Country
Afghanistan
- Region
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Kabul
- ISO code
- AF · AFG
71 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 43.8M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 1,964 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 66.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.3 t CO₂
Population
- Population 43.8M 2025 36th of 214
- Population density 65 people/km² 2024 137th of 212
- Population growth 2.77 % per year 2025 20th of 214
- Natural increase 29.6 per 1,000 people 2023 11th of 228
- Net migration -1.7 per 1,000 people 2025 145th of 214
- Fertility rate 4.76 births per woman 2024 9th of 214
- Urban population 25.9 % 2025 201st of 214
- Median age 16.9 years 2023 218th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 2.4 % 2025 207th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 4.4 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 206th of 214
- Children under 15 42.6 % 2025 11th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 66.3 years 2024 181st of 214
- Life expectancy, women 67.8 years 2024 185th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 64.7 years 2024 171st of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 3.1 years 2024 195th of 214
- Infant mortality 48.3 per 1,000 births 2024 13th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 53.0 per 1,000 births 2024 26th of 195
- Maternal mortality 521 per 100,000 births 2023 7th of 193
- Health spending per person 59 USD 2023 164th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 330 $ (PPP) 2023 142nd of 191
- Physicians 0.32 per 1,000 people 2023 138th of 179
- Hospital beds 0.4 per 1,000 people 2023 145th of 150
- Measles immunization 55 % 2024 181st of 191
- Undernourishment 27.8 % 2024 12th of 165
- Tobacco use 22.1 % 2024 66th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,315 kcal per day 2023 160th of 175
- Meat supply 6.4 kg per person per year 2023 172nd of 175
Economy
- GDP 17.8B USD 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita 417 USD 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita (PPP) 1,964 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita since 1820 1,358 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 158th of 165
- GDP growth 1.9 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita growth -1.0 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Inflation -6.6 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Unemployment 13.4 % 2025 20th of 181
- Youth unemployment 16.8 % 2025 64th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 43.8 % 2021 6th of 150
- Trade 84 % of GDP 2024 81st of 172
- Agriculture in the economy 34.3 % of GDP 2024 7th of 187
- Women in the labour force 5.1 % 2025 180th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.496 2023 180th of 192
- Literacy rate 37.3 % 2021 119th of 122
- Education spending 4.3 % of GDP 2017 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 60 % 2023 126th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 11 % 2020 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 90 % 2023 95th of 135
- Women in parliament 27.0 % 2021 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Homicide rate 6.6 per 100,000 people 2020 38th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 12.1 Mt CO₂ 2024 103rd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.3 t CO₂ 2024 175th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.25 t CO₂ 2024 193rd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.2 Gt CO₂ 2024 124th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 0.8 t CO₂e 2024 189th of 201
- Forest area 1.9 % of land 2024 186th of 208
- Water stress 55 % 2022 32nd of 176
- Arable land 12.0 % of land 2024 85th of 205
- Renewable energy 20.0 % of final energy 2021 108th of 210
- Renewable electricity 86.9 % of electricity 2024 26th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 3.0 % of electricity 2024 64th of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 11.1 % of electricity 2024 36th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 117 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 165th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 23 kWh 2024 188th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 37.9 µg/m³ 2023 26th of 199
Afghanistan on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldPersian, Pashto · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldAfghan afghani (AFN)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+4:30Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, F · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- Castles map4 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- VPN provider mapServers of 3 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)