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Afghanistan — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Afghanistan, 2001–2024.
Latest value · 2024
1.87%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +119.9% since 2001
GDP growth for Afghanistan was 1.87% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2001 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 28.60% in 2002. The lowest was -20.74% in 2021 (about -11.1× the latest value).
Afghanistan ranks 149 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 70%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.93%, so Afghanistan sits below it. It peaked in 2002 and has fallen 93% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
1.87%
First (2001)
-9.43%
Change
+119.9%
Highest
28.60%
in 2002
Lowest
-20.74%
in 2021
Average
4.47%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.87% |
| 2023 | 2.27% |
| 2022 | -6.24% |
| 2021 | -20.74% |
| 2020 | -2.35% |
| 2019 | 3.91% |
| 2018 | 1.19% |
| 2017 | 2.65% |
| 2016 | 2.26% |
| 2015 | 1.45% |
| 2014 | 2.72% |
| 2013 | 5.6% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.