Afghanistan Afghanistan

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Afghanistan, is a country located at Southern Asia, it has an area of 652,860 Km2.

Afghanistan, with a population of 40,099,462 people, it is ranked at 37º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 61 people per km2.

It's capital is Kabul and its currency is Afghanis

Afghanistan is holding the 140 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2020 was 1,305 millions of euros (1,490 millions of dollars), ( 7.4% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €33 euros per inhabitant$38 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Afghanistan, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.478 points in 2021, leaving it in 180th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Afghanistan are business, you must know it's in the 173th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Afghanistan, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Kabul: Monthly Rainfall
Afghanistan Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2021€12,502M
Annual GDP [+]2021$14,583M
GDP per capita [+]2021€312
GDP per capita [+]2021$364
Debt (M.€.) [+]20201,305
Debt ($M) [+]20201,490
Debt (%GDP) [+]20207.40%
Debt Per Capita [+]2020€33
Debt Per Capita [+]2020$38
Deficit (M.€) [+]2020-396
Deficit ($M) [+]2020-452
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2020-2.24%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20204,929.0
Expenditure ($M) [+]20205,625.4
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2019541.8
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2019606.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202110.88%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017100.4
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017113.3
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20172.32%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2021228.5
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2021266.6
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20204.97%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202027.94%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2020€126
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2020$144
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019€17
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019$19
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€3
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$3
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021€6
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021$7
Corruption Index [+]202224
Fragile States Index [+]2018106.6
RTI Raking [+]2022
Labour
NMW [+]2020$71.6
Business
Doing Business [+]2020173º
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201555.33
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]01/01/20130%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202020.0%
Trade
Exports [+]2021€851.4M
Exports [+]2021$1,007.0M
Exports % GDP [+]20216.81%
Imports [+]2021€4,263.1M
Imports [+]2021$5,042.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202134.10%
Trade balance [+]2021€-3,411.7M
Trade balance [+]2021$-4,035.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-27.29%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201596º
Density [+]202161
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023163º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017409.5
% Immigrant [+]20200.37%
% Emigrant [+]202015.02%
Birth Rate [+]202135.84‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017181.6
Crude death rate [+]20217.34‰
Fertility Rate [+]20214.64
% risk of poverty [+]201654.5%
Population [+]202140,099,462
Immigrant stock [+]2020144,098
Emigrant stock [+]20205,853,838
HDI [+]20210.478
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023146º
Life expectancy [+]202161.98
Suicides [+]20151,796
Suicide rate [+]20156.32
Number of homicides [+]20211,613
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20214.02
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.21
Consumption GWh [+]20215,531
Generation GWh [+]2021829
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]11/30/20237,963
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]11/30/2023228,970
Fully vaccinated [+]11/14/202318,036,203
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]11/30/2023198.58
Doses administered [+]11/14/202322,495,714