Date: May 25, 2026
Afghanistan is a mid-size country with 0.5% of the world's population. It has 2 world heritage sites.
Afghanistan is the 36th ranked country in population and 40th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world. Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.
Enrolment in primary edu.
Teachers in primary edu.
Total Population
Out of 195 countries in the world, Afghanistan is the 20th highest ranked in Rural Pop. . This implies that the economy of this country is majorly agriculture driven, or may imply that there is less industrialisation when compared to other countries.
Out of 195 countries in the world, Afghanistan is the 22nd highest ranked in Enrolment in primary edu. . This may take into context a higher country population, or imply that more people in this country pursue primary education when compared to other countries.
The Average Teachers in primary edu. of 195 countries in the world is 112,672. Afghanistan is the 33rd highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies better investment by the country in primary education when compared to other countries.
The Average Total Population of 195 countries in the world is 42,357,833. Afghanistan is the 36th highest ranked country out of 195 countries. Taking into context the total population of the world, this country is more populated in comparison to other countries.
Literacy Rate (%)
GDP Per Capita (USD)
Afghanistan is the 5th worst ranked in Literacy Rate (%) out of all the 195 countries.This indicates that the educational infrastructure in this country is worse than it is in other countries.
Afghanistan is the 9th worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) out of all the 195 countries.This implies that this country is a developing country.
The Average Formal Jobs of 195 countries in the world is 10,605,934. Afghanistan is the 91st worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate that the country is not highly urbanised or indicate that the unemployment rate is high compared to other countries
Afghanistan is the 94th worst ranked in Total No. of Pharmacists out of all the 195 countries.This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population
| Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above World Average |
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| 1 | Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members) | Count | 1 | 1 | 1130 | ||
| 2 | Islamic Population | # People | 10,091,996 | 12 | 1127 | ||
| 3 | Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.% | % People | 0 | 12 | 1130 | ||
| 4 | Islamic Pop./Total Pop.% | % People | 22 | 15 | 1125 | ||
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| 1 | World Heritage Sites | Count | 7 | 111 | 1233 | ||
| 2 | # Olympic Medals | Count | 146 | 104 | 1234 | ||
| Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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| 1 | Persian | # People | 12,517,000 | 2 | 1127 | ||
| 2 | Pashto as a % of total Pashto speakers | % People | 0 | 2 | 1128 | ||
| 3 | Persian as a % of total Persian speakers | % People | 0 | 2 | 1128 | ||
| 4 | Turkmen as a % of total Turkmen speakers | % People | 0 | 2 | 1130 | ||
| 5 | Uzbek as a % of total Uzbek speakers | % People | 0 | 2 | 1129 | ||
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| 1 | Arabic | # People | 10,099,424 | 26 | 1234 | ||
| 2 | Arabic as a % of total Arabic speakers | % People | 0 | 25 | 1234 | ||
| 3 | English | # People | 10,677,446 | 15 | 1230 | ||
| 4 | English as a % of total English speakers | % People | 0 | 15 | 1235 | ||
| 5 | Kyrgy | # People | 599,193 | 6 | 1232 | ||
| 6 | Kyrgy as a % of total Kyrgy speakers | % People | 0 | 5 | 1235 | ||
| 7 | Urdu | # People | 15,368,166 | 3 | 1234 | ||
| 8 | Uzbek | # People | 1,668,438 | 3 | 1234 | ||
| 9 | Urdu as a % of total Urdu speakers | % People | 0 | 3 | 1235 | ||
| 10 | Pashto | # People | 25,256,000 | 2 | 1235 | ||
| 11 | Turkmen | # People | 1,802,750 | 2 | 1234 | ||
| Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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| 1 | INDs via Delhi Airport (%) | % People | 38 | 4 | 1126 | ||
| 2 | FTAs in India via Delhi (%) | % People | 46 | 9 | 1125 | ||
| 3 | INDs for Business (%) | % People | 25 | 72 | 1129 | ||
| 4 | FTAs in India for Leisure (%) | % People | 42 | 74 | 1125 | ||
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| 1 | INDs via Mumbai Airport (%) | % People | 33 | 187 | 1233 | ||
| 2 | FTAs in India for Business (%) | % People | 18 | 182 | 1232 | ||
| 3 | GDP Per Capita (USD) | $ | 18,044 | 187 | 1231 | ||
| 4 | INDs via Bengaluru Airport (%) | % People | 5 | 175 | 1231 | ||
| 5 | INDs via Chennai Airport (%) | % People | 5 | 172 | 1233 | ||
| 6 | GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD) | $ | 30,199 | 177 | 1235 | ||
| 7 | FTAs in India via Bengaluru (%) | % People | 6 | 151 | 1233 | ||
| 8 | INDs via Cochin Airport (%) | % People | 3 | 123 | 1234 | ||
| 9 | FTAs in India via Mumbai (%) | % People | 23 | 163 | 1233 | ||
| 10 | FTAs in India via Hyderabad (%) | % People | 3 | 120 | 1234 | ||
| 11 | INDs - Indian Diaspora (%) | % People | 22 | 146 | 1233 | ||
| 12 | Exports /Total Exports of the World %. | 0 | 131 | 1230 | |||
| 13 | Exports/Total GDP of the Country %. | 48 | 151 | 1234 | |||
| 14 | INDs via Kolkata Airport (%) | % People | 2 | 96 | 1232 | ||
| 15 | Corporate Tax Rates in % | Rate | 23 | 130 | 1234 | ||
| 16 | GDP (Billions USD) | $ Billions | 600 | 141 | 1233 | ||
| 17 | GDP as a % of Total GDP | Percent | 0 | 118 | 1230 | ||
| 18 | Export of Goods and Services (in Million $) | Amount | 180,704 | 131 | 1230 | ||
| 19 | FTAs in India | # People | 51,254 | 124 | 1235 | ||
| 20 | Imports/Total Imports of the World %. | 0 | 114 | 1230 | |||
| 21 | Import of Goods and Services (in Million $) | Amount | 173,515 | 118 | 1234 | ||
| 22 | INDs via Hyderabad Airport (%) | % People | 3 | 82 | 1234 | ||
| 23 | FTAs in India for Medical (%) | % People | 12 | 83 | 1230 | ||
| 24 | INDs from India | # People | 158,494 | 103 | 1233 | ||
| 25 | INDs for Education (%) | % People | 3 | 70 | 1233 | ||
| 26 | FTAs in India - Indian Diaspora (%) | % People | 14 | 79 | 1230 | ||
| 27 | INDs for Leisure (%) | % People | 46 | 84 | 1232 | ||
| 28 | FTAs in India for Education (%) | % People | 5 | 66 | 1232 | ||
| 29 | Import Ban(Number of products) | Count | 12 | 67 | 1233 | ||
| 30 | Imports /Total GDP of the Country %. | 51 | 67 | 1233 | |||
| 31 | INDs for Pilgrimage (%) | % People | 5 | 11 | 1233 | ||
| Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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| 1 | Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %. | % People | 36 | 5 | 1125 | ||
| 2 | Enrolment in primary edu. | # People | 3,831,465 | 22 | 1130 | ||
| 3 | Teachers in primary edu. | # People | 112,672 | 33 | 1126 | ||
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| 1 | Literacy Rate (%) | % People | 86 | 191 | 1231 | ||
| 2 | Teachers as a % of Enrolment | % People | 41 | 117 | 1235 | ||
| 3 | Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %. | % People | 9 | 127 | 1232 | ||
| 4 | Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %. | % People | 9 | 95 | 1230 | ||
| 5 | # Students per teacher in tertiary edu. | Ratio | 58 | 31 | 1232 | ||
| 6 | # Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary) | # People | 2,895,876 | 40 | 1234 | ||
| 7 | Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %. | % People | 23 | 88 | 1232 | ||
| 8 | # Students per teacher in Primary edu. | Ratio | 260 | 43 | 1232 | ||
| 9 | # Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary) | # People | 38,831,325 | 30 | 1234 | ||
| 10 | Total Literate Pop. | # People | 34,678,001 | 63 | 1231 | ||
| 11 | Teachers in tertiary edu. | # People | 80,879 | 62 | 1230 | ||
| 12 | Teachers in secondary edu. | # People | 201,153 | 56 | 1231 | ||
| 13 | Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes) | # People | 1,420,982 | 55 | 1230 | ||
| 14 | Enrolment in secondary edu. | # People | 3,225,437 | 35 | 1232 | ||
| 15 | # Students per teacher in secondary edu. | Ratio | 57 | 15 | 1235 | ||
| 16 | Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %. | % People | 27 | 15 | 1232 | ||
| 17 | Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop. | % People | 28 | 3 | 1234 | ||
| Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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| 1 | Population Growth Rate (%) | % People | 0 | 14 | 1125 | ||
| 2 | Total Births | # People | 677,551 | 18 | 1125 | ||
| 3 | Total Population | # People | 42,357,833 | 36 | 1129 | ||
| 4 | Male Population | # People | 21,291,067 | 36 | 1128 | ||
| 5 | Female Population | # People | 21,066,765 | 36 | 1127 | ||
| 6 | Male % of Total Pop. | % People | 50 | 38 | 1128 | ||
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| 1 | Female % of Total Pop. | % People | 50 | 158 | 1235 | ||
| Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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| 1 | Goat Meat Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 46,111 | 18 | 1129 | ||
| 2 | Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production) | Percent | 0 | 18 | 1129 | ||
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| 1 | Tree density. | Density | 22,685 | 174 | 1234 | ||
| 2 | Tree density . | Density | 828 | 165 | 1235 | ||
| 3 | Country forest area / Global Forest area % | 0 | 112 | 1231 | |||
| 4 | Forest Area. | Area | 21,595,147 | 117 | 1233 | ||
| 5 | Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production) | Percent | 0 | 112 | 1232 | ||
| 6 | Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 588,164 | 116 | 1235 | ||
| 7 | Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production) | Percent | 0 | 76 | 1235 | ||
| 8 | Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production) | Percent | 0 | 83 | 1232 | ||
| 9 | Cow Beef Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 320,761 | 83 | 1233 | ||
| 10 | Orange Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 618,959 | 83 | 1230 | ||
| 11 | Sugarcane prod. | Tons | 20,929,075 | 81 | 1235 | ||
| 12 | Soyabean prod. | Tons | 3,572,369 | 77 | 1230 | ||
| 13 | Number of Trees | Count | 15,642,617,148 | 76 | 1235 | ||
| 14 | Honey prod. | Tons | 15,393 | 74 | 1231 | ||
| 15 | Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced % | Weight | 0 | 74 | 1233 | ||
| 16 | Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.% | Weight | 1 | 61 | 1230 | ||
| 17 | Barley prod. | Tons | 1,545,003 | 61 | 1231 | ||
| 18 | Cow Milk Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 3,855,383 | 56 | 1230 | ||
| 19 | Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production) | Percent | 0 | 54 | 1235 | ||
| 20 | Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production) | Percent | 1 | 46 | 1234 | ||
| 21 | Potatoes prod. | Tons | 2,504,846 | 48 | 1230 | ||
| 22 | Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced % | Weight | 0 | 47 | 1233 | ||
| 23 | Number of Cows | Count | 8,697,624 | 48 | 1232 | ||
| 24 | Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons) | Weight | 121,850 | 47 | 1234 | ||
| 25 | Cows (% of Total Cows) | Percent | 0 | 48 | 1231 | ||
| 26 | Rice prod. | Tons | 6,920,442 | 46 | 1232 | ||
| 27 | Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.% | Weight | 0 | 45 | 1232 | ||
| 28 | Apple Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 1,044,287 | 34 | 1235 | ||
| 29 | Apple Production (% of Total Apple Production) | Percent | 1 | 34 | 1230 | ||
| 30 | Onion prod. | Tons | 819,042 | 33 | 1231 | ||
| 31 | Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced % | Weight | 0 | 33 | 1231 | ||
| 32 | Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production) | Percent | 0 | 30 | 1234 | ||
| 33 | Goat Milk Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 196,989 | 30 | 1231 | ||
| 34 | Wheat prod. | Tons | 6,811,171 | 29 | 1233 | ||
| 35 | Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %. | Weight | 0 | 29 | 1231 | ||
| 36 | Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales) | Weight | 1,707 | 24 | 1232 | ||
| 37 | Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production) | Percent | 1 | 24 | 1233 | ||
| Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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| 1 | Rural Pop. | # People | 18,013,759 | 20 | 1129 | ||
| 2 | Rural Pop. /Total Pop. % | % People | 40 | 23 | 1129 | ||
| 3 | Pop. without Electricity access | # People | 3,455,508 | 34 | 1125 | ||
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| 1 | Urban Population / Total Population % . | % People | 60 | 173 | 1231 | ||
| 2 | # Cities>300000 | # Cities | 7 | 86 | 1235 | ||
| 3 | Pop. with access to Electricity (%) | % People | 86 | 141 | 1233 | ||
| 4 | # Cities>500000 | # Cities | 4 | 65 | 1230 | ||
| 5 | # Cities>1M | # Cities | 4 | 46 | 1230 | ||
| 6 | # Cities>100000 | # Cities | 21 | 93 | 1232 | ||
| 7 | # Cities>1M | # Cities | 1 | 39 | 1233 | ||
| 8 | # Cities>300000 | # Cities | 11 | 53 | 1232 | ||
| 9 | Urban Population (2021) | # People | 23,603,754 | 60 | 1232 | ||
| 10 | # Cities>100000 | # Cities | 27 | 54 | 1235 | ||
| 11 | # Cities>500000 | # Cities | 7 | 47 | 1234 | ||
| Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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| 1 | Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % . | % People | 23 | 27 | 1129 | ||
| 2 | Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %. | % People | 23 | 27 | 1127 | ||
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| 1 | Total Labour Force/Total Pop. | % People | 43 | 174 | 1232 | ||
| 2 | Employment in Services /Total pop.%. | % People | 25 | 173 | 1230 | ||
| 3 | Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force % | % People | 59 | 159 | 1233 | ||
| 4 | Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %. | % People | 57 | 150 | 1230 | ||
| 5 | Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %. | % People | 76 | 150 | 1231 | ||
| 6 | Employment in services/Total Labour force %. | % People | 56 | 150 | 1231 | ||
| 7 | Formal Jobs | # People | 10,605,934 | 105 | 1232 | ||
| 8 | Employment in Services | # People | 10,251,634 | 72 | 1234 | ||
| 9 | Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %. | % People | 9 | 71 | 1233 | ||
| 10 | Non-Agricultural Labour Force | # People | 15,067,127 | 68 | 1230 | ||
| 11 | Total Labour Force (2021) | # People | 20,641,663 | 56 | 1232 | ||
| 12 | Unemployment Rate. | % People | 6 | 55 | 1230 | ||
| 13 | Labour Force Participation | # People | 14,659,929 | 55 | 1232 | ||
| 14 | Unemployed Labour Force. | # People | 1,511,199 | 45 | 1233 | ||
| 15 | Employment in Agriculture | # People | 5,314,003 | 37 | 1232 | ||
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| 1 | Int. Users / Total Pop.% | % People | 69 | 186 | 1232 | ||
| 2 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population | % People | 34 | 176 | 1235 | ||
| 3 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users | % People | 37 | 164 | 1233 | ||
| 4 | FB Users / Total Pop. %. | % People | 27 | 163 | 1232 | ||
| 5 | Instagram Users as a % of Total Population | % People | 29 | 155 | 1233 | ||
| 6 | X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Population | % People | 13 | 152 | 1235 | ||
| 7 | FB Users / Total Int. Users %. | % People | 34 | 142 | 1232 | ||
| 8 | Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users | % People | 36 | 132 | 1230 | ||
| 9 | X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Internet Users | % People | 12 | 122 | 1231 | ||
| 10 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users | % People | 0 | 99 | 1235 | ||
| 11 | Facebook CPC in Rs. | Absolute | 5 | 105 | 1233 | ||
| 12 | LinkedIn users | # People | 7,145,162 | 104 | 1235 | ||
| 13 | X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total X (Twitter) Users | % People | 0 | 83 | 1231 | ||
| 14 | Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users | % People | 0 | 90 | 1235 | ||
| 15 | Instagram Users | Absolute | 10,458,072 | 91 | 1233 | ||
| 16 | X (Twitter) users | # People | 1,789,045 | 85 | 1230 | ||
| 17 | Internet Users | # People | 28,543,790 | 76 | 1232 | ||
| 18 | Facebook users | # People | 11,706,915 | 68 | 1231 | ||
| 19 | Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users | % People | 0 | 66 | 1232 | ||
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| 1 | Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes | Age | 73 | 161 | 1233 | ||
| 2 | Dentist (per 10,000) | People per 10000 | 31 | 122 | 1234 | ||
| 3 | Total No. of Pharmacists | # People | 19,528 | 102 | 1235 | ||
| 4 | Total No. of Doctors | # People | 78,648 | 94 | 1234 | ||
| Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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| 1 | # Phone Numbers /Total Pop. % | Percent | 101 | 161 | 1233 | ||
| 2 | # Mobile phone numbers | Count | 40,393,496 | 50 | 1234 | ||
| Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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| 1 | Military Force/Total Pop. % | % People | 1 | 88 | 1235 | ||
| 2 | Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %. | Percent | 0 | 63 | 1232 | ||
| 3 | Military Budget (in Billion $) | $ Billion | 17 | 63 | 1231 | ||
| 4 | Total Military Force | # People | 362,682 | 57 | 1232 | ||
| 5 | Military Force/Total World Military Force %. | % People | 0 | 57 | 1232 | ||
| 6 | Judges Per 100K | People Per 100K | 11 | 49 | 1231 | ||
| 7 | Lawyers Per 100K | People Per 100K | 137 | 48 | 1231 | ||
Mother Tongue : Pashto
Literacy Rate (%) : 37.30
| Country Capital | : | Kabul |
|---|---|---|
| GDP Per Capita | : | 409 |
| GDP Per Capita Rank | : | 186th/195 |
| Life Expectancy | : | 66 |
| Unemployment Rate | : | 5 |
| Number of Internet Users | : | 7,736,216 |
| Internet Users Rank | : | 77th/195 |
| Area | : | 649,300 |
| Area Rank | : | 40th/195 |
| Total Population | : | 43,844 |
| Total Population Rank | : | 36th/195 |
| Sr. | City | Total City Population (2023) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghazni | 195,907 |
| 2 | Herat | 610,049 |
| 3 | Jalalabad | 288,716 |
| 4 | Kabul | 4,734,799 |
| 5 | Kandahar | 670,241 |
| 6 | Khost | 164,848 |
| 7 | Kunduz | 276,575 |
| 8 | Lashkargah | 207,328 |
| 9 | Mazar-i-Sharif | 514,668 |
| 10 | Mihtarlam | 148,332 |
| 11 | Puli Khumri | 227,598 |
| 12 | Sar-e Pol | 169,258 |
| 13 | Sheberghan | 180,678 |
| 14 | Taloqan | 202,081 |
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