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Poverty Headcount / Afghanistan
Population & Society

Afghanistan Poverty Headcount

Afghanistan poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 47.1%. Global.
COUNTRY: Afghanistan
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:11:11
Economy Data Rating
Afghanistan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
58 / 100
Moderate risk · limited data
Fiscal stability 20.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 7.8 / 20
External stability 15 / 15
Financial robustness 4.5 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 5.7 / 10
Demographic capacity 5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 67% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2007–2019 2007– 2019
2007 2019
Selected year: 2019 · Value: n/a 2019

Afghanistan · poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines.

2007–2019
47.1 percent
54.5 percent
43.4 percent
3 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2007 2011 2016 2019
poverty headcount rate reference line

Countries by poverty headcount

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Nigeria 56.2
Yemen 48.6
Afghanistan 47.1
Timor-Leste 41.8
Micronesia 41.2
Papua New Guinea 39.9
Kenya 39.8
Argentina 38.1

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
China 0
India 21.9
Indonesia 9
Germany 14.8
France 15.6

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SI.POV.NAHC

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-07-06 05:11:11

Afghanistan Snapshot

country profile
Population n/a
GDP 17.78 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation -6.6%
Unemployment n/a
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Low income

Afghanistan Poverty Headcount: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Poverty Headcount for Afghanistan. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: afghanistan poverty headcount rate, poverty headcount data afghanistan, afghanistan poverty headcount statistics, afghanistan percent, poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines..