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Afghanistan Business Report
General information
Source: The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency
Population
34,940,837 (July 2018 est.)GDP (PPP)
$69.45 billion (2017 est.)The economy is dependent on foreign aid and has not yet developed a proper economy
GDP growth rate
2.7% (2017 est.)The growth rate is subdued for a country that is still underdeveloped
GDP (PPP) per capita
$2,000 (2017 est.)Among the lowest in the world
Local currency
Afghanis (AFA)Weak currency subject to sharp devaluations
Financial stability (Public debt)
7% of GDP (2017 est.)Low, although currency weakness and dependency in foreign aid point to low financial stability
Inflation
5% (2017 est.)Medium
Language
Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 77%, Pashto (official) 48%, Uzbek 11%, English 6%Outside of the Western military still present in the country, fluency in English is very low (89/100)
Corruption perception index (Source: Transparency International)
172/180Extremely high level of corruption
Duties and tax
Source: PwC World Tax Summaries 2017-2018
VAT
N/A
Corporate Tax
N/A
Duties
N/A
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