Afghanistan Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth

Adjusted Savings: Energy Depletion

1971 - 2022 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

AF: Adjusted Savings: Energy Depletion data was reported at 2.714 USD mn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.161 USD mn for 2021. AF: Adjusted Savings: Energy Depletion data is updated yearly, averaging 10.869 USD mn from Mar 1971 to 2022, with 52 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42.779 USD mn in 1980 and a record low of 0.931 USD mn in 2004. AF: Adjusted Savings: Energy Depletion data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Energy depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of energy resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers coal, crude oil, and natural gas.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods in World Bank's 'The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium' (2011).;;

Last Frequency Range
2.714 2022 yearly 1971 - 2022

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Afghanistan Adjusted Savings: Energy Depletion

Adjusted Savings: Energy Depletion: % of GNI

1971 - 2022 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Adjusted Savings: Energy Depletion: % of GNI data was reported at 0.018 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.006 % for 2021. AF: Adjusted Savings: Energy Depletion: % of GNI data is updated yearly, averaging 0.170 % from Mar 1971 to 2022, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.251 % in 1978 and a record low of 0.006 % in 2021. AF: Adjusted Savings: Energy Depletion: % of GNI data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Energy depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of energy resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers coal, crude oil, and natural gas.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods in World Bank's 'The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium' (2011).;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.018 2022 yearly 1971 - 2022

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Afghanistan Adjusted Savings: Energy Depletion: % of GNI

Adjusted Savings: Mineral Depletion

1971 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

AF: Adjusted Savings: Mineral Depletion data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2021. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2020. AF: Adjusted Savings: Mineral Depletion data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Mar 1971 to 2021, with 51 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.472 USD mn in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2021. AF: Adjusted Savings: Mineral Depletion data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Mineral depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of mineral resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods in World Bank's 'The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium' (2011).;;

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2021 yearly 1971 - 2021

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Afghanistan Adjusted Savings: Mineral Depletion

Adjusted Savings: Mineral Depletion: % of GNI

1971 - 2022 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Adjusted Savings: Mineral Depletion: % of GNI data was reported at 0.000 % in 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2021. AF: Adjusted Savings: Mineral Depletion: % of GNI data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Mar 1971 to 2022, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.002 % in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2022. AF: Adjusted Savings: Mineral Depletion: % of GNI data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Mineral depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of mineral resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods in World Bank's 'The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium' (2011).;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2022 yearly 1971 - 2022

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Afghanistan Adjusted Savings: Mineral Depletion: % of GNI

Adjusted Savings: Natural Resources Depletion: % of GNI

1970 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Adjusted Savings: Natural Resources Depletion: % of GNI data was reported at 0.336 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.244 % for 2020. AF: Adjusted Savings: Natural Resources Depletion: % of GNI data is updated yearly, averaging 0.401 % from Dec 1970 to 2021, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.963 % in 1976 and a record low of 0.244 % in 2020. AF: Adjusted Savings: Natural Resources Depletion: % of GNI data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Natural resource depletion is the sum of net forest depletion, energy depletion, and mineral depletion. Net forest depletion is unit resource rents times the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth. Energy depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of energy resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers coal, crude oil, and natural gas. Mineral depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of mineral resources to the remaining reserve lifetime (capped at 25 years). It covers tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods in World Bank's 'The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium' (2011).;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.336 2021 yearly 1970 - 2021

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Afghanistan Adjusted Savings: Natural Resources Depletion: % of GNI

Adjusted Savings: Net Forest Depletion

1971 - 2022 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

AF: Adjusted Savings: Net Forest Depletion data was reported at 47.377 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 48.383 USD mn for 2021. AF: Adjusted Savings: Net Forest Depletion data is updated yearly, averaging 22.841 USD mn from Mar 1971 to 2022, with 52 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 51.828 USD mn in 2017 and a record low of 4.986 USD mn in 1971. AF: Adjusted Savings: Net Forest Depletion data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods in World Bank's 'The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium' (2011).;;

Last Frequency Range
47.377 2022 yearly 1971 - 2022

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Afghanistan Adjusted Savings: Net Forest Depletion

Adjusted Savings: Net Forest Depletion: % of GNI

1970 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Adjusted Savings: Net Forest Depletion: % of GNI data was reported at 0.318 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.238 % for 2020. AF: Adjusted Savings: Net Forest Depletion: % of GNI data is updated yearly, averaging 0.293 % from Dec 1970 to 2021, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.796 % in 1975 and a record low of 0.211 % in 2012. AF: Adjusted Savings: Net Forest Depletion: % of GNI data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods in World Bank's 'The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium' (2011).;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.318 2021 yearly 1970 - 2021

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Afghanistan Adjusted Savings: Net Forest Depletion: % of GNI

Agricultural Irrigated Land: % of Total Agricultural Land

2001 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Agricultural Irrigated Land: % of Total Agricultural Land data was reported at 6.507 % in 2021. This stayed constant from the previous number of 6.507 % for 2020. AF: Agricultural Irrigated Land: % of Total Agricultural Land data is updated yearly, averaging 5.743 % from Dec 2001 to 2021, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.264 % in 2003 and a record low of 4.618 % in 2002. AF: Agricultural Irrigated Land: % of Total Agricultural Land data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Agricultural irrigated land refers to agricultural areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
6.507 2021 yearly 2001 - 2021

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Afghanistan Agricultural Irrigated Land: % of Total Agricultural Land

Agricultural Land

1961 - 2021 | Yearly | sq km | World Bank

AF: Agricultural Land data was reported at 383,130.000 sq km in 2021. This stayed constant from the previous number of 383,130.000 sq km for 2020. AF: Agricultural Land data is updated yearly, averaging 379,550.000 sq km from Dec 1961 to 2021, with 61 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 383,130.000 sq km in 2021 and a record low of 377,500.000 sq km in 1961. AF: Agricultural Land data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
383,130.000 2021 yearly 1961 - 2021

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Afghanistan Agricultural Land

Agricultural Land: % of Land Area

1961 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Agricultural Land: % of Land Area data was reported at 58.807 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 58.277 % for 2019. AF: Agricultural Land: % of Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 58.144 % from Dec 1961 to 2020, with 60 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 58.807 % in 2020 and a record low of 57.802 % in 1961. AF: Agricultural Land: % of Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
58.807 2020 yearly 1961 - 2020

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Afghanistan Agricultural Land: % of Land Area

Arable Land

1961 - 2020 | Yearly | ha | World Bank

AF: Arable Land data was reported at 7,829,000.000 ha in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,788,000.000 ha for 2019. AF: Arable Land data is updated yearly, averaging 7,810,500.000 ha from Dec 1961 to 2020, with 60 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7,910,000.000 ha in 1992 and a record low of 7,647,000.000 ha in 1996. AF: Arable Land data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;;

Last Frequency Range
7,829,000.000 2020 yearly 1961 - 2020

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Afghanistan Arable Land

Arable Land: % of Land Area

1961 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Arable Land: % of Land Area data was reported at 12.003 % in 2021. This stayed constant from the previous number of 12.003 % for 2020. AF: Arable Land: % of Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 11.984 % from Dec 1961 to 2021, with 61 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.128 % in 1992 and a record low of 11.724 % in 1996. AF: Arable Land: % of Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
12.003 2021 yearly 1961 - 2021

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Afghanistan Arable Land: % of Land Area

Arable Land: Hectares per Person

1961 - 2021 | Yearly | ha | World Bank

AF: Arable Land: Hectares per Person data was reported at 0.195 ha in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.201 ha for 2020. AF: Arable Land: Hectares per Person data is updated yearly, averaging 0.611 ha from Dec 1961 to 2021, with 61 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.870 ha in 1961 and a record low of 0.195 ha in 2021. AF: Arable Land: Hectares per Person data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.195 2021 yearly 1961 - 2021

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Afghanistan Arable Land: Hectares per Person

Average Precipitation in Depth

1961 - 2020 | Yearly | mm/Year | World Bank

AF: Average Precipitation in Depth data was reported at 327.000 mm/Year in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 327.000 mm/Year for 2019. AF: Average Precipitation in Depth data is updated yearly, averaging 327.000 mm/Year from Dec 1961 to 2020, with 60 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 327.000 mm/Year in 2020 and a record low of 327.000 mm/Year in 2020. AF: Average Precipitation in Depth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Average precipitation is the long-term average in depth (over space and time) of annual precipitation in the country. Precipitation is defined as any kind of water that falls from clouds as a liquid or a solid.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;;

Last Frequency Range
327.000 2020 yearly 1961 - 2020

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Afghanistan Average Precipitation in Depth

Bird Species: Threatened

2018 - 2018 | Yearly | Unit | World Bank

AF: Bird Species: Threatened data was reported at 16.000 Unit in 2018. AF: Bird Species: Threatened data is updated yearly, averaging 16.000 Unit from Dec 2018 to 2018, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.000 Unit in 2018 and a record low of 16.000 Unit in 2018. AF: Bird Species: Threatened data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Birds are listed for countries included within their breeding or wintering ranges. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.;United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and International Union for Conservation of Nature, Red List of Threatened Species.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
16.000 2018 yearly 2018 - 2018

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Afghanistan Bird Species: Threatened

Coal Rents: % of GDP

1980 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Coal Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.019 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.007 % for 2020. AF: Coal Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.146 % from Dec 1980 to 2021, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.541 % in 2018 and a record low of 0.005 % in 2002. AF: Coal Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Coal rents are the difference between the value of both hard and soft coal production at world prices and their total costs of production.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.019 2021 yearly 1980 - 2021

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Afghanistan Coal Rents: % of GDP

Fish Species: Threatened

2018 - 2018 | Yearly | Unit | World Bank

AF: Fish Species: Threatened data was reported at 4.000 Unit in 2018. AF: Fish Species: Threatened data is updated yearly, averaging 4.000 Unit from Dec 2018 to 2018, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.000 Unit in 2018 and a record low of 4.000 Unit in 2018. AF: Fish Species: Threatened data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Fish species are based on Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2008. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.;Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2008. FishBase database, www.fishbase.org.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
4.000 2018 yearly 2018 - 2018

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Afghanistan Fish Species: Threatened

Forest Area

1990 - 2021 | Yearly | sq km | World Bank

AF: Forest Area data was reported at 12,084.400 sq km in 2021. This stayed constant from the previous number of 12,084.400 sq km for 2020. AF: Forest Area data is updated yearly, averaging 12,084.400 sq km from Dec 1990 to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12,084.400 sq km in 2021 and a record low of 12,084.400 sq km in 2021. AF: Forest Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
12,084.400 2021 yearly 1990 - 2021

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Afghanistan Forest Area

Forest Area: % of Land Area

1990 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Forest Area: % of Land Area data was reported at 1.853 % in 2021. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.853 % for 2020. AF: Forest Area: % of Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 1.853 % from Dec 1990 to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.853 % in 2021 and a record low of 1.853 % in 2021. AF: Forest Area: % of Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
1.853 2021 yearly 1990 - 2021

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Afghanistan Forest Area: % of Land Area

Forest Rents: % of GDP

1970 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Forest Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.389 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.292 % for 2020. AF: Forest Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.359 % from Dec 1970 to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.009 % in 2002 and a record low of 0.262 % in 2013. AF: Forest Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Forest rents are roundwood harvest times the product of regional prices and a regional rental rate.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.379 2020 yearly 1970 - 2020

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Afghanistan Forest Rents: % of GDP

Land Area

1961 - 2021 | Yearly | sq km | World Bank

AF: Land Area data was reported at 652,230.000 sq km in 2021. This stayed constant from the previous number of 652,230.000 sq km for 2020. AF: Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 652,230.000 sq km from Dec 1961 to 2021, with 61 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 652,230.000 sq km in 2021 and a record low of 652,230.000 sq km in 2021. AF: Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
652,230.000 2021 yearly 1961 - 2021

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Afghanistan Land Area

Mammal Species: Threatened

2018 - 2018 | Yearly | Unit | World Bank

AF: Mammal Species: Threatened data was reported at 11.000 Unit in 2018. AF: Mammal Species: Threatened data is updated yearly, averaging 11.000 Unit from Dec 2018 to 2018, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.000 Unit in 2018 and a record low of 11.000 Unit in 2018. AF: Mammal Species: Threatened data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Mammal species are mammals excluding whales and porpoises. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.;United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and International Union for Conservation of Nature, Red List of Threatened Species.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
11.000 2018 yearly 2018 - 2018

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Afghanistan Mammal Species: Threatened

Mineral Rents: % of GDP

1970 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Mineral Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.000 % in 2021. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2020. AF: Mineral Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1970 to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.003 % in 2014 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2021. AF: Mineral Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Mineral rents are the difference between the value of production for a stock of minerals at world prices and their total costs of production. Minerals included in the calculation are tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2020 yearly 1970 - 2020

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Afghanistan Mineral Rents: % of GDP

Natural Gas Rents: % of GDP

1970 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Natural Gas Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.002 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.001 % for 2020. AF: Natural Gas Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.039 % from Dec 1970 to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.405 % in 1976 and a record low of 0.001 % in 2020. AF: Natural Gas Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Natural gas rents are the difference between the value of natural gas production at regional prices and total costs of production.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.011 2020 yearly 1970 - 2020

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Afghanistan Natural Gas Rents: % of GDP

Oil Rents: % of GDP

1970 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Oil Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.018 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.005 % for 2020. AF: Oil Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.026 % from Dec 1970 to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.355 % in 1981 and a record low of 0.005 % in 2010. AF: Oil Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Oil rents are the difference between the value of crude oil production at regional prices and total costs of production.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.001 2020 yearly 1970 - 2020

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Afghanistan Oil Rents: % of GDP

Permanent Cropland: % of Land Area

1961 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Permanent Cropland: % of Land Area data was reported at 0.340 % in 2021. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.340 % for 2020. AF: Permanent Cropland: % of Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 0.199 % from Dec 1961 to 2021, with 61 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.340 % in 2021 and a record low of 0.153 % in 1963. AF: Permanent Cropland: % of Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Permanent cropland is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.340 2021 yearly 1961 - 2021

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Afghanistan Permanent Cropland: % of Land Area

Plant Species: Higher: Threatened

2018 - 2018 | Yearly | Unit | World Bank

AF: Plant Species: Higher: Threatened data was reported at 5.000 Unit in 2018. AF: Plant Species: Higher: Threatened data is updated yearly, averaging 5.000 Unit from Dec 2018 to 2018, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.000 Unit in 2018 and a record low of 5.000 Unit in 2018. AF: Plant Species: Higher: Threatened data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Higher plants are native vascular plant species. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.;United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and International Union for Conservation of Nature, Red List of Threatened Species.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
5.000 2018 yearly 2018 - 2018

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Afghanistan Plant Species: Higher: Threatened

Surface Area

1961 - 2020 | Yearly | sq km | World Bank

AF: Surface Area data was reported at 652,860.000 sq km in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 652,860.000 sq km for 2019. AF: Surface Area data is updated yearly, averaging 652,860.000 sq km from Dec 1961 to 2020, with 60 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 652,860.000 sq km in 2020 and a record low of 652,860.000 sq km in 2020. AF: Surface Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
652,860.000 2020 yearly 1961 - 2020

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Afghanistan Surface Area

Total Natural Resources Rents: % of GDP

1970 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Total Natural Resources Rents: % of GDP data was reported at 0.429 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.306 % for 2020. AF: Total Natural Resources Rents: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.717 % from Dec 1970 to 2021, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.825 % in 1976 and a record low of 0.306 % in 2020. AF: Total Natural Resources Rents: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.;World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.429 2021 yearly 1970 - 2021

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Afghanistan Total Natural Resources Rents: % of GDP

Rural Land Area

1990 - 2015 | Yearly | sq km | World Bank

Rural Land Area data was reported at 636,173.229 sq km in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 637,886.976 sq km for 2000. Rural Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 637,886.976 sq km from Dec 1990 to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 638,857.393 sq km in 1990 and a record low of 636,173.229 sq km in 2015. Rural Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.;Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
636,173.229 2015 yearly 1990 - 2015

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Afghanistan Rural Land Area

Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters

1990 - 2015 | Yearly | sq km | World Bank

Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data was reported at 0.000 sq km in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 sq km for 2000. Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 sq km from Dec 1990 to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 sq km in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 sq km in 2015. Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.;Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2015 yearly 1990 - 2015

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Afghanistan Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters

Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population

1990 - 2015 | Yearly | % | World Bank

Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 0.000 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2000. Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1990 to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 % in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2015. Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.;Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2015 yearly 1990 - 2015

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Afghanistan Rural Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Population

Urban Land Area

1990 - 2015 | Yearly | sq km | World Bank

Urban Land Area data was reported at 3,993.836 sq km in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,280.089 sq km for 2000. Urban Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 2,280.089 sq km from Dec 1990 to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,993.836 sq km in 2015 and a record low of 1,309.672 sq km in 1990. Urban Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.;Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
3,993.836 2015 yearly 1990 - 2015

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Afghanistan Urban Land Area

Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters

1990 - 2015 | Yearly | sq km | World Bank

Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data was reported at 0.000 sq km in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 sq km for 2000. Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 sq km from Dec 1990 to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 sq km in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 sq km in 2015. Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area below 5m is the total urban land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.;Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.;Sum;

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2015 yearly 1990 - 2015

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Afghanistan Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters

Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters as % of Total Land Area

1990 - 2015 | Yearly | % | World Bank

Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters as % of Total Land Area data was reported at 0.000 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2000. Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters as % of Total Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1990 to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 % in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2015. Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters as % of Total Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the urban land elevation is 5 meters or less.;Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2015 yearly 1990 - 2015

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Afghanistan Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters as % of Total Land Area

Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population

1990 - 2015 | Yearly | % | World Bank

Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 0.000 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2000. Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1990 to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 % in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2015. Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.;Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2015 yearly 1990 - 2015

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Afghanistan Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population
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