| Economy | Afghanistan |
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Economy - overview:
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Afghanistan's economy is recovering from decades of conflict. The economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 largely because of the infusion of international assistance, the recovery of the agricultural sector, and service sector growth. Despite the progress of the past few years, Afghanistan is extremely poor, landlocked, and highly dependent on foreign aid. Much of the population continues to suffer from shortages of housing, clean water, electricity, medical care, and jobs. Criminality, insecurity, weak governance, and the Afghan Government's difficulty in extending rule of law to all parts of the country pose challenges to future economic growth. Afghanistan's living standards are among the lowest in the world. While the international community remains committed to Afghanistan's development, pledging over $67 billion at nine donors' conferences between 2003-10, the Government of Afghanistan will need to overcome a number of challenges, including low revenue collection, anemic job creation, high levels of corruption, weak government capacity, and poor public infrastructure. |
GDP (purchasing power parity):
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$29.99 billion (2011 est.)
$27.95 billion (2010 est.)
$25.91 billion (2009 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars |
GDP - per capita (PPP):
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$1,000 (2011 est.)
$900 (2010 est.)
$900 (2009 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars |
GDP (official exchange rate):
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$17.9 billion (2011 est.) |
GDP - real growth rate:
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7.1% (2011 est.)
8.2% (2010 est.)
20.9% (2009 est.) |
GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 31.6%
industry: 26.3%
services: 42.1%
note: data exclude opium production (2008 est.) |
Investment (gross fixed):
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NA% |
Population below poverty line:
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36% (FY08/09) |
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 3.8%
highest 10%: 24% |
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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29.4 (2008) |
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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7.7% (2011 est.)
0.9% (2010 est.) |
Central bank discount rate:
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void |
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
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15.689% (31 December 2010 est.)
15.222% (31 December 2009 est.) |
Stock of money:
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$1.688 billion (31 December 2008)
$1.426 billion (31 December 2007) |
Stock of money - per capita:
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57 USD per capita |
Stock of quasi money:
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$1.219 billion (31 December 2008)
$958.6 million (31 December 2007) |
Stock of quasi money - per capita:
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41 USD per capita |
Stock of domestic credit:
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$363.6 million (31 December 2008 est.)
$20.06 million (31 December 2007 est.) |
Stock of domestic credit - per capita:
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13 USD per capita |
Stock of narrow money:
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$5.307 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
$3.943 billion (31 December 2009 est.) |
Stock of broad money:
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$5.659 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
$4.149 billion (31 December 2009 est.) |
Labor force:
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15 million (2004 est.) |
Labor force participation rate:
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50.28 % of population |
Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture: 78.6%
industry: 5.7%
services: 15.7% (FY08/09 est.) |
Unemployment rate:
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35% (2008 est.)
40% (2005 est.) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
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void |
Budget:
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revenues: $1.58 billion
expenditures: $3.3 billion
note: Afghanistan received $15.7 billion in 2010/2011 (2011 est.) |
Budget revenues per capita:
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53 USD per capita |
Taxes and other revenues:
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8.8% of GDP (2011 est.) |
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
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-9.6% of GDP (2011 est.) |
Public debt:
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void |
Industries:
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small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, apparel, food-products, non-alcoholic beverages, mineral water, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper |
Industrial production growth rate:
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NA% |
Electricity - production:
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285.5 million kWh (2009 est.) |
Electricity - production per capita:
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10 kWh per capita |
Electricity - consumption:
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231.1 million kWh (2009 est.) |
Electricity - consumption - per capita:
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8 kWh per capita |
Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2009 est.) |
Electricity - imports:
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120 million kWh (2008 est.) |
Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day (2010 est.) |
Oil - production per capita:
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void |
Oil - consumption:
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4,800 bbl/day (2010 est.) |
Oil - consumption - per capita:
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0.06 bbl/year per capita |
Oil - exports:
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0 bbl/day (2009 est.) |
Oil - imports:
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4,512 bbl/day (2009 est.) |
Oil - proved reserves:
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0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.) |
Natural gas - production:
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30 million cu m (2009 est.) |
Natural gas - production per capita:
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2 cu m per capita |
Natural gas - consumption:
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30 million cu m (2009 est.) |
Natural gas - consumption - per capita:
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2 cu m per capita |
Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2009 est.) |
Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2009 est.) |
Natural gas - proved reserves:
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49.55 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.) |
Agriculture - products:
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opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins |
Current account balance:
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-$2.475 billion (2009 est.)
$85 million (2008 est.) |
Current account balance - per capita:
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-82 USD per capita |
Exports:
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$571 million (2010 est.)
$547 million (2009 est.)
note: not including illicit exports or reexports |
Exports per capita:
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20 USD per capita |
Exports - commodities:
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opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems |
Exports - partners:
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Pakistan 25.9%, India 25.5%, US 14.9%, Tajikistan 9.6%, Germany 5% (2010) |
Imports:
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$5.3 billion (2008 est.)
$4.5 billion (2007) |
Imports per capita:
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178 USD per capita |
Imports - commodities:
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machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products |
Imports - partners:
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US 29.1%, Pakistan 23.3%, India 7.6%, Russia 4.5%, Germany 4.2% (2010) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
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void |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold - per capita:
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void |
Debt - external:
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$1.28 billion (FY10/11)
$2.7 billion (FY08/09) |
Debt - external - per capita:
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43 USD per capita |
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
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void |
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home - per capita:
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void |
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
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void |
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad - per capita:
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void |
Market value of publicly traded shares:
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$NA |
Market value of publicly traded shares - per capita:
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void |
Currency (code):
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afghani (AFA) |
Exchange rates:
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afghanis (AFA) per US dollar -
45.37 (2011)
46.45 (2010)
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Fiscal year:
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21 March - 20 March |
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