Afghanistan's exports rose from US$22.2M in 1960 to US$2.79B in 2024.
Afghanistan · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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Afghanistan's imports rose from US$37.8M in 1960 to US$12.1B in 2024.
Afghanistan's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$128M in 1996 to US$926M in 2025.
Afghanistan's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$661M in 1996 to US$3.61B in 2025.
Afghanistan's services exports rose from US$75.1M in 1979 to US$700M in 2020.
Afghanistan's trade balance fell from US$-15.6M in 1960 to US$-9.31B in 2024.
Afghanistan's current account balance (us$) fell from US$1.48B in 2002 to US$-7.9B in 2025.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)down −0.5 pts152nd of 172
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +17.3 pts37th of 172
- Trade opennessup +16.8 pts81st of 172
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- Current accountdown −0.6 pts100th of 101
- FDI inflowsup +0.1 pts177th of 196*
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- High-tech exportsunchanged +0.0 pts162nd of 165*
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)down −2.2 pts62nd of 164*
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)down −2.0 pts17th of 168*
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)up +1.4 pts151st of 168*
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)up +1.0 pts96th of 168*
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- Net barter terms of trade indexup +9.8 pts80th of 203
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- Tariffsup +0.2 pts46th of 133*
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- FDI outflowsup +0.0 pts102nd of 174*
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- Logistics performance index, overalldown −2.6 %137th of 138