The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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)

      Communications ::Afghanistan

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      129,300 (2009) country comparison to the world: 139

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      12 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 57

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: limited fixed-line telephone service; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks

      domestic: aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service continues to improve rapidly

      international: country code - 93; multiple VSAT's provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2009)

      Broadcast media:

      state-owned broadcaster, Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), operates a series of radio and television stations in Kabul and the provinces; an estimated 50 private radio stations, 8 TV networks, and about a dozen international broadcasters are available; more than 30 community-based radio stations broadcasting (2007)

      Internet country code:

      .af

      Internet hosts:

      46 (2010) country comparison to the world: 211

      Internet users:

      1 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 98

      Communications - note:

      Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public "telekiosks" in Kabul (2005)

      Transportation ::Afghanistan

      Airports:

      53 (2010) country comparison to the world: 89

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 19

      over 3,047 m: 4

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 8

      914 to 1,523 m: 2

      under 914 m: 2 (2010)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: