Country profile · AFG
Afghanistan
Region · South Asia Population · 41.5M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 5.0%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 620 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 4.84
- Expected years of schooling
- 10.8 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 11%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 40% / 7%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.30
- Urban population
- 25%
- Employment in agriculture
- 52%
- Internet use
- 16%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.05%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 4.0 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 77%
- Women married before age 18
- 28%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 1.72
Religion
- Islam100%
Major cities
- Kabul
- Kandahar
- Herat
- Mazar-i-Sharif
Common hazards
- Earthquakes
- Drought
Common migration destinations
- Iran
- Pakistan
- Germany