Afghanistan: PPP conversion factor, households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (LCU per international $)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Afghanistan's PPP conversion factor, households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (LCU per international $) fell 1.43 on 2023 (from 15.42 to 13.99).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2023), the average change was +0.21 and a typical year strayed about 0.95 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.94 in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.43 in 2024. 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 26% 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.

Closest to Afghanistan in the 2024 ranking

• Equatorial Guinea — 1st of 4: 275.68
• Gambia, The — 2nd of 4: 19.39
• Qatar — 4th of 4: 2.76

What this measures

The purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator. They convert different currencies to a common currency and, in the process of conversion, equalize their purchasing power by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries, thereby allowing volume or output comparisons of gross domestic product (GDP) and its expenditure components. This conversion factor is for households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure and the base currency is the US dollar.

Limitations: Global PPP estimates provided by ICP are produced by the ICP Global Office and regional implementing agencies, based on data supplied by the national implementing agencies in the participating economies, and in accordance with the methodology recommended by the ICP Technical Advisory Group and approved by the ICP Governing Board. As such, these results are not produced by participating economies as part of their national official statistics.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a no aggregation provided for this indicator..

All 21 values

PPP conversion factor, households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (LCU per international $) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 41.74 (2025)
• Bahrain — 0.18 (2025)
• Djibouti — 88.55 (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 7.72 (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 157,796 (2025)
• Iraq — 545.99 (2025)
• Israel — 3.66 (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 PPP conversion factor, households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (LCU per international $)?

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

How has it changed since 2004?

It is up 23.14% from 11.36 in 2004 (1.05% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 17.22 in 2013 and the lowest 11.36 in 2004.

Is the latest change in PPP conversion factor, households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (LCU per international $) unusual for Afghanistan?

In 2024, Afghanistan's PPP conversion factor, households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (LCU per international $) fell 1.43 on 2023 (from 15.42 to 13.99). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2023), the average change was +0.21 and a typical year strayed about 0.95 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator PA.NUS.PRVT.PP, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Comparison Program (ICP), World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/icp/data, publisher: International Comparison Program, type: International statistical program, date accessed: May 30, 2024, date published: May 30, 2024; The Eurostat PPP Programme, Eurostat (ESTAT),… 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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