Afghanistan, year by year

Every index this site holds for Afghanistan, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.285 in 1990 to 0.496 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 66.3 years2024at birthUp 8 years from 58.3 years in 2005
Internet users: 16%2024of people onlineUp 14 points from 2% in 2006
Urban population: 26%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 6 points from 20% in 2006
Births per woman: 4.762024births per womanDown 2.10 from 6.86 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 20%2022of energy usedDown 24 points from 44% in 2004
Access to electricity: 88%2024of people with electricityUp 59 points from 29% in 2005
Infant mortality: 482024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 46 from 94 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.2 t from 0.1 t in 2005
Forest area: 2%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 12 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.285	45.1	—	—	7.58	23.0	—	146	0.2	1.9	—	—
1991	0.291	45.5	—	17.4	7.63	23.7	—	141	0.2	1.9	—	—
1992	0.301	46.6	—	17.5	7.70	27.4	—	137	0.1	1.9	—	—
1993	0.311	51.0	—	17.6	7.76	28.5	—	133	0.1	1.9	—	—
1994	0.305	51.0	—	17.7	7.77	30.1	—	129	0.1	1.9	—	—
1995	0.329	52.1	—	17.8	7.77	31.8	—	126	0.1	1.9	—	—
1996	0.334	52.8	—	18.0	7.76	33.9	—	123	0.1	1.9	—	—
1997	0.338	53.2	—	18.1	7.73	36.4	—	120	0.1	1.9	—	—
1998	0.338	52.5	—	18.2	7.69	38.0	—	117	0.1	1.9	—	—
1999	0.347	54.5	—	18.4	7.64	43.4	—	114	0.1	1.9	—	—
2000	0.351	55.0	—	18.6	7.57	45.0	4	111	0.1	1.9	—	—
2001	0.355	55.5	0.0	18.7	7.45	45.6	9	108	0.1	1.9	—	—
2002	0.383	56.2	0.0	18.9	7.32	37.8	14	104	0.0	1.9	—	—
2003	0.392	57.2	0.1	19.2	7.17	36.7	19	101	0.0	1.9	—	—
2004	0.408	57.8	0.1	19.4	7.02	44.2	24	97	0.0	1.9	—	—
2005	0.417	58.3	1.2	19.7	6.86	33.9	29	94	0.1	1.9	—	—
2006	0.426	58.5	2.1	20.1	6.69	31.9	34	90	0.1	1.9	274	1122
2007	0.442	59.0	1.9	20.6	6.51	28.8	38	87	0.1	1.9	376	1287
2008	0.446	59.7	1.8	21.1	6.39	21.2	42	83	0.1	1.9	382	1334
2009	0.458	60.3	3.5	21.7	6.30	16.5	48	80	0.2	1.9	452	1571
2010	0.465	60.7	4.0	22.3	6.20	15.2	43	77	0.3	1.9	561	1766
2011	0.474	61.3	5.0	22.8	6.09	12.6	43	74	0.4	1.9	607	1744
2012	0.484	61.7	5.5	23.3	5.99	15.4	69	71	0.3	1.9	651	1988
2013	0.492	62.2	5.9	23.8	5.88	16.9	68	69	0.3	1.9	637	2133
2014	0.497	62.3	7.0	24.2	5.77	19.1	90	66	0.2	1.9	625	2224
2015	0.496	62.3	8.3	24.5	5.65	17.7	72	64	0.3	1.9	566	2284
2016	0.495	62.6	11.0	24.7	5.54	20.2	98	62	0.2	1.9	522	2213
2017	0.496	62.4	13.5	24.8	5.43	19.5	98	60	0.3	1.9	525	2336
2018	0.498	62.4	16.8	25.0	5.33	18.3	93	58	0.3	1.9	491	2432
2019	0.507	62.9	17.6	25.1	5.24	18.9	98	57	0.3	1.9	497	2583
2020	0.501	61.5	17.1	25.3	5.15	18.2	98	55	0.3	1.9	511	2562
2021	0.486	60.4	16.5	25.4	5.04	20.0	98	53	0.3	1.9	356	2144
2022	0.495	65.6	15.9	25.4	4.93	20.0	85	52	0.3	1.9	357	2123
2023	0.496	66.0	15.9	25.5	4.84	—	85	50	0.3	1.9	414	2204
2024	—	66.3	16.1	25.7	4.76	—	88	48	0.3	—	417	2236
2025	—	—	—	25.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
On the profile	0.496	66.3	16.1	25.9	4.76	20.0	—	—	0.3	1.9	417	2236

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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