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General Information

Region		Southern Asia
Population (000, 2021)		39 835^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		61^a
Capital city		Kabul
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		4 114.0^b
UN membership date		19-Nov-46
Surface area (km2)		652 864^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		105.3^a
National currency		Afghani (AFN)
Exchange rate (per US$)		77.1^c

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	14 699	18 713	17 877^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	5.2	-1.4	4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	503.6	543.8	469.9^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	33.2	27.3	26.9^d,b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	13	10.8	12.8^e,f,b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	53.8	61.9	60.4^g,b
Employment in agriculture^h (% of employed)	54.7	47.1	42.4^c
Employment in industry^h (% of employed)	14.4	17	18.3^c
Employment in services^h (% employed)	30.9	35.8	39.4^c
Unemployment^h (% of labour force)	11.5	11.4	11.2^c
Labour force participation rate^h (female/male pop. %)	14.9 / 78.4	18.8 / 76.2	21.8 / 74.6^c
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	133	150^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	93	96	111^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	388	571	1 022^h,c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	5 154	7 723	9 683^h,c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 4 766	- 7 151	- 8 661^h,c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-578	- 4 193	- 3 137^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	2.6	3.3	2.5^c
Urban population (% of total population)	23.7	24.8	25.8^b
Urban population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	3.7	4	...
Fertility rate, totalⁱ (live births per woman)	6.5	5.4	4.6^c
Life expectancy at birthⁱ (females/males, years)	61.0 / 58.3	63.8 / 60.9	65.8 / 62.8^c
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	48.2 / 3.9	44.9 / 4.0	41.2 / 4.3^a
International migrant stock^j (000/% of total pop.)	102.3 / 0.4	339.4 / 1.0	144.1 / 0.4^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	1 200.0^k	1 421.4	2 802.9^c
Infant mortality rateⁱ (per 1 000 live births)	72.2	60.1	51.7^c
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.6	10.1	9.4^l
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.2	0.3	0.3^m
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.5	3.3	4.1^h,n
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	80.6 / 118.6	83.5 / 122.7	82.9 / 124.2^l
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	33.3 / 66.9	36.8 / 65.9	40.0 / 70.1^l
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	17.8 / 42.7	27.1 / 52.6	28.5 / 52.4^l
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	3.4	9.8	6.7^l
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	27.3	27.7	27^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^h (per 100 inhabitants)	4	8.3	11.4ⁿ
Threatened species (number)	34	38	48
Forested area^h (% of land area)	1.9	1.9	1.9^l
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	41	61	89^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	5	4	4^l
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	5.7	5.7	5.7^c
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	28.2 / 16.3	32.4 / 20.4	36.4 / 24.5^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	39.25	21.28	21.34^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2020
d		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
e		Excludes publishing activities.
f		Includes irrigation canals.
g		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
h		Estimate.
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Including refugees.
k		Data as at the end of December.
l		2018
m		2016
n		2017
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.