Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices … Constant square in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices … Constant square was 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power in Afghanistan, 1970–2019
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Afghanistan is 0.0001 units per square kilometre, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 47.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Afghanistan peaked at 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 units per square kilometre, in 1994.
Afghanistan ranks 164th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices … Constant square in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -12.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -7.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -8.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 0 units per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 0 units per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 0 units per square kilometre | -19.1% |
| 1994 | 0 units per square kilometre | -23.0% |
| 1995 | 0 units per square kilometre | +30.5% |
| 1996 | 0 units per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 0 units per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 0 units per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 0 units per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 0 units per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 0 units per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 0 units per square kilometre | +48.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +22.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +4.0% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 0.0001 units per square kilometre is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0001 units per square kilometre, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 0.0001 units per square kilometre is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0009 units per square kilometre, 13% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices … Constant square in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +48.6% | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 10 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 161 Guinea-Bissau 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 162 Guinea 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 163 Gabon 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 165 Zimbabwe 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 166 Belize 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Bolivia 0.0001 units per square kilometre 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 gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Afghanistan?
- Gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Afghanistan was 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per square kilometre in 1994.
- How does Afghanistan rank for gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power?
- Afghanistan ranks 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power International Monetary Fund
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.