| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $20 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
29% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $700 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 60%
industry: 20%
services: 20% (1990 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
23% (2002) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
5.2% (2003) |
| Labor Force : |
11.8 million (2001 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 80%, industry 10%, services 10% (1990 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $200 million
expenditures: $550 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 plan) |
| Industries : |
small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper |
| Electricity - Production : |
334.8 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 36.3%
hydro: 63.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
511.4 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
200 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
opium, wheat, fruits, nuts, wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins |
| Exports : |
$98 million (not including illicit exports) (2002 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 26.1%, France 17%, Pakistan 17%, India 16.1% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$1.007 billion (2002 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products |
| Imports - Partners : |
Pakistan 26.8%, South Korea 12.3%, Japan 8.2%, Germany 7.4%, Turkmenistan 5.8%, Kenya 4.9%, US 4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia; Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks (2004) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
international pledges made by more than 60 countries and international financial institutions at the Tokyo Donors Conference for Afghan reconstruction in January 2002 reached $4.5 billion through 2006, with $1.8 billion allocated for 2002; another $1.7 billion was pledged for 2003. |
| Currency : |
afghani (AFA) |
| Currency Code : |
AFA |
| Exchange Rates : |
afghanis per US dollar - 50 (2003), 50 (2002), 3,000 (2001), 3,000 (2000), 3,000 (1999)
note: in 2002, the afghani was revalued and the currency stabilized at about 50 afghanis to the dollar; before 2002, the market rate varied widely from the official rate |
| Fiscal Year : |
21 March - 20 March |
