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Afghanistan

73 series · 1800–2025 · Low income · South Asia

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1956–20251,196,210 (2025)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1956–202517,543 (2025)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1950–20251,039,420 (2025)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1950–202523,707 (2025)
Real GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsrGDP_USD1950–202515,896 (2025)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1956–2025123.1 (2025)
Real GDP per capita (USD)US dollars per personrGDP_pc_USD1950–2025362.6 (2025)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1960–20241,897,197 (2024)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1960–2024148.2 (2024)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1960–202427,087 (2024)
Household consumptionMillions of local currencyhcons1960–20241,549,921 (2024)
Household consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPhcons_GDP1960–2024121.0 (2024)
Household consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarshcons_USD1960–202422,129 (2024)
Government consumptionMillions of local currencygcons1970–2024347,276 (2024)
Government consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgcons_GDP1970–202427.1 (2024)
Government consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarsgcons_USD1970–20244,958 (2024)
Gross capital formationMillions of local currencyinv1960–2025171,517 (2025)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPinv_GDP1960–202514.3 (2025)
Gross capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsinv_USD1960–20252,515 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formationMillions of local currencyfinv1970–2024142,957 (2024)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPfinv_GDP1970–202411.2 (2024)
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsfinv_USD1970–20242,041 (2024)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1956–2024127,682 (2024)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1956–20249.97 (2024)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1956–20241,823 (2024)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1956–2024887,269 (2024)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1956–202469.3 (2024)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1956–202412,668 (2024)
Current accountMillions of local currencyCA1979–2024-507,259 (2024)
Current account (% of GDP)Percent of GDPCA_GDP1979–2024-39.6 (2024)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1955–202568.2 (2025)
Real effective exchange rateIndex, 2015 = 100REER2002–202388.2 (2023)
Current account (USD)Millions of US dollarsCA_USD1979–2024-7,242 (2024)

Government finances

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Government expenditureMillions of local currencygovexp2002–2025239,383 (2025)
General government expenditureMillions of local currencygen_govexp2002–2025239,383 (2025)
General government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govexp_GDP2002–202520.0 (2025)
Central government expenditureMillions of local currencycgovexp2006–2017473,895 (2017)
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovexp_GDP2006–201736.6 (2017)
Government revenueMillions of local currencygovrev2002–2025228,728 (2025)
General government revenueMillions of local currencygen_govrev2002–2025228,728 (2025)
Central government revenueMillions of local currencycgovrev2006–2017581,467 (2017)
General government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govrev_GDP2002–202519.1 (2025)
Central government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovrev_GDP2006–201744.9 (2017)
Government tax revenueMillions of local currencygovtax2005–202578,989 (2025)
General government tax revenueMillions of local currencygen_govtax2005–202578,989 (2025)
Central government tax revenueMillions of local currencycgovtax2006–2017119,603 (2017)
General government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govtax_GDP2005–20256.60 (2025)
Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovtax_GDP2006–20179.24 (2017)
Government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdef_GDP2002–2025-0.891 (2025)
General government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdef_GDP2002–2025-0.891 (2025)
General government deficitMillions of local currencygen_govdef2002–2025-10,655 (2025)
Central government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdef_GDP2006–20170.332 (2017)
Central government deficitMillions of local currencycgovdef2006–20174,297 (2017)
Government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdebt_GDP2002–20257.98 (2025)
General government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdebt_GDP2002–20257.98 (2025)
General government debtMillions of local currencygen_govdebt2002–202595,411 (2025)
Central government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdebt_GDP2002–20238.25 (2023)
Central government debtMillions of local currencycgovdebt2002–2023111,511 (2023)
Government debtMillions of local currencygovdebt2002–202595,411 (2025)
Government deficitMillions of local currencygovdef2002–2025-10,655 (2025)
Government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovexp_GDP2002–202520.0 (2025)
Government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovrev_GDP2002–202519.1 (2025)
Government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovtax_GDP2005–20256.60 (2025)

Money and interest rates

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Short-term interest ratePercentstrate2006–20171.59 (2017)
Central bank policy ratePercentcbrate2015–20200.807 (2020)
M0 (monetary base)Millions of local currencyM01958–2025375,709 (2025)
M1Millions of local currencyM11958–2025551,861 (2025)
M2Millions of local currencyM21958–2025575,223 (2025)
M3Millions of local currencyM32006–2020575,738 (2020)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Consumer price indexIndex, 2015 = 100CPI1970–2025126.9 (2025)
InflationPercentinfl1970–2025-4.19 (2025)
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1800–202543.8 (2025)
Unemployment ratePercentunemp2001–20215.68 (2021)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →