Afghanistan GDP Data & Country Report

Afghanistan Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Afghanistan; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Central bank

Bank of Afghanistan

International Reserves

US$ 48.590 billion (Source: IMF; Data updated: November 2011)

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

US$ 18.332 billion (2010 estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

29.865 billion of International dollars (2010 estimate)

Real GDP growth

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
N/A	N/A	N/A	15.1%	8.8%	16.1%	8.2%	14.2%
2008	2009	2010	2011*
3.4%	20.9%	8.2%	8%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

US$ 590 (2007 estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

$961 International Dollars (2007 estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

1980	1990	2000	2010	2015**
N/A	N/A	N/A	0.04%	0.05%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 31%
industry: 26%
services: 43%

(Data released on November 2010)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation

2008	2009	2010	2011*
26.8%(2008)	-12.2%	8%	9.8%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate

2008	2009	2010	2011*
N/A	N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010*	2011**
-1.8%	-3.7%	-1.2%	-0.9%	-1.3%

*Estimate **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's rating: N/A

Moody's outlook: N/A

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares

2007	2008	2009
N/A	N/A	N/A

Largest companies in Afghanistan

N/A

DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS

Current account balance

US$ -0.1 billion (2009 estimate)(After 2008)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-0.7% of GDP (2009 estimate)(2009)

Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

17.2% (2008)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export

N/A(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exports

N/A

Export commodities

opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems

Total imports

US$4.85 billion (2007)

Import commodities

capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products

Exports - major partners

India 22.8%, Pakistan 21.8%, US 20.5%, Tajikistan 7.2% (2007)

Imports - major partners

Pakistan 36.8%, US 11%, India 5%, Germany 4.2% (2007)

FDI inflows

2008	2009	2010
US$300 million	US$185 million(2009)	US$76 million(2009)

FDI outflows

2008	2009	2010
N/A	N/A	N/A

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

2008	2009	2010	2011
N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A(2009)	N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 167 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 25 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 170 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 53 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 128 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 183 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 183 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 162 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

N/A

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

N/A (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW

Time zone

UTC+4.5

Total area

652,090 km² (2006)

Capital

Kabul (2009)

Currency

Afghani (AFN) (2009)

Government type

Islamic republic (2009)

Languages

Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism

Religions

Sunni Muslim 80%, Shia Muslim 19%, other 1%

Total population

1980	1990	2000	2010*	2015**
N/A	N/A	N/A	29.66 million	33.84 million

*Estimate **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population

1960	1980	2000	2009
8%	15.7%	21.3%	24.4%

Population median age

16.0 years (2006)

Population growth rate

2.7% (2009)

Life expectancy

44 years (2007)

Adult literacy

28% (2000/2007)

% of population living on less than $2 a day

N/A

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

29.4 (2008)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:6
Civil Liberties:6 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

41.83% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

4% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)

Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

N/A

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

0.0299 (2008)

GLOBAL FINANCE RANKINGS AND AWARDS

ARTICLES AND COUNTRIES REPORTS FROM GLOBAL FINANCE ARCHIVE

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