Afghanistan: GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Afghanistan's GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) fell 196.89 on 2023 (from 10,810 to 10,613).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +141.81 and a typical year strayed about 887.9 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1,601 in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 2,849 in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 313.7 a year. A straight line explains 57% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to Afghanistan in the 2024 ranking

• United Arab Emirates — 1st of 3: 108,203
• Bahamas, The — 2nd of 3: 65,604

What this measures

GDP per person employed is gross domestic product (GDP) divided by total employment in the economy. Purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP is GDP converted to 2021 constant international dollars using PPP rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP that a U.S. dollar has in the United States.

Limitations: For comparability of individual sectors labor productivity is estimated according to national accounts conventions. However, there are still significant limitations on the availability of reliable data. Information on consistent series of output in both national currencies and purchasing power parity dollars is not easily available, especially in developing countries, because the definition, coverage, and methodology are not always consistent across countries. For example, countries employ different methodologies for estimating the missing values for the nonmarket service sectors and use different definitions of the informal sector.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 25 values

GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 62,892 (2025)
• Bahrain — 106,772 (2025)
• Djibouti — 43,194 (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 60,717 (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 57,468 (2025)
• Iraq — 54,291 (2025)
• Israel — 104,695 (2025)
• Jordan — 46,257 (2025)
• Kuwait — 81,972 (2025)
• Lebanon — 39,998 (2023)

More social protection & labor data for Afghanistan

• Net migration — -74,404 (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 2.67 million (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 5.92% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 68.13% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 37.76% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 5.3% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 71.08% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Afghanistan's GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $)?

10,613 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 40.6% from 7,549 in 2000 (1.43% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 13,573 in 2019 and the lowest 6,815 in 2001.

Is the latest change in GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) unusual for Afghanistan?

In 2024, Afghanistan's GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) fell 196.89 on 2023 (from 10,810 to 10,613). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +141.81 and a typical year strayed about 887.9 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.GDP.PCAP.EM.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Estimates are based on employment, population, GDP, and PPP data obtained from International Labour Organization, United Nations Population Division, Eurostat, OECD, and World Bank., type: estimates based on external database; International Labour Organization… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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