Afghanistan's economy faces significant challenges, including political instability, limited infrastructure, and reliance on foreign aid. Afghanistan's economy is relatively small on a global scale, and its rankings in GDP, imports, and exports of outside the top 100 globally reflect its status as a developing nation. The country ranks 129^th in the world in terms of GDP, the 149^th in total exports and 134^th in total imports.  According to the Economic Complexity Index, Afghanistan ranks 118th in economic complexity.

Afghanistan Data Fields

Imports

Afghanistan's main imported products are petroleum products, wheat, pharmaceuticals, vehicles, machinery, iron and steel, electrical equipment. Pakistan, Russian, Uzbekistan, Iran, China are the top import partners of Afghanistan.

Exports

Main imported products of Afghanistan include grapes, carpets, saffron, cashmere wool, pomegranates, nuts, medicinal plants, precious stones such as lapis lazuli, apricots, raisins, handmade leather shoes and bags.