Afghanistan's manufacturing, value added (current LCU) was 106.23 billion in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 21.33% from 135.03 billion in 2014 (2.37% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 106.23 billion | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 103.51 billion | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 135.03 billion | 2014 |
| Highest | 139.64 billion | 2015 |
| Lowest | 34.29 billion | 2002 |
| Average since 2015 | 98.13 billion | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 34.29 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Afghanistan's manufacturing, value added (current LCU) rose 4.3% on 2023 (from 101.87 billion to 106.23 billion).
Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2023), the average change was +9.4% and a typical year strayed about 27.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 80.2% in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 64% 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 12% 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 15th highest value of the 45 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
- United Arab Emirates — 11th of 45: 190.14 billion
- Peru — 12th of 45: 134.07 billion
- Cuba — 13th of 45: 115.82 billion
- Bolivia — 15th of 45: 49.55 billion
- Djibouti — 16th of 45: 38.99 billion
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 17th of 45: 29.78 billion
What this measures
Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. 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 series is expressed in local currency units.
All 23 values
| Year | Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 106,225,930,000 |
| 2023 | 101,871,000,000 |
| 2022 | 130,786,000,000 |
| 2021 | 106,264,000,000 |
| 2020 | 115,554,000,000 |
| 2019 | 103,506,328,800 |
| 2018 | 81,788,081,200 |
| 2017 | 45,382,180,100 |
| 2016 | 50,313,204,900 |
| 2015 | 139,638,865,200 |
Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 3.41 trillion (2024)
- Bahrain — 3.66 billion (2025)
- Djibouti — 38.99 billion (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2.63 trillion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 44,316.8 trillion (2024)
- Iraq — 13.22 trillion (2025)
- Israel — 225.55 billion (2024)
- Jordan — 7.6 billion (2025)
- Kuwait — 3.73 billion (2025)
- Lebanon — 3.88 trillion (2021)
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$3.06 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Afghanistan's manufacturing, value added (current LCU)?
- 106.23 billion in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is up 209.8% from 34.29 billion in 2002 (5.27% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 139.64 billion in 2015 and the lowest 34.29 billion in 2002.
- How does Afghanistan rank?
- 15th highest of 45 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in manufacturing, value added (current LCU) unusual for Afghanistan?
- In 2024, Afghanistan's manufacturing, value added (current LCU) rose 4.3% on 2023 (from 101.87 billion to 106.23 billion). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2023), the average change was +9.4% and a typical year strayed about 27.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 NV.IND.MANF.CN, 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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