Afghanistan: Economy

Economic Indicators^[2]
Real Interest Rate (5 year average %)	12.14% (2017)
Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)	7.04% (2019)
Labor and Employment
Labor Force, Total	11,082,536 (2020)
Employment in Agriculture (% of total employment)	42.35% (2020)
Employment in Industry (% of total employment)	18.25% (2020)
Employment in Services (% of total employment)	39.39% (2020)
Unemployment Rate	11.16% (2020)
Trade
Imports of goods and services (current US$)	$9,153,344,064 (2017)
Exports of goods and services (current US$)	$1,192,286,469 (2017)
Total Merchandise Trade (% of GDP)	0% (2019)
FDI, net inflows (BoP, current US$)	$23,404,554 (2019)

Afghanistan: Economic Update

Natural Gas^[3]
					Ranking
Production (Gross)	6.675 billion cu ft		(2015)		#78
Consumption (Dry)	5.513 billion cu ft		(2019)		#106
Exports (Dry)	0 billion cu ft		(2019)		#57
Imports (Dry)	0 billion cu ft		(2019)		#80
Proved Reserves	1.75 trillion cu ft		(2020)		#61
Oil
					Ranking
Production		0 thousand bbl/day	(2019)		#129
Consumption		22.453 thousand bbl/day	(2018)		#129
Proved Reserves (Crude)		0 billion bbl	(2020)		#99
Electricity
					Ranking
Production		1.115 billion kWh		(2018)	#145
Consumption		6.023 billion kWh		(2018)	#116
Exports		0 billion kWh		(2019)	#95
Imports		4.986 billion kWh		(2018)	#37
Renewable Electricity Generation		0.88 billion kWh		(2019)	#116

Ease of Doing Business Rank 173/190^[4]

Corruption Perceptions Index- 16

DHL Global Connectedness Index: 18.8

ICT Development Index (IDI) 1.95

Index of Economic Freedom 51.5

International Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 1.95

KOF Index of Globalization 32.17

Management Index (Political Leadership Towards Democracy and a Market Economy) 3.88

Open Budget Index: 49

Status Index (Political and Economic Transformation) 2.95