A QUICK REVIEW OF KEY NUMBERS
STATISTICS
| Land Area | 652,864 sq. km. 41st Largest country in the world Twice the size of Norway (385,203 km²) |
| Population of 2017 | 33.4 Million |
| Annual Growth Rate | 3% |
| Nominal GDP in USD Billion 2017 | 21.6 |
| GDP per capita in USD 2017 | 607 |
| Projected GDP Growth by 2018 | 3.2% |
| Inflation Rate as of July 2017 | 5.1% |
| GDP breakdown 2016 | Agriculture: 19.5% Industry: 25.5% Services: 55% |
| Natural Resources | Natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones. |
| Imports | Machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products |
| Import Value | 7.6 Billion USD |
| Exports | Fruits and nuts, hand-woven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems |
| Export Value | 756 Million USD |
| Trade Deficit | 33 % of GDP |
| Donor Grants | 3.22 Billion USD (221 Billion Afs) |
| Foreign exchange reserves | 7.8 Billion |
| Unemployment | 40% |
| New Entrants to the Job Market Annually | 400,000 youths |
| 2015 Life expectancy | 63.3 years |
| Literacy rate | 40% |
| Number of Vehicles | Total: 1906938 Buses: 106947 Passenger cars: 1156873 |
Compilation of Sources: World Bank Group, Central Statistics Organization, Ministry of Mining and Petroleum, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Commerce and Industries.
MINING – $3 TRILLION
Huge deposits of iron ore, copper, cobalt, gold, lithium, niobium, uranium, chromite, granite, marble, and other metallic and non-metallic minerals.
Copper and Iron ore deposits some of the largest consisting of 60 and 2,200 million tonnes.
Estimated 3.4 billion barrels of crude oil, 444 billion cubic meters of Natural Gas and 562 million barrels of natural gas liquids Precious and Semi-precious stones such as Emerald, Lapis Lazuli, and Ruby found in volumes in Afghanistan.
Compilation of Sources: World Bank Group, Central Statistics Organization, Ministry of Mining and Petroleum, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Commerce and Industries.
