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Afghanistan

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🌍Population
2024

42.6M

36th of 217 countries

💰GDP per Capita
2024

$417

199th of 200 countries

❤️Life Expectancy
2024

66.3 yrs

184th of 217 countries

🌫️Emissions per Capita
2024

0.28 t

176th of 203 countries

📉Unemployment
2025

13.4%

20th of 182 countries

🔥Inflation
2024

-6.6%

176th of 176 countries

🛡️Military Spending
2021

1.8%

53rd of 156 countries

🏥Healthcare
2023

$59

165th of 191 countries

🌐Internet Users
2024

16.1%

177th of 182 countries

⚡Electricity Access
2024

87.8%

166th of 215 countries

🎓Human Development
2022

0.462

182nd of 193 countries

👶Fertility Rate
2024

4.76

9th of 217 countries

🏙️Urbanization
2024

25.7%

204th of 217 countries

😮‍💨Air Pollution
2023

37.9 µg/m³

26th of 200 countries

🍼Child Mortality
2024

53.0 / 1k

26th of 196 countries

📚Literacy Rate
2021

37.3%

43rd of 44 countries

🌲Forest Area
2024

1.9%

187th of 209 countries

👴Aging Population
2025

2.4%

210th of 217 countries

🌏Foreign Investment
2021

0.1%

176th of 196 countries

🚢Trade
2024

83.8%

82nd of 173 countries

♻️Renewables
2021

6.6%

97th of 208 countries

🎒Education
2017

4.3%

80th of 172 countries

💸Remittances
2023

1.9%

101st of 184 countries

📱Mobile
2024

60.1

147th of 151 countries

🍩Obesity
2022

48.6%

125th of 196 countries

🔫Homicide Rate
2021

4.0 / 100k

48th of 116 countries

👩‍⚖️Women in Parliament
2021

27.0%

79th of 189 countries

🏭Total Emissions
2024

33 Mt

106th of 203 countries

🔍Corruption
2023

13.7

176th of 205 countries

Data from World Bank Open Data

Global rankings · Afghanistan

  • ›Afghanistan records -6.6% in inflation rate (2024), ranking 176th out of 176 countries — in the bottom 1% globally.
  • ›Afghanistan records $417 in gdp per capita (2024), ranking 199th out of 200 countries — in the bottom 1% globally.
  • ›Afghanistan records 37.3% in literacy rate (2021), ranking 43rd out of 44 countries — in the bottom 2% globally.
  • ›Afghanistan records 60.1 in mobile subscriptions (2024), ranking 147th out of 151 countries — in the bottom 3% globally.
  • ›Afghanistan records 16.1% in internet users (2024), ranking 177th out of 182 countries — in the bottom 3% globally.

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