Poverty & Inequality in Afghanistan 23 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Afghanistan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.84 live births per woman 2023 down 17.7% 9th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,359 kg per hectare 2024 up 12.5% 112th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 29.7% 47th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 2.41 % change on previous year 2024 up 265.2% 60th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.76 2020 down 29.3% 173rd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.8% 2020 down 29.3% 173rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 43.8% 100th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -19.16 % change on previous year 2020 down 287.5% 180th Gender Inequality Index 0.661 2023 down 6.6% 4th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1662 2023 down 17.2% 32nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1662 2023 down 17.2% 32nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.18 2023 down 16.9% 38th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2923 2023 up 6.6% 71st Population living in slums 71.6% 2022 up 6.5% 9th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.321 2023 up 0.3% 154th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.321 2023 up 0.3% 154th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.321 2023 up 0.3% 154th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 45.56 2023 up 12.6% 127th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 2.48 2023 down 5.9% 12th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 2.5% 2023 down 5.7% 11th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 2,015 2017 up 109.0% 138th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 4.1% 2017 up 16.8% 110th Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 18.4% 2022 down 25.2% 17th