International Rankings of Afghanistan 2024, 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	60	0.10	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	155	26570	2020
Internet users - percent of population	104	18.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	80	7.020 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	127	145787	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	89	57.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	56	23.000 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	116	5.293 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	110	5.093 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	109	15.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	173	3.137 billion US Dollars	2020
Debt - external	187	284.000 million US Dollars	1011
Exchange rates	59	76.81	N/A
Exports	166	1.476 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	119	20.240 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	182	6.70 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	106	12.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	30	81.60 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	102	47.60 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	107	17.20 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	1	30.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	35	23.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	113	21.10 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	122	55.90 % of GDP	2016
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	110	29 %	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	90	24.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	14	3.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	129	6.983 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	192	14.19 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	126	2.30 %	2019
Labor force	58	9.390 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	16	55 %	2016
Public debt	192	7.00 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	107	60.803 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	204	20.74 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	167	1500 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	72	4	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	81	9.749 billion US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	180	9.90 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	44	13.28 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	60	26.40 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	70	18.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	65	20.20 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	63	4.158 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	111	267000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	132	3.468 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	118	7.893 million	2019
Coal - consumption	63	2.096 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	48	2.096 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	62	66.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	119	5.913 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	39	4.912 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	139	776000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	165	61.600 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	16	97	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	14	98	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	6	100	2021
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	140	15.90 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	19	79.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	26	5.10 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	179	3.227 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	112	80.193 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - production	81	80.193 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - proven reserves	60	49.554 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	132	24300 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	99	34210 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	105	9 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	17	91 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	3	62 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	42	58	2018
Land use - arable land	87	12	2018
Land use - forest	170	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	20	46	2018
Total renewable water resources	83	65.330 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	24	20.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	78	170.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	94	200.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	33	3.34	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	163	27	2023
Geography
Area - land	44	652230 sq km	N/A
Area - total	45	652230 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	12	7492 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	14	258 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	8	1884 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	22	24930 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	25	5987 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	42	58	2018
Land use - arable land	87	12	2018
Land use - forest	170	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	20	46	2018
Population Density	154	60.15 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	17	3 % of GDP	2019
Population
Birth rate	15	34.80 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - women married by age 15	33	4	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	26	28	2017
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	12	19 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	117	18.90 %	2018
Current health expenditure	4	16 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	13	70 %	2023
Death rate	16	12.10 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	145	4.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	9	22.50 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	17	84.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	15	80.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	26	32 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	19	24 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	57	3 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	15	2.21 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	1	94.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	1	111.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	1	103.10 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	148	56 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	149	53 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	148	54 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	120	23 %	2021
Literacy - male	94	52 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	106	37 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	8	620.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	152	20 years	N/A
Median age - male	146	20 years	N/A
Median age - total	140	20 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	76	20	2015
Net migration rate	59	0.10 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	132	5.50 %	2016
Physicians density	138	0.25 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	37	39.232 million	2023
Population growth rate	29	2.26 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	55	88 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	43	48 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	36	39 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	40	12 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	20	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	28	0.85 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	16	4.53 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	33	3.34	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	163	27	2023
Transportation
Airports	69	67	2024
Heliports	58	8	2024
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	73	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	13.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Roadways - paved	38	17903 km	2021
Roadways - total	57	34903 km	2021
Waterways	58	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.

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