International Rankings of Afghanistan 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Afghanistan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Afghanistan, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	154	19683	0
Internet users - percent of population	200	13.5 %	2018
Internet users - total	87	4.717 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	126	134636	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	182	63.18	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	55	22.580 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	112	5.328 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	136	2.276 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	109	15.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	142	31.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	138	44.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	32	92	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	143	30.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	118	20.240 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	178	6.7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	105	12 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	30	81.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	100	47.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	105	17.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	1	30 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	35	23 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	112	21.1 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	115	55.9 % of GDP	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	89	24 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	14	3.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	92	1.9 %	2016
Labor force	59	8.478 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	36	44.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	80	18.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	128	37.6 %	2017
Population below poverty line	15	54.5	2016
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	100	78.557 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	183	2065 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	159	11.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	110	9.067 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	120	5.526 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	53	45	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	26	52	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	37	4	2017
Electricity - imports	43	4.400 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	137	634100 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	142	1.211 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	100	164.200 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	76	164.200 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	60	49.550 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	109	35000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	97	34210 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	104	8.67 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	17	90.98 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	13	53.17 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	42	58.1	2018
Land use - arable land	85	11.8	2018
Land use - forest	168	1.85	2018
Land use - other	54	40.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	21	46	2018
Revenue from coal	12	0.45 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	77	0.2 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	80	65.330 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	24	20.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	89	169.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	113	203.400 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	32	3.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	166	26.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	45	652230 sq km	0
Area - total	45	652230 sq km	0
Area - water	204	043 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	6	7492 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	12	258 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	8	1884 meters	0
Irrigated land	20	32080 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	23	5987 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	42	58.1	2018
Land use - arable land	85	11.8	2018
Land use - forest	168	1.85	2018
Land use - other	54	40.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	21	46	2018
Total renewable water resources	79	65.330 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	4	21.26 %	8670
Age structure - 25-54 years	184	31.44 %	1887
Age structure - 55-64 years	185	4.01 %	4910
Birth rate	11	36.08 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	116	18.9 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	19	9.4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	11	12.57 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	124	4.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	14	21 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	10	88.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	25	75.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	34	95.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	22	38.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	7	38.6 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	42	3.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	38	4.1 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	71	12000	2020
Hospital bed density	65	0.4 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	1	97.86 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	1	115.21 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	1	106.75 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	196	54.85 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	200	51.73 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	198	53.25 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	8	638	2017
Median age - female	147	19.5 years	2020
Median age - male	133	19.4 years	0
Median age - total	135	19.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	72	19.9	2015
Net migration rate	77	0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	131	5.5 %	2016
Physicians density	133	0.28 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	38	37.466 million	2021
Population growth rate	27	2.34 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	71	83.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	36	57 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	23	46.8 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	35	16.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	14	8 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	12	10 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.85 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	12	4.72 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	61	21.4	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	63	16.3	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	64	17.6	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	32	3.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	166	26.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	80	46	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	32	12	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	31	8	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	23	4	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	50	29	2020
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	32	3	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	23	7	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	54	4	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	80	17	2020
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	62	5	0
Heliports	25	1	2020
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	69	29.560 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	86	1.723 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	89	13	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	58	17903 km	2017
Roadways - total	77	34903 km	2017
Waterways	52	1200 km	500

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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