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

0.284 → 0.462 (+0.178)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth58.3 → 66.3 (+8)

Internet users2 → 16 (+14)

Urban population20 → 26 (+6)

Births per woman6.86 → 4.76 (-2.10)

Renewable share of energy44 → 20 (-24)

Access to electricity29 → 88 (+59)

Infant mortality94 → 48 (-46)

CO2 emissions per person0.1 → 0.3 (+0.2)

Forest area2 → 2 (0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 11 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	0.284	45.1	—	—	7.58	23	—	146	0.2	1.9	—	—
1991	0.292	45.5	—	17	7.63	24	—	141	0.2	1.9	—	—
1992	0.299	46.6	—	17	7.70	27	—	137	0.1	1.9	—	—
1993	0.307	51.0	—	18	7.76	29	—	133	0.1	1.9	—	—
1994	0.300	51.0	—	18	7.77	30	—	129	0.1	1.9	—	—
1995	0.318	52.1	—	18	7.77	32	—	126	0.1	1.9	—	—
1996	0.326	52.8	—	18	7.76	34	—	123	0.1	1.9	—	—
1997	0.330	53.2	—	18	7.73	36	—	120	0.1	1.9	—	—
1998	0.329	52.5	—	18	7.69	38	—	117	0.1	1.9	—	—
1999	0.337	54.5	—	18	7.64	43	—	114	0.1	1.9	—	—
2000	0.340	55.0	—	19	7.57	45	4	111	0.1	1.9	—	—
2001	0.344	55.5	0	19	7.45	46	9	108	0.1	1.9	—	—
2002	0.368	56.2	0	19	7.32	38	14	104	0.0	1.9	—	—
2003	0.379	57.2	0	19	7.17	37	19	101	0.0	1.9	—	—
2004	0.395	57.8	0	19	7.02	44	24	97	0.0	1.9	—	—
2005	0.402	58.3	1	20	6.86	34	29	94	0.1	1.9	—	—
2006	0.410	58.5	2	20	6.69	32	34	90	0.1	1.9	274	1122
2007	0.426	59.0	2	21	6.51	29	38	87	0.1	1.9	376	1287
2008	0.431	59.7	2	21	6.39	21	42	83	0.1	1.9	382	1334
2009	0.441	60.3	4	22	6.30	17	48	80	0.2	1.9	452	1571
2010	0.449	60.7	4	22	6.20	15	43	77	0.3	1.9	561	1766
2011	0.457	61.3	5	23	6.09	13	43	74	0.4	1.9	607	1744
2012	0.467	61.7	5	23	5.99	15	69	71	0.3	1.9	651	1988
2013	0.475	62.2	6	24	5.88	17	68	69	0.3	1.9	637	2133
2014	0.480	62.3	7	24	5.77	19	90	66	0.2	1.9	625	2224
2015	0.479	62.3	8	24	5.65	18	72	64	0.3	1.9	566	2284
2016	0.483	62.6	11	25	5.54	20	98	62	0.2	1.9	522	2213
2017	0.485	62.4	14	25	5.43	20	98	60	0.3	1.9	525	2336
2018	0.486	62.4	17	25	5.33	18	93	58	0.3	1.9	491	2432
2019	0.492	62.9	18	25	5.24	19	98	57	0.3	1.9	497	2583
2020	0.488	61.5	17	25	5.15	18	98	55	0.3	1.9	511	2562
2021	0.473	60.4	17	25	5.04	20	98	53	0.3	1.9	356	2144
2022	0.462	65.6	16	25	4.93	20	85	52	0.3	1.9	357	2123
2023	—	66.0	16	25	4.84	—	85	50	0.3	1.9	414	2204
2024	—	66.3	16	26	4.76	—	88	48	0.3	—	417	2236
2025	—	—	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Profile shows	0.462	66.3	16	26	4.76	20	—	—	0.3	1.9	417	2236

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; 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 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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