Afghanistan

Capital: KabulRegion: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanIncome: Low income

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Afghanistan's GDP is $18.08B (2024), with a population of 42.6M, and GDP per capita of $417. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 1.7%, inflation at -4.3%, government debt at 8.8% of GDP, life expectancy of 66.0 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators. Explore Afghanistan's full economic profile with 440+ indicators, interactive charts, and historical data below.

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook

Economy

Indicator	Value	Year
GDP (Current USD, Billions)	$18.08B	2024
Real GDP Growth (%)	1.7%	2024
GDP per Capita (USD)	$417	2024
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)	$95.25B	2024
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)	$2,196	2024
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)	0.05%	2024
GNI (Current USD)	$17.23B	2023
GNI per Capita (USD)	$370	2023
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)	$2,210	2023
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)	13.4%	2023
Services Value Added (% of GDP)	46.4%	2023
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)	34.7%	2023
Government Consumption (% of GDP)	21.2%	2023
Household Consumption (% of GDP)	98.1%	2023
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)	15.3%	2023
Gross Savings (% of GNI)	-2.7%	2020
GDP Deflator (%)	2.9%	2023
GDP per Person Employed (USD)	$10,810	2023
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)	7.5%	2023
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)	8.5%	2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)	$341	2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)	-33.9%	2023
Coal Rents (% of GDP)	0.02%	2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)	0.00%	2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)	0.02%	2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)	0.00%	2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)	0.4%	2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)	0.39%	2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)	$2.31B	2023

Fiscal & Monetary

Indicator	Value	Year
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)	-4.3%	2024
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)	8.8%	2024
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)	-0.5%	2024
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)	-6.6%	2024
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)	$9.75B	2020
Total Reserves (months of imports)	16.6	2020
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)	76.81	2020
PPP Conversion Factor	14.8	2023
Broad Money (% of GDP)	37.5%	2020

Trade

Indicator	Value	Year
Trade (% of GDP)	67.6%	2023
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)	16.9%	2023
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)	50.7%	2023
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)	$2.89B	2023
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)	$8.70B	2023
Merchandise Exports (USD)	$536.0M	2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)	$3.89B	2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)	0.1%	2021
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)	0.2%	2021
FDI Net Inflows (USD)	$20.6M	2021
Personal Remittances Received (USD)	$320.0M	2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)	1.9%	2023
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-15.7%	2020
Current Account Balance (USD)	$-3.14B	2020

External Debt

Indicator	Value	Year
External Debt (% of GNI)	19.9%	2023
External Debt Stocks (USD)	$3.34B	2024
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)	0.3%	2023
Present Value of External Debt (USD)	$2.15B	2024
Use of IMF Credit (USD)	$1.09B	2024
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)	17.8%	2023
Net ODA Received (USD)	$3.06B	2023

Finance

Indicator	Value	Year
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)	3.1%	2020
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)	9.7%	2021
Account Ownership, Female (%)	7.2%	2017
Account Ownership, Male (%)	22.5%	2017

People

Indicator	Value	Year
Population	42.6M	2024
Population Growth (%)	2.8%	2024
Population Density (per km²)	64	2023
Surface Area (sq km)	652,870	2023
Land Area (sq km)	652,230	2023
Urban Population (%)	25.7%	2024
Urban Population (total)	11.0M	2024
Rural Population (%)	74.3%	2024
Life Expectancy at Birth	66.0 years	2023
Life Expectancy, Male	64.5 years	2023
Life Expectancy, Female	67.5 years	2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)	4.8	2023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)	35.4	2023
Death Rate (per 1,000)	5.8	2023
Net Migration	-74,404	2025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)	42.9%	2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)	54.7%	2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)	2.4%	2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)	82.8%	2024
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)	4.4%	2024
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)	78.4%	2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)	224.2	2023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)	178.8	2023

Labor

Indicator	Value	Year
Total Labor Force	9.4M	2025
Labor Force Participation (%)	37.5%	2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)	5.1%	2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)	69.8%	2025
Unemployment (%)	13.4%	2025
Female Unemployment (%)	25.0%	2025
Male Unemployment (%)	12.5%	2025
Youth Unemployment (%)	16.8%	2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)	51.6%	2025
Employment in Industry (%)	18.9%	2025
Employment in Services (%)	29.5%	2025
Self-Employed (%)	49.7%	2021
Vulnerable Employment (%)	81.8%	2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)	16.6%	2025
Part-Time Employment (%)	24.0%	2021
Employers (% of total employment)	1.6%	2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)	6.8%	2025
Employment to Population Ratio (%)	32.5%	2025
Self-Employed (% of total)	83.4%	2025
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)	43.8%	2021

Education

Indicator	Value	Year
Adult Literacy Rate (%)	37.3%	2021
Female Literacy Rate (%)	26.6%	2022
Male Literacy Rate (%)	52.1%	2021
Youth Literacy Rate (%)	62.7%	2022
Primary School Enrollment (%)	109.1%	2019
Secondary School Enrollment (%)	57.4%	2018
Primary Completion Rate (%)	88.9%	2019
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)	60.4%	2019
Primary School Teachers	135,751	2019
Secondary School Teachers	92,139	2018
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary	49	2018
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary	34	2018
Expenditure per Student, Primary (% of GDP/cap)	44.2%	2017
Education Spending, Secondary (% of govt)	22.3%	2017
Education Spending, Tertiary (% of govt)	16.0%	2015

Health

Indicator	Value	Year
Health Spending (% of GDP)	15.0%	2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)	$59	2023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)	0.2%	2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)	77.1%	2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)	0.3	2023
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)	0.5	2023
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	0.3	2023
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)	55.5	2023
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)	34.3	2023
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)	521	2023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)	51.6	2023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)	59.2	2023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)	32.9%	2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)	49.8%	2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)	17.3%	2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)	55.0%	2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)	59.0%	2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)	0.1	2024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)	203	2024
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)	44.6%	2022
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)	4.5%	2022
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)	38.7%	2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)	6.8%	2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)	3.6	2021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)	0	2020
Maternal Deaths	7,646	2023
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100K)	203	2024
People Living with HIV	13,000	2024
Malaria Deaths (estimated)	270	2024
Malaria Incidence (per 1K at risk)	17.8	2024
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (%)	59%	2024
Measles Immunization Coverage (%)	55%	2024
Hepatitis B Immunization Coverage (%)	59%	2024
Physicians (total)	3	2023
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel	5	2023
Dentists (total)	14,677	2023
Pharmacists (total)	8,094	2023
Child Wasting (<5 years, %)	3.6%	2022
Child Underweight (<5 years, %)	18.4%	2022
Universal Health Coverage Index	42	2023
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)	9,684	2021
Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, USD)	$59	2023

Energy & Environment

Indicator	Value	Year
CO₂ Emissions (tonnes per capita)	0.3	2024
CO₂ Emissions (total kilotonnes)	12	2024
Renewable Electricity Output (%)	78.2%	2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)	20.0%	2022
Access to Electricity (%)	85.3%	2023
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)	38.6%	2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)	46.1	2020
Forest Area (%)	1.9%	2023
Forest Area (sq km)	12,084	2023
Arable Land (%)	12.0%	2023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)	3.6%	2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)	80.8%	2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)	54.5%	2024

Agriculture

Indicator	Value	Year
Agricultural Land (%)	58.4%	2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)	2,295	2023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)	111.4	2022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)	121.3	2022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)	95.4	2022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)	2.3M	2023
Total Fisheries Production (metric tonnes)	2,000	2023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)	6.6	2023
Prevalence of Undernourishment (%)	28.1%	2023
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)	6.0%	2023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)	43.0%	2022
Cereal Production (metric tons)	5.4M	2023

Technology

Indicator	Value	Year
Internet Users (%)	17.7%	2023
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)	56	2023
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)	0.1	2023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)	41.1	2024
Scientific Journal Articles	169	2022
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)	7.8%	2020
ICT Service Exports (USD)	$54.8M	2020

Infrastructure

Indicator	Value	Year
Air Transport, Passengers Carried	1.0M	2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)	0.8	2023
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)	1.90	2022
Electricity from Oil (%)	21.8%	2021
Electricity from Nuclear (%)	0.0%	2021

Gender

Indicator	Value	Year
Women in Parliament (%)	27.0%	2021
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)	23.3%	2021
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)	6.5%	2025
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)	90.4%	2018
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)	64.1	2023
Gender Parity Index, Primary	110.78	2018
Gender Parity Index, Secondary	0.57	2018
Gender Parity in Primary Education	0.67	2019

Governance

Indicator	Value	Year
Control of Corruption	-1.15	2023
Government Effectiveness	-1.99	2023
Political Stability	-2.48	2023
Regulatory Quality	-1.27	2023
Rule of Law	-1.65	2023
Voice & Accountability	-1.85	2023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)	13.7%	2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)	1.4%	2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)	5.2%	2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)	1.4%	2023

Military

Indicator	Value	Year
Military Spending (% of GDP)	1.8%	2021
Military Expenditure (USD)	$278.3M	2021
Armed Forces Personnel	165,000	2020
Armed Forces (% of labor force)	1.8%	2020
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)	10.3%	2021
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)	4	2021

Social Protection

Indicator	Value	Year
Human Capital Index (0–1)	0.40	2020
Human Capital Index, Female	0.37	2020
Human Capital Index, Male	0.41	2020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School	5.1 years	2020

Tourism

Indicator	Value	Year
Tourism Receipts (USD)	$75.0M	2020
Tourism Expenditures (USD)	$49.0M	2020
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)	5.1%	2020
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)	$10.0M	2020

Urban Development

Indicator	Value	Year
Urban Population Growth (%)	3.7%	2024
Population in Largest City	4.9M	2025
Population in Largest City (% of urban)	42.9%	2025
Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total)	11.1%	2025
Population in Slums (% of urban)	71.6%	2022
Rural Population Growth (%)	2.5%	2024
Access to Safely Managed Drinking Water (%)	30.6%	2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)	24.8%	2024