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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $20 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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29% (2003 est.)
: note: this high growth rate reflects the extremely low levels of activity between 1999 and 2002, as well as the end of a four-year drought and the impact of donor assistance
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $700 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 60%
industry: 20%
services: 20% (1990 est.)
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Population below poverty line:
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23% (2002)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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5.2% (2003)
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Labor force:
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11.8 million (2001 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 80%, industry 10%, services 10% (1990 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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NA (2003)
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Budget:
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revenues: $200 million
expenditures: $550 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 plan)
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Industries:
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small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper
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Industrial production growth rate:
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NA
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Electricity - production:
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334.8 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 36.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
hydro: 63.7%
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Electricity - consumption:
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511.4 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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200 million kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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3,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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0 bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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220 million cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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220 million cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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49.98 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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opium, wheat, fruits, nuts, wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins
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Exports:
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$98 million (not including illicit exports) (2002 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems
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Exports - partners:
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US 26.1%, France 17%, Pakistan 17%, India 16.1% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$1.007 billion (2002 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products
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Imports - partners:
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Pakistan 26.8%, South Korea 12.3%, Japan 8.2%, Germany 7.4%, Turkmenistan 5.8%, Kenya 4.9%, US 4.8% (2003 est.)
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Debt - external:
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$8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia; Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks (2004)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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international pledges made by more than 60 countries and international financial institutions at the Tokyo Donors Conference for Afghan reconstruction in January 2002 reached $4.5 billion through 2006, with $1.8 billion allocated for 2002; another $1.7 billion was pledged for 2003.
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Currency:
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afghani (AFA)
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Currency code:
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AFA
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Exchange rates:
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afghanis per US dollar - 50 (2003), 50 (2002), 3,000 (2001), 3,000 (2000), 3,000 (1999)
: note: in 2002, the afghani was revalued and the currency stabilized at about 50 afghanis to the dollar; before 2002, the market rate varied widely from the official rate
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