Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre was 0.0253 million USD per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Afghanistan, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD per square kilometre.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 0.0253 million USD per square kilometre for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Afghanistan peaked at 0.0338 million USD per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0071 million USD per square kilometre, in 1994.
Afghanistan ranks 181st of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | million USD per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0162 million USD per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0162 million USD per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0135 million USD per square kilometre | -16.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0139 million USD per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0147 million USD per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0156 million USD per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0164 million USD per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0156 million USD per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0168 million USD per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0163 million USD per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0157 million USD per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0161 million USD per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0164 million USD per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0172 million USD per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0175 million USD per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0176 million USD per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0181 million USD per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0162 million USD per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0149 million USD per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0138 million USD per square kilometre | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0134 million USD per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0119 million USD per square kilometre | -10.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0121 million USD per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0091 million USD per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0071 million USD per square kilometre | -22.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0106 million USD per square kilometre | +49.9% |
| 1996 | 0.01 million USD per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0095 million USD per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0091 million USD per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0087 million USD per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0082 million USD per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0077 million USD per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0127 million USD per square kilometre | +65.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0137 million USD per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0139 million USD per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0152 million USD per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0164 million USD per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0207 million USD per square kilometre | +26.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0192 million USD per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0224 million USD per square kilometre | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0229 million USD per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0247 million USD per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0272 million USD per square kilometre | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0288 million USD per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0294 million USD per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0287 million USD per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0295 million USD per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.03 million USD per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0305 million USD per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0338 million USD per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0331 million USD per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0262 million USD per square kilometre | -20.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0246 million USD per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0253 million USD per square kilometre | +2.7% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 0.0253 million USD per square kilometre is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.0362 million USD per square kilometre, 70% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 0.0253 million USD per square kilometre is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.4451 million USD per square kilometre, 6% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre 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 | +65.0% | 0.0077 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0127 million USD per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0155 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0135 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0168 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0163 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0138 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0181 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0102 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0071 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0134 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.015 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0077 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0224 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0285 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0229 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0338 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0273 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0246 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0331 million USD per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 178 Congo 0.0305 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 179 Suriname 0.0281 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 180 Mozambique 0.0261 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 182 Madagascar 0.0239 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 183 Libya 0.0215 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 184 Eritrea 0.0203 million USD 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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 30.79 million BoP, current US$ (2021)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 0.7698 BoP, current US$ per person (2021)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 20.60 million BoP, current US$ (2021)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 58.83 % change on previous year (2021)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 0.515 BoP, current US$ per person (2021)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 14.73 % change on previous year (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Afghanistan?
- Gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Afghanistan was 0.0253 million USD per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0338 million USD per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0071 million USD per square kilometre in 1994.
- How does Afghanistan rank for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre?
- Afghanistan ranks 181st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 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.