National Accounts
The majority of the following information is taken from, or adapted from The World Factbook
GDP: purchasing power parity $29.74 billion (2011 est.), with an exchange rate at $18.02 billion (2011 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
- 5.8% (2011 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2011 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
- agriculture: 34.9%
- industry: 25%
- services: 40%
note: data excludes opium production
Population below poverty line:
- 36% (2009)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
- lowest 10%: 3.8%
- highest 10%: 24%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.9% (2009)
country comparison to the world: 19
Labor force: 15 million (2004)
country comparison to the world: 39
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 78.6%, industry 5.7%, services 15.7% (2009)
Unemployment rate: 35% (2009)
country comparison to the world: 180
Budget:
- revenues: $1.58 billion
- expenditures: $3.3 billion
Industries: small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, apparel, food-products, non-alcoholic beverages, mineral water, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper
Electricity - production: 913.1 million kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
Electricity - production by source:
- fossil fuel: 23.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
- hydro: 76.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
- nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
- other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption: 2.226 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 137
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2010 est.)
Electricity - imports: 1.377 billion kWh (2009 est.)
Oil - production: 0 barrels per day (0 m3/d) (2003)
country comparison to the world: 210
Oil - consumption: 5,036 barrels per day (800.7 m3/d) (2006)
country comparison to the world: 165
Oil - proved reserves: 1,600,000,000 barrels (250,000,000 m3) (2006)
Natural gas - production: 220 million m³ (2001)
Natural gas - consumption: 220 million m³ (2001)
Natural gas - proved reserves: 15.7 trillion cubic feet (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products: opium poppies, wheat, fruits, nuts, karakul pelts
Exports: $2.625 billion (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 164
Exports - commodities: opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, and gemstone
Exports - partners: Pakistan 33.7%, India 23.8%, Tajikistan 8.9%, Russia 5.6%, Bangladesh 5.1%, US 4.1% (2011)
Imports: $9.152 billion (2010 est.)
Imports - commodities: machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products
Imports - partners: United States 31.3%, Pakistan 20.7%, Russia 8.4%, India 5.4%, Germany 4% (2011)
Debt - external: $1.28 to $2.3 billion total (2011)
- Russia - $987 million
- Asian Development Bank - $ 596 million
- World Bank - $435 million
- International Monetary Fund - $114 million
- Germany - $18 million
- Saudi Development Fund - $47 million
- Islamic Development Bank - $11 million
- Bulgaria - $51 million
- Kuwait Development Fund - $22 million
- Iran - $10 million
- Opec - $1.8 million
Current account balance: - $736 million (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 132
Currency: Afghani (AFN)
Exchange rates: afghanis (AFA) per US dollar - 47 = $1
- 46.75 (2011)
- 46.45 (2010)
Fiscal year: 21 March - 21 March
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