Environment in Afghanistan

1,784 indicators covering environment for Afghanistan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0013 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 92.6% 119th
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 97.9% 156th
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 93.7% 156th
Recovered paper — Import quantity 3,390 t 2024 up 1,256.0% 92nd
Recovered paper — Import value 536 1000 USD 2024 up 665.7% 99th
Annual change in forest area 0 hectares 2025 85th
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.0% 2025 85th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2025 84th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 0 hectares 2025 85th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per capita 0 t per person 2024 99th
Fibreboard — Export quantity 3 m3 2024 down 82.4% 160th
Fibreboard — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 down 83.3% 165th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0382 m3 per person 2024 down 17.8% 59th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate -53.12 % change on previous year 2024 down 158.8% 175th
Forest land — Area 1,209 1000 ha 2025 unchanged 136th
Naturally regenerating forest — Area 1,209 1000 ha 2025 unchanged 124th
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 100 % 2025 unchanged 1st
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2023 down 2.3% 215th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 155th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 174th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 224 m3 2024 124th
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 23,054 m3 2024 down 76.0% 25th
Other fibreboard — Import value 21,662 1000 USD 2024 down 34.2% 8th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0.7081 % change on previous year 2024 up 9.8% 31st
Fibreboard — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0491 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 14.1% 105th
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0553 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 43.5% 121st
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 61 1000 USD 2024 117th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 200,000 m3 2024 down 47.4% 56th
Industrial roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 97.6% 114th
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0013 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 92.6% 107th
Total fibre furnish — Export value 62 1000 USD 2024 down 54.7% 172nd
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2024 down 192.9% 143rd
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 667 t 2024 up 128.4% 153rd
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 0 t 2024 121st
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita 0.0039 t per person 2024 up 1.4% 58th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0001 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 38.2% 49th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0148 m3 per person 2024 down 7.9% 49th
Wood fuel — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0001 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 38.2% 46th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0001 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 29.4% 52nd
Roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0002 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 26.7% 48th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 163rd
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0001 t per square kilometre 2023 down 54.4% 160th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per square 0.0246 t per square kilometre 2023 up 430.6% 123rd
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per square 0.0229 t per square kilometre 2023 up 906.9% 119th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.0548 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% 132nd
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0374 t per square kilometre 2023 up 26.8% 136th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 99th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 87.2% 156th
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 90.7% 156th
Emissions of air pollutants 390,734 tonnes 2022 up 26.0% 45th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0001 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 23.2% 12th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 33rd
Total fibre furnish — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0072 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 1,886.9% 126th
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0082 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,454.6% 129th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 182nd
Graphic papers — Export quantity 24 t 2024 down 95.6% 170th
Graphic papers — Export value 20 1000 USD 2024 down 99.2% 173rd
Veneer sheets — Import value, per square kilometre 0 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 176th
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 96.9% 166th
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0001 t per square kilometre 2023 down 93.3% 162nd