/175 | 13/20 | — | 26.3% | |
| Savings | -2.7% | 2020 | 160/163 | 18/19 | — | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | -6.6% | 2024 | 180/180 | 21/21 | −11.3 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 12.1% | 2017 | 17/136 | 3/14 | +15.7 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 14.8% | 2017 | 31/136 | 3/14 | −3.3 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 76.81 | 2020 | 73/210 | 9/22 | +65% | — | |
| Tax revenue | 9.9% | 2017 | — | — | +4.6 pp | 13.9% | |
| Government expense | 39.2% | 2017 | — | — | +15.0 pp | 28.5% | |
| External debt | 19.9% | 2023 | 104/119 | 9/12 | +7.1 pp | — | |
| Military spending | 1.83% | 2021 | 76/156 | 16/18 | ±0.0 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 15.7% | 2024 | 160/184 | 19/21 | — | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 68.1% | 2024 | 39/184 | 5/21 | — | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 83.8% | 2024 | 88/184 | 11/21 | — | 68.5% | |
| Current account | -15.7% | 2020 | 171/185 | 18/20 | −12.1 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 0.1% | 2021 | 170/197 | 20/21 | −0.1 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 4.0% | 2020 | 63/178 | 8/17 | +1.6 pp | 0.8% |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 13.4% | 2025 | 21/187 | 9/23 | +4.3 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 16.8% | 2025 | 68/187 | 14/23 | +4.3 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 37.5% | 2025 | 182/187 | 20/23 | −9.7 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 5.1% | 2025 | 186/187 | 22/23 | −14.0 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $3.1bn | 2023 | 10/145 | 5/16 | −41% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 17.8% | 2023 | 12/139 | 3/15 | −7.7 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $73.8 | 2023 | 66/145 | 8/16 | −55% | $32.2 | |
| National poverty rate | 47.1% | 2019 | 22/145 | 1/10 | +13.4 pp | — | |
| Undernourishment | 27.8% | 2024 | 12/167 | 2/19 | +8.5 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 27.0% | 2021 | 89/190 | 3/22 | −0.7 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 37.3% | 2021 | 138/141 | 18/18 | +5.8 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 26.6% | 2022 | 145/147 | 20/20 | +9.6 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 112.2% | 2023 | 27/191 | 2/19 | +4.3 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 59.6% | 2023 | 148/176 | 15/17 | +4.7 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 10.9% | 2020 | 150/172 | 19/19 | +6.9 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 90.3% | 2023 | 112/168 | 15/19 | — | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 48.8 | 2018 | 8/173 | 1/20 | +12% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 4.3% | 2017 | — | — | — | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 66.3 yrs | 2024 | 184/217 | 22/23 | +6.5% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 48.3 | 2024 | 13/196 | 1/23 | −27% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 53.0 | 2024 | 26/196 | 2/23 | −29% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 521 | 2023 | 7/194 | 1/23 | −33% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 15.0% | 2023 | 4/193 | 1/23 | +6.2 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $59.1 | 2023 | 167/193 | 20/23 | +5.2% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 0.32 | 2023 | 139/180 | 20/22 | +9.3% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 55% | 2024 | 183/193 | 22/23 | −5.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.1% | 2024 | 109/153 | 4/20 | ±0.0 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 44.6% | 2022 | 9/154 | 2/20 | −14.7 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 80.8% | 2024 | 167/206 | 21/23 | +22.6 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 54.5% | 2024 | 164/203 | 23/23 | +13.9 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 16.1% | 2024 | 182/188 | 21/21 | +9.1 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 60.1 | 2024 | 194/210 | 21/23 | +7.1% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 0.1 | 2023 | 197/208 | 23/23 | +1,588% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 87.8% | 2024 | 166/215 | 20/23 | −1.7 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 30.0% | 2024 | 155/192 | 22/22 | +4.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 0.28 t | 2024 | 176/203 | 21/22 | +17% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 20.0% | 2022 | 107/212 | 3/23 | +4.6 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 78.2% | 2021 | 32/206 | 1/23 | +3.8 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 1.9% | 2024 | 189/214 | 10/23 | ±0.0 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 12.0% | 2024 | 86/206 | 6/23 | +0.1 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 43.0% | 2022 | 36/177 | 18/22 | ±0.0 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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