Gender in Afghanistan 200 indicators covering gender for Afghanistan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 20,358 2030 up 17.8% 20th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 1.64 % change on previous year 2030 down 31.1% 16th Population 29,681 2030 up 36.2% 41st Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 29,681 2030 up 36.2% 41st Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 3.43 % change on previous year 2030 down 11.1% 7th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 707,563 2025 up 15.5% 18th Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 739,025 2025 up 14.9% 18th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 690,872 2025 up 16.8% 18th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 720,642 2025 up 16.3% 18th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 674,248 2025 up 17.5% 18th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 703,775 2025 up 16.9% 19th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 657,754 2025 up 18.0% 20th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 686,729 2025 up 17.3% 20th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 644,414 2025 up 19.1% 20th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 672,813 2025 up 18.3% 20th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 632,701 2025 up 20.4% 20th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 660,647 2025 up 19.5% 20th Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 62.73 2027 up 19.0% 6th Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.028 2025 down 94.2% 176th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.007 2025 down 97.3% 175th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.006 2025 down 97.8% 176th Women's Political Participation Index 0.057 2025 down 93.7% 176th Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.028 2025 down 94.2% 176th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.028 2025 down 94.2% 176th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -42.86 % change on previous year 2025 down 6,957.1% 176th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.028 2025 down 94.2% 176th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 — 20th Prevalence of obesity, female 26.2% 2024 up 84.8% 93rd Prevalence of obesity, male 14.6% 2024 up 59.1% 125th Life expectancy at age 60, female 17.57 years 2024 up 4.1% 192nd Life expectancy at age 60, male 16.25 years 2024 up 6.9% 165th Share of women who are obese 26.2% 2024 up 84.9% 96th Share of women who are overweight or obese 56.3% 2024 up 46.3% 98th Share of overweight men vs. women 45.5% 2024 up 35.0% 131st Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 70.8% 2024 up 9.7% 181st Share of women who are married or in a union 16.4% 2023 down 4.2% 38th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0.0024 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 49.9% 2nd Population, annual growth rate 2.88 % change on previous year 2024 down 22.2% 20th Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 88.2% 119th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 171st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 34.88 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 28.4% 185th Women, Business and the Law Index 31.88 index (0–100) 2023 up 10.9% 185th Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 1st Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 144th Women have the same rights to remarry as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 122nd Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 94th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 8.0% 12th Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 63.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.1% 114th Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 6.9% 176th Labor force, female 639,744 2025 down 63.2% 130th Labor force, female, per capita 0.0146 units per person 2025 down 71.6% 185th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 0.7702 index 2025 up 32.7% 164th Page 1 of 4 Next →