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🇦🇫 Afghanistan

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

AFG AF ؋ Afghan afghani (AFN)

Every statistic we track for Afghanistan — 76 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →

Life expectancy

56.2 yrs

#182 of 188

Happiness score

1.45

#147 of 147

Liberal democracy

0.02

#176 of 179

All indicators

📈 Economy

Extreme Poverty 0% #52/237 2023
GDP per Capita (Long Run) 1,358 #158/165 2022
GDP per Capita Growth 3.4% #64/184 2019
Income per Person 1,527 #164/183 2018
Income per Person 1,527 #164/183 2018
Made a Digital Payment 3.8% #143/144 2017
Total GDP (Long Run) 53,303,471,617 #105/165 2022

👥 Demographics

Fertility Rate (WB) 4.8 #9/217 2024
Internally Displaced People 3,199,023 #10/38 2025
Median Age 17.4 #224/235 2026
Population 34.5 #39/229 2013
Population Density 69.4 #149/235 2026
Refugees by Country of Origin 2,671,560 #4/195 2025
Urban Population 25.7% #200/213 2024

🌐 Connectivity

Access to Electricity 85.3% #165/214 2023
Internet Users 16.1% #177/182 2024
Mobile Subscriptions 56.3 #193/209 2022

🫀 Health

Adult Obesity 18.7% #125/199 2022
Alcohol Consumption per Capita 0 #198/207 2022
Child Mortality (under-5) 5.3 #25/199 2024
Health Spending (QoG) 23.1% #1/189 2022
Hypertension Prevalence 40.2% #76/194 2019
Infant Mortality (QoG) 50.4 #12/191 2023
Life Expectancy 56.2 #182/188 2013
Life Expectancy 63.4 #169/186 2020
Suicide Rate 5.3 #124/185 2021
Tobacco Use Prevalence 22.9% #66/167 2022
Undernourishment 28.1% #12/166 2023
Universal Health Coverage Index 42 #181/195 2023

🎓 Education

Mean Years of Schooling 5.7 #131/146 2020

🌱 Environment

CO₂ per Capita (WB) 0.3 #175/203 2024
Renewable Electricity 86.9% #26/195 2024

🏛️ Governance

Civil Liberties (V-Dem) 0 #178/179 2025
Clean Elections (V-Dem) 0 #166/179 2025
Control of Corruption (QoG) -1.3 #176/192 2024
Corruption Perceptions Index 17 #164/179 2024
Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) 17 #163/177 2024
Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) 0 #178/179 2025
Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) 0 #179/179 2025
Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) 0.1 #176/179 2025
Freedom House Status (QoG) 3 #1/193 2024
Freedom in the World Score 6 #186/196 2024
Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) 0 #177/179 2025
Gender Equality (V-Dem) 0 #179/179 2025
Government Effectiveness (QoG) -1.9 #190/192 2024
Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) 0.1 #153/179 2025
Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) 0 #176/179 2025
Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) 0.1 #166/179 2025
Political Corruption (V-Dem) 0.8 #41/179 2025
Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) 19.1 #171/173 2024
Rule of Law (V-Dem) 0.1 #164/179 2025
Voice & Accountability (QoG) -2.2 #191/192 2024

📰 Media & news

Press Freedom Index 19.5 #172/177 2026

🛡️ Safety

Homicide Rate 6.8 #68/204 2023
Road Traffic Deaths 24.1 #21/195 2021

⚠️ Risk & resilience

Climate Seen as a Threat 93.7% #19/142 2023
Confident Can Protect Family 14.1% #141/142 2023
Disaster Exposure (WRI) 0.3 #142/193 2025
Experienced a Disaster 54.1% #12/142 2023
Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) 9.3% #49/139 2023
INFORM Risk Index 7.8 #6/191 2025
Resilience to Risk (WRP) 29.3 #141/141 2023
World Risk Index 3.7 #102/193 2025
Worry About Violent Crime 64.3% #84/142 2023

😊 Wellbeing

Happiness (Cantril Ladder) 1.4 #147/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Freedom 0 #146/146 2025
Happiness Driver: GDP 0.9 #138/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Generosity 0.1 #100/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy 0.2 #139/146 2025
Happiness Driver: Low Corruption 0.1 #62/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Social Support 0 #147/147 2025
Human Development Index 0.5 #181/193 2023

🧭 Attitudes & values

Believe Vaccines Are Effective 96% #6/143 2018
Believe Vaccines Are Safe 94.2% #7/143 2018
Trust in Science 67.4% #101/143 2018
Trust in Scientists 55.9% #106/143 2018

Latest available period per indicator; rank is the country's position among all countries with data. Sources are credited on each indicator page.