Balanced trade in services in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Balanced trade in services was 0.9536 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2024. ▲ Rising
Balanced trade in services in Afghanistan, 2005–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in US dollars, exchange rate converted.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 0.9536 US dollars, exchange rate converted for balanced trade in services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, balanced trade in services in Afghanistan peaked at 0.9536 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2793 US dollars, exchange rate converted, in 2005.
Afghanistan ranks 121st of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Balanced trade in services in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | US dollars, exchange rate converted | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.2793 US dollars, exchange rate converted | — |
| 2006 | 0.2984 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3502 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +17.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4274 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +22.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4724 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 0.5502 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +16.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6589 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +19.8% |
| 2012 | 0.745 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +13.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7435 US dollars, exchange rate converted | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.7915 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7975 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7186 US dollars, exchange rate converted | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 0.7702 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 0.7954 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.7993 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.4941 US dollars, exchange rate converted | -38.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5678 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +14.9% |
| 2022 | 0.759 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +33.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8837 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +16.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9536 US dollars, exchange rate converted | +7.9% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 0.9536 US dollars, exchange rate converted is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.7643 US dollars, exchange rate converted, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 0.9536 US dollars, exchange rate converted is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3.4 US dollars, exchange rate converted, 28% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3655 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.2793 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.4724 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.737 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.5502 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.7993 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7316 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.4941 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.9536 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 118 Zimbabwe 1.04 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 119 Kyrgyzstan 1.02 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 120 Zambia 0.9781 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 122 North Korea 0.9385 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 123 Serbia 0.9238 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 124 Brunei Darussalam 0.9216 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
More economy & growth data for Afghanistan
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP -8.59 Percent per annum (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP -6.24 Percent per annum (2022)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -3.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0237 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 9.26 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -8.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0182 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 6.76 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0237 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is balanced trade in services in Afghanistan?
- Balanced trade in services in Afghanistan was 0.9536 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest balanced trade in services recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9536 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2024.
- What is the lowest balanced trade in services recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2793 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2005.
- How does Afghanistan rank for balanced trade in services?
- Afghanistan ranks 121st out of 174 countries with data for 2024.
- Is balanced trade in services rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Balanced trade in services (BaTIS). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD-WTO Balanced Trade in Services (BaTIS) dataset is a complete, consistent, and balanced matrix of international trade in services statistics (ITSS). It contains annual bilateral data covering 202 reporters and partners, broken down by total services and 26 EBOPS 2010 (BPM6) categories from 2005 to 2024. BaTIS is the result of joint efforts by the OECD and WTO. Two main features enable BaTIS to stand out as the international benchmark for any analysis on international trade in services: BaTIS is complete and consistent. At present, only around 65% of world trade in services is bilaterally specified, and the percentage is even lower for the individual service categories. The OECD-WTO methodology leverages all available official statistics and combines them with estimations and adjustments to provide users with a complete matrix covering virtually all economies in the world. BaTIS is balanced. To resolve the asymmetries between reported and mirror flows, exports and imports are reconciled by calculating a symmetry-index weighted average between the two, following a similar approach to that developed for international merchandise trade statistics. Batis provides three measures for each trade flow (under the ‘adjustment’ dimension): Reported. Reflects the value officially reported by the country (where available), some values are rescaled to fit world totals. Adjusted and/or imputed. Reflects, in addition to the reported values, any adjustments made to ensure internal consistency as well as the estimations made by the OECD-WTO to fill in the gaps in the reported information. Balanced. Reflects the reconciled bilateral trade flow, where exports equal mirror imports. Official information on bilateral trade flows was collected from OECD, Eurostat, national sources as well as UNSD. The WTO-UNCTAD trade in services dataset, based on a number of primary sources complemented with estimations, was the main source for data with partner world. The BaTIS dataset can be used as a stand-alone input for economic analysis and policy-making. In addition, balanced trade in services data form an essential input to the OECD Trade in Value Added (TiVA) initiative, for which a balanced view of international trade is crucial. BaTIS is intended to be regularly updated and constantly improved as new data become available. For more information on the methodology, please refer to the technical paper accompanying this dataset The OECD-WTO Balanced Trade in Services (BaTIS) For more information on balanced trade statistics, please go to the topic related OECD page Balanced trade statistics Users are encouraged to send their questions, or to signal any apparent errors, regarding this database to STAT.Contact@oecd.org https://www.oecd.org/en/about/directorates/statistics-and-data-directorate.html