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Afghanistan

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currency: Afghan afghani
capital city: Kabul
region: Southern Asia
continent: Asia
land area: 652,230 km²
population: 42,239,854 people
political leader: Ashraf Ghani (President)

Classified as: place

Location on a map: [33°0′N, 65°0′E]

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Summary

Afghanistan is a country. The capital city is Kabul, located in the Southern Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 652,230 km², a population of 42,239,854 people and uses the currency Afghan afghani. The President is Ashraf Ghani.

Environment

Afghanistan is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Southern Asia and 194 countries in our database.

Agricultural land: 383,130.00 km²
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 5.68 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Fertility rate: 4.52 births per woman
Forest area: 12,084 km²
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 29.03 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 13.10
Methane emissions: 18.92 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 3.60 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 20,920,159 people
Male population: 21,319,695 people
Renewable energy consumption: 20.00 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 636,173.23 km²
Rural population: 30,863,394 people
Urban land area: 3,993.84 km²
Urban population: 11,376,460 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Afghanistan by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Afghanistan relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Afghanistan relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Afghanistan relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical land area in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical median age in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Afghanistan relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Afghanistan relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Afghanistan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Afghanistan relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Afghanistan relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Afghanistan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Afghanistan relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical male population in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical rural land area in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical rural population in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical urban land area in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between date and population over time

Afghanistan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Afghanistan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Afghanistan relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Afghanistan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Afghanistan relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Afghanistan relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Afghanistan relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Afghanistan relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Afghanistan relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Afghanistan relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Afghanistan relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Afghanistan

Distribution of sites in Afghanistan by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Afghanistan by area

Proportion of transboundary sites in Afghanistan

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Afghanistan by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Afghanistan

Cities in Afghanistan

Sites in Afghanistan

Wildfires in Afghanistan

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Health

Birth rate: 35.14 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 6.91 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 81.32 current US$
Health expenditure: 21.83 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 0.03 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 0.36 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 63
Suicide mortality rate: 4.10 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Afghanistan relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Afghanistan relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Afghanistan relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Afghanistan relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Afghanistan relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Afghanistan

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Afghanistan

Proportion of diseases in Afghanistan by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Afghanistan by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical deaths in Afghanistan

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Afghanistan

Diseases in Afghanistan

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Business

Expense: 39.22 % of GDP
Gdp: 14,502,158,192.09 current US$
Inflation: 2.30 annual %
Self-employed workers: 81.74 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 9.90 % of GDP
Unemployment: 14.39 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 80.12 % of total employment

Distribution of companies founded in Afghanistan by year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical expense in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical GDP in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical unemployment in Afghanistan

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Afghanistan

Proportion of shops per country in Afghanistan

Companies from Afghanistan

Exchanges in Afghanistan

Shops in Afghanistan

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 165,000 people
Democracy score: 2.97
Democracy type: Authoritarian
Military expenditure: 1.83 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 27.02 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Afghanistan

Afghanistan relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Afghanistan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Afghanistan relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Afghanistan relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Afghanistan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Afghanistan relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Afghanistan relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Afghanistan

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Afghanistan

Distribution of politicians from Afghanistan by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Afghanistan

Political parties in Afghanistan

Politicians from Afghanistan

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Afghanistan by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Afghanistan

Proportion of competitions per city in Afghanistan

Proportion of competitions per country in Afghanistan

Distribution of competitions in Afghanistan by start date

Proportion of medals won by Afghanistan in the Olympics

Athletes from Afghanistan

Competitions in Afghanistan

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Afghanistan by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Afghanistan

Geographical distribution of museums in Afghanistan by visitors

Artists from Afghanistan

Museums in Afghanistan

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Afghanistan by total students

Distribution of universities in Afghanistan per foundation year

Universities in Afghanistan

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In literature

There are 761 books written about Afghanistan in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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