Economic indicators for afghanistan including actual values, historical data, and latest data updates for the afghanistan economy. More than 100 indicators cover a wide range of topics including new indicators on trade in value added and climate change. Landlocked malawi ranks among the world s most densely populated and least developed countries. Get the latest and most uptodate tourism statistics for all the countries and regions around the world. Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people international telecommunication union, world telecommunicationict development report and database. Agriculture accounts for more than onethird of gdp and 90% of export revenues. The information regarding cameroon on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. In the late eighteenth century, kabul was established as afghanistan s capital. Bsa, expected to set out us support for afghanistans security post2014. Afghanistan and the united states belong to a number of the same international organizations, including the united nations, international monetary fund, and world bank. The world factbook 2007 country listing transcribers note. Before 2014, the economy had sustained nearly a decade of strong growth, largely because of international assistance. It will probably take the remainder of the decade and continuing donor aid and attention to raise afghanistans living standards up from its current status among the lowest in the world. As of july 2011, the world factbook consists of 267 entities.
Cameroon s marketbased, diversified economy features oil and gas, timber, aluminum, agriculture, mining and the service sector. No information is available for nonlisted countries. It will probably take the remainder of the decade and continuing donor aid and attention to significantly raise afghanistans living standards from its current level, among the lowest in the world. The national team has been one of the most successful in africa since its strong showing in the 1982 and 1990 fifa world cups. However, afghanistan remains extremely poor, landlocked, and highly dependent on foreign aid, farming, and trade with neighboring countries. Ahmad shah durrani unified the pashtun tribes and founded afghanistan in 1747.
List of entities and changes in the world factbook wikipedia. The percentage of the labor force that is without jobs is reported. Afghanistan akrotiri albania algeria american samoa. In 1986, the lake emitted a large cloud of carbon dioxide that suffocated nearly 1,800 people and some 3,500 livestock in nearby villages. Afghanistan continues to face major economic headwinds, with growth slowing to 1. Afghanistans economy is recovering from decades of conflict. Serbia reacquired control over kosovo from the ottoman empire during the first balkan war of 1912. After world war ii, kosovo became an autonomous province of serbia in the socialist federal republic of yugoslavia s. Afghanistan is bordered by pakistan to the east and south. The world factbook is an annual publication of the central intelligence agency of the united states with almanacstyle information about the countries of the world. Cameroon has won five african cup of nations titles and the gold medal at the 2000 olympics.
The country served as a buffer between the british and russian empires until it won independence from notional british control in 1919. Africa cameroon the world factbook central intelligence. Cameroons marketbased, diversified economy features oil and gas, timber, aluminum, agriculture, mining and the service sector. Cameroon has generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted the development of agriculture, roads, and railways, as well as a petroleum industry. Landlocked malawi ranks among the worlds most densely populated and least developed countries. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. For more than 3,000 years, kabul has occupied a strategic location along central and southern asian trade routes. Oil remains cameroon s main export commodity, and despite falling global oil prices, still accounts for nearly 40% of exports. Cameroons economy suffers from factors that often impact underdeveloped countries. In this falsecolor satellite image vegetation appears fluorescent green, urban areas range in. Relations with afghanistan united states department. Security in afghanistan has become a key concern for foreign troops and officials, who face an increasingly resurgent taliban.
Hamid karzai born 1957 served two terms as president before him. The information regarding afghanistan on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central. Relations with afghanistan united states department of. Cameroon s economy suffers from factors that often impact underdeveloped countries. This is a list of entities and changes in the world factbook. Afghan, coalition, and pakistan military meet periodically to clarify the alignment of the boundary on the ground and on maps and since 2014 have met to discuss collaboration on the taliban insurgency and counterterrorism efforts.
Besides the convenient access by alphabetical or geographical selection, the tourism statistics section. The world banks country partnership strategy in cameroon focuses on. Our opensource library houses the thousands of documents, periodicals, maps and reports released to the public. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Infant mortality rate compares the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. With 5,26 births per women afghanistan has a high fertility rate in the international comparison. Relief central with coronavirus guidelines country listing. Afghanistans living standards are among the lowest in the world.
Cape verde, january 7, 2014, renamed to cabo verde. Bbc world service radio is available via local relays 98. This comprehensive guide is packed with detailed information on the politics, populations, military expenditures, and economics of 2014. Tourism statistics get the latest and most uptodate tourism statistics for all the countries and regions around the world.
Cameroon has generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted the development of agriculture, roads, and railways. Oct 18, 2019 afghanistan is an islamic republic, headed by the president. Data on inbound, domestic and outbound tourism is available, as well as on tourism industries, employment and complementary indicators. Starting with the 1993 factbook, demographic estimates for some countries mostly african have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the hivaids epidemic. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Cameroon was the host country of the women africa cup of nations in novemberdecember 2016. Afghanistans biggest economic challenge is finding sustainable sources of growth. Lake nyos is a crater lake on the flank of an inactive volcano.
From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2014 offers complete and uptodate information on the world s nations. The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced andor imported and the amount consumed andor exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery. Cameroon officially the republic of cameroon french. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of cameroon 2020 information contained here. The current president is ashraf ghani born 1949, who was elected in 2014. The who country health profile of cameroon provides key statistics and links to health topical databases, plus news, features and bulletin journal articles on the health issues of the country. Slow growth reflected the impacts of severe drought and intensifying insecurity, with the united nations assistance mission in afghanistan recording 3,812 civilian casualties between january and june 2019, and more than 1. It will probably take the remainder of the decade and continuing donor aid and attention to significantly raise afghanistan s living standards from its current level, among the lowest in the world.
After world war i, the territory was divided between france and the united kingdom as. With 36,37 people afghanistan has the 39th highest population in the world. Factbook photos obtained from a variety of sources are in. In english only, for now adolescent fertility rate births per 1,000 women ages 1519. Iran protests afghanistan s restricting flow of dammed helmand river. It will probably take the remainder of the decade and continuing donor aid and attention to raise afghanistan s living standards up from its current status among the lowest in the world. Close to 100 indicators cover a wide range of areas. Oecd factbook 20152016 is a comprehensive and dynamic statistical publication from the oecd. Birth rate answers are found in the world factbook powered by unbound medicine. According to the current population prospects of the united nations the population of afghanistan in the year 2050 will rise to 61,93 and in the year 2100 to 70,41. Oecd factbook 2014 is a comprehensive annual statistical publication. The economy has improved significantly since the fall of the taliban regime in 2001 largely because of the. Cameroun, officially the republic of cameroon french.
International pledges made by more than 60 countries and international financial institutions at the berlin donors conference for afghan. World a the 2007 cia world factbook, by united states 2. Population world rank 55 percentage of population 60 years 43. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2014 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. Cia world factbook 20170117 cia world factbook 20170117. The economy is predominately agricultural with about 85% of the population living in rural areas. The former french cameroon and part of british cameroon merged in 1961 to form the present country. The who country health profile of cameroon provides key statistics and links to health topical databases, plus news, features and bulletin journal articles on the health issues of. Boko haram launched several attacks into cameroon, killing 84 civilians in a december 2014 raid, but suffering a. Afghan presidents may serve a maximum of two 5year terms. Afghan and iranian commissioners have discussed boundary monument densification and resurvey. A brief experiment in democracy ended in a 1973 coup and a 1978 communist. The world factbook countrylocation photo gallery modal.
Using new farming methods farmers in bamyan province now harvest more. Afghanistan s living standards are among the lowest in the world. Since 2014, the economy has slowed, in large part because of the withdrawal of nearly 100,000 foreign troops that had artificially inflated the countrys economic growth. The general elections of april 2007 marked the first civiliantocivilian transfer of power in the countrys history and the elections of 2011 were generally regarded as credible.
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