Afghanistan
Afghanistan in numbers — 18 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Afghanistan recorded GDP per capita: 417 (2024), ranking 211 of 212 worldwide; Population: 43.84 million (2025), ranking 36 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 66.3 (2024), ranking 184 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: -6.60% (2024), ranking 187 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, Electricity access shows the largest increase (+1895%) and Inflation the largest decrease (-152%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 5 of 18 comparable series are higher and 13 are lower.
Its population of 43.84 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 18 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 43,844,111 | 2025 | +385.3% |
| Population growth | 2.77% | 2025 | +41.0% |
| Urban population | 25.94% | 2025 | +219.4% |
| Life expectancy | 66.29 | 2024 | +102.1% |
| Infant mortality | 48.3 | 2024 | -80.9% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.28 | 2024 | +84.4% |
| Labor participation | 37.46% | 2025 | -20.6% |
| Unemployment | 13.35% | 2025 | +67.5% |
| GDP | 17,778,508,875.74 | 2024 | +404.9% |
| GDP (PPP) | 95,368,282,081.05 | 2024 | +482.3% |
| GDP per capita | 416.87 | 2024 | +138.3% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 2,236.2 | 2024 | +174.9% |
| Internet users | 16.09% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 87.8% | 2024 | +1895.5% |
| GDP growth | 1.87% | 2024 | +119.9% |
| Inflation | -6.6% | 2024 | -152.0% |
| Forest area | 1.85% | 2023 | 0.0% |
| Health spending | 14.99% | 2023 | +58.7% |