General profile: Afghanistan

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2017

Population

Exchange rate

GDP

35.530 Millions

68.027 AFN/US$

21 993 Millions current US$

Land area ¹

CPI growth

GDP growth

(n) 652 860 km²

4.98 %

2.50 %

INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE

+30.8 %

Merchandise exports growth rate in 2017

Total merchandise trade

(millions of US$)

2005

2010

2015

2017

Merchandise exports

384

388

571

(e) 780

Merchandise imports

2 471

5 154

7 723

(e) 7 580

Merchandise trade balance

-2 087

-4 766

-7 151

(e) -6 800

Export structure by product group in 2017

(as % of total exports)

Top 5 partners in 2017

(exports, millions of US$)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES

Total trade in services ²

(millions of US$)

2005

2010

2015

2017

Services exports

-

2 091

731

(e) 432

Services imports

-

1 370

1 546

(e) 1 572

Services trade balance

-

720

-815

(e) -1 140

Services exports by main category ²

(as % of total services)

2005

2010

2015

2017

Transport

-

8.3

8.6

(e) 6.1

Travel

-

4.1

11.2

(e) 0.1

Other services

-

87.6

80.2

(e) 93.7

TRADE INDICES

ECONOMIC TRENDS

+2.5 %

Gross domestic product growth rate in 2017

Economic indicators

(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)

2005

2010

2015

2017

GDP, current

6 622

16 078

20 608

21 993

GDP per capita, current US$

264

558

611

619

Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %

9.90

3.24

-1.79

2.50

Current account balance, % of GDP

-

-9.36

-22.75

-21.54

Exchange rate (/US$)

49.495

46.452

61.143

68.027

GDP by expenditure in 2016

(as % of total GDP)

FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES

0 %

FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2017

Financial flows

(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)

2005

2010

2015

2017

FDI inflows

271.00

54.20

163.10

53.94

FDI outflows

1.50

-0.71

0.83

0.01

Personal remittances, % of GDP

..

2.13

1.46

1.88

Financial flows trends

(millions of US$)

TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES

Trade balance indicators ²

(as % and index)

2005

2010

2015

2017

Balance, % of GDP

-

-23.26

-38.09

(e) -33.86

Balance, % of imports

-

-59.68

-85.69

(e) -85.84

Normalized balance

-

-0.425

-0.750

(e) -0.752

Trade openness ²

(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)

LABOUR FORCE

Labour force by gender in 2017

(as % of total labour force, all sectors)

OTHER INDICATORS

..

Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2017

Maritime transport indicators

2005

2010

2015

2017

Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)

..

Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum 2004 = 100 for China)

..

Container port throughput (TEU)

..

Information economy indicators

(as % of)

2005

2010

2015

2017

Share of ICT goods, % of total exports

..

Share of ICT goods, % of total imports

..

0.37

0.16

..

Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector

..

Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)


	Notes:
	1	Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
	2	Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
	e	Estimated.
	n	Estimated. Data refers to 2016.


	Symbols for missing values:
	0	Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
	..	Not available or not separately reported
	_	Not applicable
	...	Not available, including no quotation
	#	Non-relevant calculation
	-	Not publishable
	***	Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals

Abbreviations & acronyms:

DWT:

Dead weight tons

FDI:

Foreign direct investment

GDP:

Gross domestic product

ICT:

Information and communication technology

TEU:

Twenty foot equivalent unit

US$:

United States dollar

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Generation date: 16 April 2019