International Rankings of Afghanistan 2014, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	223	199	2012
Internet users	1,000,000	99	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	13,500	198	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	18,000,000	55	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$3,974,000,000	125	2012 est.
Budget revenues	$2,249,000,000	137	2012 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-8.70	196	2012 est.
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	15.15	40	31 Dec 2011 est.
Current account balance	$18,000,000	57	2011 est.
Debt - external	$1,280,000,000	152	FY10/11
Exports	$376,000,000	179	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	18.10	175	2011 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	23.30	21	2011 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	96.50	10	2011 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-63.40	140	2011 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	25.40	59	2011 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	0.00	127	2011 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	20.00	49	2011 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	25.60	118	2011 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	54.40	149	2011 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$20,020,000,000	111	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$1,100	215	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$33,790,000,000	109	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	12.50	3	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	24.00	129	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	3.80	19	2008
Imports	$6,390,000,000	117	2012 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	6.80	50	2012 est.
Labor force	15,000,000	39	2012 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	78.60	22	FY08/09 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	5.70	158	FY08/09 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	15.70	177	FY08/09 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	36.00	51	FY08/09
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$5,983,000,000	86	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 6,499,000,000	119	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of domestic credit	-$819,600,000	185	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 6,121,000,000	93	31 Dec 2012 est.
Taxes and other revenues	11.3	206	2012 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	35.00	19	2008 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	6,589,000	120	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	143	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	149	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	1,950	107	2012 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	2,489,000,000	135	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	151	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	23.5	187	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	76.5	17	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	110	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	159	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	1,572,000,000	57	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	489,100	140	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	986,100,000	147	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	80.01	196	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	140,000,000	104	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	126	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	142	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	140,000,000	81	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	49,550,000,000	65	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	4,229	174	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	163	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	36,250	83	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	161	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	0	242	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	7485	8	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	258	14	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	823.1	32	2005
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	20.28	33	2005
Irrigated land (sq km)	32,080	20	2003
Land Area - sq km	652,230.00	42	NA
Land boundaries - km	5,529	25	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	11.95	89	2011
Land use - other (%)	87.87	133	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.18	175	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	47.69	160	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	652,230.00	41	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	65.33	84	2011
Water Area - sq km	0	208	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	6,653,419	42	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	7,056,339	44	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	3,797,087	54	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	4,050,222	54	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	370,295	29	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	392,116	29	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	10.00	2	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	6,520,116	27	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	6,733,097	27	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	42.60	24	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	3,346,154	34	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	3,479,696	34	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	21.90	9	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	4,440,635	52	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	4,623,203	51	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	29.10	217	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	605,018	61	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	585,629	60	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	3.80	207	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	414,134	78	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	360,395	74	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	2.50	221	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	39.05	12	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	32.90	10	2004
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	21.80	150	2010
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	14.35	7	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio (number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+))	0	95	201
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	42	185	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - total	50	195	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	78	190	NA
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	58	15	2010
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	50	12	2010
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	22	16	2010
Health expenditures	9.60	31	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.01	165	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	0.40	182	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	111.25	1	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	127.18	1	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	119.41	1	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	51.47	221	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	48.81	222	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	50.11	219	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	12.60	210	2000 est.
Literacy - male (%)	43.10	206	2000 est.
Literacy - total (%)	28.10	216	2000 est.
Maternal mortality rate	460.00	24	2010
Median age - female (years)	18.00	213	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	17.90	206	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	17.90	210	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	20.10	100	2010 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-2.16	166	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	2.20	182	2008
Physicians density	0.19	151	2010
Population	31,108,077	41	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	2.25	42	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	30	158	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	70	41	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	37	164	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	63	39	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	60	157	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	40	45	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	6	182	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	10	169	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	8	186	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.03	165	2013 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	101	2013 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	47	2013 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.97	93	2013 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.87	57	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	116	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.03	35	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	114	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	5.54	9	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	4.41	12	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	23.5	204	2011
Transportation
Airports	52	90	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	23	74	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	29	87	2013
Heliports	9.00	23	2013
Pipelines (km)	466	104	2013
Roadways (km)	42,150	85	2006
Waterways (km)	1,200	61	2011

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Afghanistan on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2014. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Afghanistan contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Afghanistan should be addressed to the CIA.