Poverty Headcount / Afghanistan
Afghanistan Poverty Headcount
Afghanistan poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 47.10%.
COUNTRY: Afghanistan
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:11:11
GM ECONOMY RATING
Afghanistan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
CCC
30 / 100
High vulnerability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
8.0 / 20
External stability
1.2 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
6.8 / 15
Future capacity
3.8 / 10
Demographic capacity
0.4 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 86% of weighted inputs available.
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Afghanistan · poverty headcount data as percent of GDP.
Latest
47.10%
Previous
54.50%
Range avg.
43.40%
Rank
3
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CountryAfghanistan
IndicatorPoverty Headcount
47.10%2019 · Rank 3
Chart range
All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Afghanistan recorded 47.10% for Poverty Headcount in 2019, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2016, the indicator decreased by 7.40 percentage points, from 54.50% to 47.10%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 4 available observations (43.40%).
Within the last 4 available observations, the low was 33.70% in 2007 and the high was 54.50% in 2016.
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