IndicatorAFGAfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.04rank #150Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)21.7rank #183Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.01rank #155Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.02rank #157Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.02rank #151Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)12rank #203Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.04rank #150Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1.8%rank #53Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.05rank #142Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)29.8rank #199Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)30.8rank #189Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)28.1rank #202Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.08rank #145Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.07rank #150Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.02rank #152Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)17.7rank #201Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)27%rank #72Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.03rank #147Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)51.6%rank #22Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)34.3%rank #7Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-15.7%rank #168Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT32.5%rank #177Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)19.9%rank #13Data 2023 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.14%rank #176Data 2021 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)17.78Brank #134Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)1.9%rank #145Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)416.9rank #199Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)1,964.5rank #185Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)1,971.5rank #180Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)39.2%rank #16Data 2017 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)17.1%rank #137Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-2.7%rank #159Data 2020 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #162Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)14.5%rank #159Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)-6.6%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT37.4%rank #177Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4%rank #63Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)9.9%rank #128Data 2017 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)83.8%rank #81Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)13.4%rank #162Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT13.1%rank #160Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)81.8%rank #174Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)16.8%rank #118Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT16.5%rank #118Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)15.7%rank #152Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)68.1%rank #37Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)926Mrank #158Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)3.61Brank #150Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)80.8%rank #134Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)54.5%rank #141Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data5.3rank #132Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,314.6rank #161Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF59%rank #40Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)15%rank #4Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)48.3rank #138Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)66.3rank #184Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)521rank #111Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)55%rank #39Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF55%rank #39Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF4.5%rank #18Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.32rank #43Data 2023 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)37.9rank #175Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)15.9rank #66Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)22.1%rank #78Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF44.6%rank #29Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)3.6rank #39Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)203rank #121Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF53rank #171Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)27.8%rank #76Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF3.6%rank #11Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)37.3%rank #43Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4.3%rank #80Data 2017 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)10.8rank #165Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)2.5rank #184Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)90.3%rank #97Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)112.2%rank #21Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)59.6%rank #128Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)10.9%rank #122Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)35rank #9Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)4.8rank #9Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP16.9rank #207Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-1.2rank #143Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)43.84Mrank #36Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)2.8%rank #20Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP70.9rank #176Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP76,885.1rank #25Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP83.8rank #14Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)25.9%rank #193Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data10.83Mrank #108Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data0.25rank #186Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)87.8%rank #34Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber3%rank #17Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber75.8%rank #19Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber11.1%rank #34Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber0%rank #104Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)1.9%rank #187Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch0.76rank #9Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber131.3rank #33Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data86.9%rank #20Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)20%rank #31Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch31.5rank #82Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)84.6%rank #32Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)97%rank #19Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)2,000rank #169Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)43%rank #141Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)3.6%rank #150Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)58.4%rank #44Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)12,170rank #80Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)2,358.6rank #108Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)120.4rank #58Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)0.44rank #143Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)60.1rank #147Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)41.1rank #186Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR270,007rank #177Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)5.1%rank #181Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)0.08rank #161Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.66rank #110Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.66rank #149Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)4rank #69Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.5rank #148Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.32rank #133Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internally displaced personspeopleUNHCR3.2Mrank #29Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)16.1%rank #175Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data1.4rank #144Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.49rank #114Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.07rank #167Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.24rank #132Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.6rank #168Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.9rank #193Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR20,869rank #82Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR2.67Mrank #173Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT55.6%rank #181Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP306rank #21Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data780rank #33Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.7rank #64Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)9rank #62Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.8rank #61Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.4rank #62Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.9rank #59Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.9rank #58Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.7rank #44Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP332rank #26Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)8rank #72Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)8.3rank #63Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)8.6rank #70Data 2026 · Status unspecified