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Afghanistan

Headline economic indicators for Afghanistan, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Afghanistan
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · -6.6% -1.96 (-42.1%)
Consumer price index · 168.5 -11.91 (-6.6%)
GDP deflator inflation · -8.3% -11.23 (-384.1%)

GDP

GDP — Afghanistan
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 1.9% -0.39 (-17.4%)
GDP per capita · 416.87 +3.11 (+0.8%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 1,358 -127.56 (-8.6%)
GDP · 17,778,508,875.74 +626,274,239 (+3.7%)
GDP, PPP · 95,368,282,081 +4,021,156,744 (+4.4%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 2,236 +32.66 (+1.5%)
GDP per capita growth · -1.0% -1.08 (-1,019.9%)
GNI per capita · 390 +20.00 (+5.4%)
Agriculture to GDP · 34.3% -0.45 (-1.3%)
Industry to GDP · 14.5% +1.07 (+8.0%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 8.4% +0.88 (+11.6%)
Services to GDP · 45.2% -1.21 (-2.6%)
Household consumption to GDP · 111.7% +13.63 (+13.9%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 17.1% +1.79 (+11.7%)
Gross savings to GDP · -2.7% unchanged

Labour

Labour — Afghanistan
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 13.4% -0.34 (-2.5%)
Labour force participation rate · 37.5% -0.09 (-0.2%)
Female labour force participation rate · 5.1% -0.04 (-0.7%)
Youth unemployment rate · 16.8% -0.45 (-2.6%)
Employment to population ratio · 32.5% +0.05 (+0.2%)
Employment in agriculture · 51.6% +0.17 (+0.3%)
Employment in industry · 18.9% -0.14 (-0.8%)
Employment in services · 29.5% -0.03 (-0.1%)

Money

Money — Afghanistan
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 12.1% -5.44 (-31.0%)
Broad money to GDP · 37.5% +2.55 (+7.3%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 3.1% -0.13 (-4.1%)
Lending rate · 14.8% -0.16 (-1.1%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 8.9% -3.32 (-27.2%)
Official exchange rate · 76.81 -0.92 (-1.2%)

Trade

Trade — Afghanistan
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -15.7% +4.45 (+22.1%)
Exports to GDP · 15.7% -0.53 (-3.3%)
Imports to GDP · 68.1% +17.30 (+34.1%)
Trade to GDP · 83.8% +16.76 (+25.0%)
Exports of goods and services · 2,791,715,131.02 +7,002,079 (+0.3%)
Imports of goods and services · 12,100,101,718.79 +3,392,889,936 (+39.0%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -5,506,547,001.37 +348,514,055 (+6.0%)
Current account balance (annual) · -3,136,733,353.21 +655,201,903 (+17.3%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 0.1% +0.08 (+122.3%)
Remittances received to GDP · 4.0% -0.45 (-10.3%)
Total reserves, including gold · 9,748,946,326.72 +1,251,290,531 (+14.7%)
Reserves in months of imports · 16.6 +2.88 (+21.0%)
External debt to GNI · 19.9% -3.45 (-14.8%)

Government

Government — Afghanistan
Indicator Value Change
Government revenue to GDP · 13.0% +0.36 (+2.8%)
Government expense to GDP · 39.2% -4.70 (-10.7%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 9.9% +0.40 (+4.2%)
Government budget balance to GDP · 0.4% -0.32 (-47.4%)
Government consumption to GDP · 23.6% +2.41 (+11.4%)
Education spending to GDP · 4.3% -0.20 (-4.4%)
Health spending to GDP · 15.0% -8.10 (-35.1%)

Demography

Demography — Afghanistan
Indicator Value Change
Population · 43,844,111 +1,196,619 (+2.8%)
Population, long-run history · 39,252 +1,125 (+3.0%)
Population growth · 2.8% -0.07 (-2.4%)
Life expectancy · 66.3 +0.25 (+0.4%)
Fertility rate · 4.76 -0.08 (-1.6%)
Birth rate · 35.0 -0.43 (-1.2%)
Death rate · 5.7 -0.09 (-1.6%)
Urban population share · 25.9% +0.24 (+0.9%)
Population aged 65 and over · 2.4% +0.02 (+1.0%)
Under-five mortality rate · 53.0 -1.90 (-3.5%)
Population density · 65.4 +1.83 (+2.9%)
Net migration · -74,404 -30,315 (-68.8%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.

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Comparable readings from neighbouring economies.