Afghanistan: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Afghanistan — 261 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
12.03
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.19
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
636,173.23
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
0.00
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
652,870.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
3,993.84
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
0.00
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
-21.38
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
1.22
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
8.31
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
2.59
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.02
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2023
34.74
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.02
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2023
16.85
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.39
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2023
15.67B
GDP (current US$)
2023
17.15B
GDP growth (annual %)
2023
2.27
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2023
378.07
GDP per capita (current US$)
2023
413.76
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2023
0.11
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2023
1,983.81
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2023
2,201.72
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2023
82.24B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2023
91.27B
GNI (current US$)
2023
17.23B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2023
370.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2023
2,210.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2023
15.54B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2023
91.71B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2023
50.73
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2023
13.45
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2023
2.92
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
-6.60
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.02
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2023
46.37
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.43
Trade (% of GDP)
2023
67.58
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
9.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2017
4.34
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2021
37.27
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
1.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2023
112.23
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2023
59.61
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
Energy (9)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
38.60
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
20.40
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
87.00
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
85.30
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
81.40
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
96.00
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
6.58
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
77.91M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
78.23
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
16.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
314.95
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
12.07
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.28
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.14
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.53
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.09
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.91
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
4.31
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
10.55
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2023
0.74
Fish species, threatened
2022
11.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
12.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
103.32
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
16.25
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
12.48
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.20
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.50
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.03
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
85.96
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.78
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.14
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.10
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.05
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.42
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
46.09
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
9.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
63.56
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
3.60
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
3.60
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
155.46
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
33.03
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.77
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
61.50
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
82.78
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
4.39
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
78.39
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
384,732.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
35.01
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
39.07
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
23.17
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
34.26
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
3.50
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
14.99
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
5.70
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
11.70
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
4.76
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2023
0.35
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
59.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
59.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
55.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
0.20
International migrant stock, total
2024
98,110.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
67.81
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
64.70
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
66.29
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
2.47
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
40.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
521.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
15.90
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
32.70
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
33.50
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
31.50
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
265.70
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
265.00
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
265.20
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
2.50
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
2.11
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
2.88
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
16.60
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
175.95
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
221.63
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
48.30
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
44.50
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
52.00
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
33.10
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
53.00
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
48.90
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
57.00
Net migration
2025
-74,404.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
4,512.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
10,959.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
14,240.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
6,265.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
70,975.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
7,600.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
49,429.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
77,768.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
11.17
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
80.83
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
54.50
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2023
0.32
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
42.89
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
8.94M
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
42.34
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
9.35M
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
43.43
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
18.29M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
54.71
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
11.59M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
54.87
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
11.75M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
54.56
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
23.33M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
2.40
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
589,850.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
2.79
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
434,103.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
2.02
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
1.02M
Population growth (annual %)
2024
2.84
Population, female
2024
21.11M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
49.51
Population, male
2024
21.53M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
50.49
Population, total
2024
42.65M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
44.90
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
46.90
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
31.60
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
45.40
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
4.20
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
11.40
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
5.10
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
16.60
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2021
27.02
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
5.77M
Rural population
2024
31.69M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
74.30
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
2.53
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.05
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
3.60
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
2.36
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
4.81
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
70.85
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
64.00
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
0.01
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
0.00
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
0.02
UHC service coverage index
2023
42.00
Urban population
2024
10.96M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
25.70
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
3.73
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
51.63
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
74.62
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
50.19
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
5.09
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
69.76
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
13.35
Poverty & Inequality (1)
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (33)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2021
0.14
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2021
20.60M
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2019
0.00
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
536.00M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
438.77M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
8.28
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
12.88
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
3.04
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
9.68
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
4.40
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
69.93
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.08
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
17.19
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
69.93
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
3.89B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
4.08B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.95
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
13.33
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
24.79
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
17.01
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.05
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
23.68
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
21.02
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.11
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
65.64
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
21.02
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
21.42
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
17.76
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
0.00
Real interest rate (%)
2017
12.14
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.