Afghanistan
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
U.S. sanctions — Taliban-related measures. Taliban and Haqqani-network designations; humanitarian general licenses apply.
As of August 2026 — verify with OFAC and screen counterparties with the xin.bz OFAC search.
- Region
- Asia · Southern Asia
- Capital
- Kabul
- Population
- 43,844,111 (2025)
- Government
- theocratic; the United States does not recognize the Taliban Government
- Currency
- Afghan afghani (AFN)
- Official languages
- Dari, Pashto, Turkmen
- Spoken languages
- Afghan Persian or Dari (official, lingua franca) 77%, Pashto (official) 48%, Uzbeki 11%, English 6%, Turkmani 3%, Urdu 3%, Pashaie 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi 1%, other <1% (2020 est.)
- Written scripts
- Perso-Arabic, Latin
- Area
- 652,230 km²
- Coastline
- Landlocked
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- IMF, OIC, SCO (dialogue member), WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Iran , Pakistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , China
Political stability
28 / 100
Economic stability
19 / 100
Population stability
34 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- coal, grapes, tropical fruits, gum resins, other nuts (2023)
- Key imports
- wheat flours, tobacco, palm oil, broadcasting equipment, synthetic fabric (2023)
- Natural resources
- natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt
- Primary route
- Indian Ocean services to Asia, the Gulf, and Europe via Suez
- Secondary route
- Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea feeder networks
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Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.