Afghanistan: Industry, including construction, value added (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Afghanistan's industry, including construction, value added (current US$) rose 11.9% on 2023 (from US$2.31 billion to US$2.58 billion).

Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2023), the average change was +6.8% and a typical year strayed about 19.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 33.5% in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 55.2% in 2016. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 9% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2024, Afghanistan had the 11th highest value of the 30 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Afghanistan in the 2024 ranking

• Trinidad and Tobago — 8th of 30: US$8.88 billion
• Tajikistan — 9th of 30: US$4.68 billion
• West Bank and Gaza — 10th of 30: US$2.6 billion
• Macao SAR, China — 12th of 30: US$2.32 billion
• Suriname — 13th of 30: US$1.55 billion
• Bahamas, The — 14th of 30: US$1.52 billion

What this measures

Industry (including construction) corresponds to ISIC (Rev.4) divisions 05-43. It is comprised of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas industries. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Limitations: Ideally, industrial output should be measured through regular censuses and surveys of firms. But in most developing countries such surveys are infrequent, so earlier survey results must be extrapolated using an appropriate indicator. The choice of sampling unit, which may be the enterprise (where responses may be based on financial records) or the establishment (where production units may be recorded separately), also affects the quality of the data. Moreover, much industrial production is organized in unincorporated or owner-operated ventures that are not captured by surveys aimed at the formal sector.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 23 values

Industry, including construction, value added (current US$) in nearby economies

• Algeria — US$99.88 billion (2025)
• Bahrain — US$20.18 billion (2025)
• Djibouti — US$766.83 million (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$117.09 billion (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$143.77 billion (2025)
• Iraq — US$115.46 billion (2025)
• Israel — US$93.41 billion (2024)
• Jordan — US$16.86 billion (2025)
• Kuwait — US$85.07 billion (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Afghanistan

• Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$3.02 billion (2023)
• Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$132.59 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany (current US$) — US$275.22 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$2.57 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$3.06 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$3.06 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$3.06 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Afghanistan's industry, including construction, value added (current US$)?

US$2.58 billion in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is up 183.4% from US$910.9 million in 2002 (4.85% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$4.35 billion in 2014 and the lowest US$910.9 million in 2002.

How does Afghanistan rank?

11th highest of 30 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in industry, including construction, value added (current US$) unusual for Afghanistan?

In 2024, Afghanistan's industry, including construction, value added (current US$) rose 11.9% on 2023 (from US$2.31 billion to US$2.58 billion). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2023), the average change was +6.8% and a typical year strayed about 19.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 NV.IND.TOTL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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