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GDP (purchasing power parity):
$29.81 billion (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 109
$27.38 billion (2009 est.)
$22.34 billion (2008 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars

GDP (official exchange rate):
$16.63 billion (2010 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
8.9% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 6
22.5% (2009 est.)
3.4% (2008 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$1,000 (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 212
$1,000 (2009 est.)
$800 (2008 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 31%
industry: 26%
services: 43%
note: data exclude opium production (2008 est.)

Labor force:
15 million (2004 est.)
country comparison to the world: 39

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 78.6%
industry: 5.7%
services: 15.7% (FY08/09 est.)

Unemployment rate:
35% (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 183
40% (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line:
36% (FY08/09)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
13.3% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 214
20.7% (2008 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:
15% (31 December 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 48
14.92% (31 December 2008 est.)

Stock of narrow money:
$3.943 billion (31 December 2009)
country comparison to the world: 100
$2.819 billion (31 December 2008)

Stock of broad money:
$4.149 billion (31 December 2009)
country comparison to the world: 125
$2.915 billion (31 December 2008)

Stock of domestic credit:
$363.6 million (31 December 2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
$20.06 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA

Agriculture - products:
opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins

Industries:
small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, apparel, food-products, non-alcoholic beverages, mineral water, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%

Electricity - production:
285.5 million kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 168

Electricity - consumption:
231.1 million kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 175

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity - imports:
230 million kWh (2007 est.)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116

Oil - consumption:
5,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 164

Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 138

Oil - imports:
4,404 bbl/day (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161

Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 99

Natural gas - production:
30 million cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84

Natural gas - consumption:
30 million cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 46

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70

Natural gas - proved reserves:
49.55 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 65

Current account balance:
-$2.475 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 160
$85 million (2008 est.)

Exports:
$547 million (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 164
$603 million (2008 est.); note - not including illicit exports or reexports

Exports - commodities:
opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems

Exports - partners:
US 26.47%, India 23.09%, Pakistan 17.36%, Tajikistan 12.51% (2009)

Imports:
$5.3 billion (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 109
$4.5 billion (2007)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products

Imports - partners:
Pakistan 26.78%, US 24.81%, India 5.15%, Germany 5.06%, Russia 4.04% (2009)

Debt - external:
$2.7 billion (2008/2009)
country comparison to the world: 134
$8 billion (2004)

Exchange rates:
afghanis (AFA) per US dollar - 50.23 (2009), 50.25 (2008), 50 (2007), 46 (2006), 47.7 (2005), 48 (2004)

(Facts from the CIA website)