Agriculture & Rural in Afghanistan 3,079 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Afghanistan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Potash fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 0 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 100.0% 190th Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 4.4 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 0.2% 161st Fish and seafood production 13,000 tonnes 2023 up 116.7% 147th Fertilizer consumption 51,699 tonnes 2023 up 36.2% 103rd Fertilizer use by nutrient 35,723 tonnes 2023 up 2.3% 103rd Cropland area 8.12 million hectares 2023 up 2.6% 42nd FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Value 5,154 1000 No 2021 up 19.8% 31st FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value 64.16 % 2021 down 1.7% 19th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 3,902 1000 No 2023 up 15.8% 27th Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 51.29 % 2023 up 10.1% 15th FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 78.29 % 2021 down 0.4% 34th Sunflower seed — Area harvested 1,117 ha 2024 up 431.9% 63rd Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, per 0.8985 t per square kilometre 2023 up 154.5% 48th Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per 0.0521 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 102.1% 37th Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 87.84 % 2023 up 10.2% 8th Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 12.16 % 2023 down 40.1% 150th Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm 75.69 % 2023 up 27.4% 8th Sunflower seed — Production 1,131 t 2024 up 187.7% 66th Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 3,716 t 2024 up 182.0% 30th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 1,053 1000 No 2023 up 7.5% 46th FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 1,119 1000 No 2021 up 21.6% 46th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 21.71 % 2021 up 1.5% 119th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 13.93 % 2021 down 0.2% 58th Plums and sloes — Gross Production Index Number 159.15 2024 up 22.7% 9th Plums and sloes — Gross per capita Production Index Number 125.18 2024 down 5.6% 19th Coefficient of variation of habitual caloric consumption distribution 0.4 No 2024 up 37.9% 1st Share of employment in agriculture 51.6% 2025 up 18.3% 23rd Share of workers employed in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 51.6% 2025 up 18.3% 23rd Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 2.76 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 18.5% 71st Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production 1,878 t 2023 up 1,263.8% 71st Share of employed women working in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 74.6% 2025 up 59.0% 5th Share of employment in agriculture, industry, and services 51.6% 2025 up 18.3% 23rd Millet — Gross Production Index Number 28.17 2024 down 56.3% 74th Millet — Gross per capita Production Index Number 22.43 2024 down 66.4% 74th Seed cotton, unginned — Gross Production Index Number 237.37 2024 up 181.4% 6th Seed cotton, unginned — Gross per capita Production Index Number 188.45 2024 up 116.4% 8th Mules and hinnies — Stocks 23,784 An 2024 down 0.9% 24th Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 4,546 ha 2024 up 221.5% 23rd Raw milk of sheep — Production 194,000 t 2024 down 4.2% 13th Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 8.95 million 1000 SLC 2024 down 51.8% 58th Peaches and nectarines — Gross Production Value 52,215 1000 Int$ 2024 up 323.5% 24th Pears — Gross Production Index Number 475.12 2024 up 380.5% 1st Pears — Gross per capita Production Index Number 376.19 2024 up 269.5% 2nd Oranges — Production, per square kilometre 0.0127 t per square kilometre 2023 up 30.7% 92nd Oranges — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.002 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 25.3% 92nd Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value 260,934 1000 SLC 2024 down 29.0% 61st Apricots — Production 167,699 t 2024 up 86.3% 7th Peaches and nectarines — Yield 8,857 kg/ha 2024 up 4.2% 43rd Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value 3.01 million 1000 SLC 2024 down 24.7% 64th Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals 6.51 million An 2024 down 6.4% 9th Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) 186 % 2022 down 59.3% 18th Sunflower seed — Yield 1,012 kg/ha 2024 down 45.9% 60th Apricots — Area harvested 23,132 ha 2024 up 156.9% 6th Deforestation driven by agricultural expansion and forest plantations 0.73 2023 up 102.8% 161st FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Male — Value 882.33 1000 No 2021 up 18.2% 32nd FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Female — Value 236.61 1000 No 2021 up 36.4% 60th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 22.62 % 2021 up 7.9% 100th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 18.89 % 2021 down 19.4% 113th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 13.23 % 2021 down 2.6% 41st FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 17.34 % 2021 up 9.3% 48th ← Previous Page 15 of 52 Next →