International Rankings of Afghanistan 2022, 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	59	0.1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	148	26570	2020
Internet users - percent of population	76	18 %	2020
Internet users - total	75	7.007 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	N/A	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	122	145787	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	111	58	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	53	22.678 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	110	5.328 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	134	2.276 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	105	15.1 % of GDP	0
Exports	46	1.480 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	116	20.240 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	171	6.7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	100	12 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	29	81.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	96	47.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	102	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	33	23 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	107	21.1 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	111	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	91	1.9 %	2016
Labor force	58	8.478 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	34	44.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	77	18.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	120	37.6 %	2017
Population below poverty line	14	54.5	2016
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	93	77.040 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	143	2000 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	152	11.2 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	108	9.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	108	8.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	106	8.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	60	4.158 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	109	267000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	130	3.468 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	60	2.096 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	45	2.096 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	58	66.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	117	5.913 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	38	4.912 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	134	776000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	158	61.600 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	130	15.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	19	79.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	24	5.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	173	3.227 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	110	80.193 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	78	80.193 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - proven reserves	60	49.554 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	130	24300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	96	34210 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	102	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	41	58.1	2018
Land use - arable land	83	11.8	2018
Land use - forest	159	1.8	2018
Land use - other	50	40.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	19	46	2018
Revenue from coal	12	0.45 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	76	0.2 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	78	65.330 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	23	20.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	87	169.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	111	203.400 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	32	3.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	155	26.9	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	43	652230 sq km	0
Area - total	43	652230 sq km	0
Area - water	193	043 sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	12	7492 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	12	258 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	7	1884 meters	0
Irrigated land	20	24930 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	23	5987 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	41	58.1	2018
Land use - arable land	83	11.8	2018
Land use - forest	159	1.8	2018
Land use - other	50	40.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	19	46	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	4	21.26	8670
Age structure - 25-54 years	174	31.44	1887
Age structure - 55-64 years	175	4.01	4910
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	147	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	130	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	162	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	13	35.46 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	18	19.1 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	112	18.9 %	2018
Current health expenditure	4	13.2 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	10	12.33 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	4.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	9	22.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	16	84.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	15	80.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	25	31.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	19	23.5 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	55	2.9 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	66	0.4 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	1	96.03 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	1	113.33 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	1	104.89 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	189	55.28 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	191	52.1 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	190	53.65 years	0
Literacy - female	116	22.6 %	2021
Literacy - male	96	52.1 %	0
Literacy - total population	108	37.3 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	7	638 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	141	19.5 years	2020
Median age - male	131	19.4 years	0
Median age - total	128	19.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	74	19.9	2015
Net migration rate	78	0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	126	5.5 %	2016
Physicians density	133	0.25 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	35	38.347 million	2022
Population growth rate	28	2.3 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	54	88.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	41	48 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	34	38.6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	39	11.8 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	15	8 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	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	20	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	18	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.7 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	59	7.2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	35	39.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	48	23.3 %	2020
Total fertility rate	13	4.62 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	32	3.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	155	26.9	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	108	9.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	108	8.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	106	8.7	0
Transportation
Airports	80	46	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	32	12	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	30	8	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	22	4	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	48	29	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	32	3	2021
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	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	62	5	2021
Heliports	22	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	71	29.560 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	84	1.723 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	87	13	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	57	17903 km	2017
Roadways - total	75	34903 km	2017
Waterways	56	1200 km	2011

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Afghanistan on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Afghanistan 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Afghanistan 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.