International rankings of Afghanistan

The following are international rankings of Afghanistan.

Cities

Main article: List of cities in Afghanistan

• Kabul

Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2008, not ranked among top 143 cities

Population of urban area ranked 105

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Afghanistan

• Population ranked 43 out of 228 countries and territories
• CIA World Factbook 2008 estimates Life expectancy ranked 208 out of 211 countries and territories ^[1]
• Total immigrant population ranked 137 out of 192 countries ^{[2] [3]}

Economy

Main article: Economy of Afghanistan

• IMD International: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005, not ranked among top 60 economies ^[4]
• The Heritage Foundation/ The Wall Street Journal : Index of Economic Freedom 2008, ranked x out of 157 countries ^[5]
• The Economist: Quality-of-Life Index 2005, not ranked among top 111 countries ^[6]
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2008–2009, ranked x out of 125 countries ^[7]

Environment

Main article: Environment of Afghanistan

• Yale University Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network: Environmental Sustainability Index, ranked x out of 146 countries

Geography

Main article: Geography of Afghanistan

• Total area ranked x out of 233 countries

Globalization

• KOF: Index of Globalization 2007, not ranked out of 122 countries ^[8]
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, not ranked out of 62 countries ^[9]

Military

Main article: Military of Afghanistan

• Center for Strategic and International Studies: active troops ranked 27 out of 166 countries ^[10]

Political

Main article: Politics of Afghanistan

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2008, ranked x out of 180 countries ^[11]
• Reporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2008, ranked x out of 173 countries ^[12]
• The Economist Democracy Index 2007, ranked x out of 167 countries ^[13]

Society

Main article: Culture of Afghanistan

• United Nations: Human Development Index 2007, ranked 174 out of 180 countries ^[14]
• Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report 2007, ranked x out of 110 countries ^[15]
• World Health Organization: suicide rate, ranked x out of 100 countries ^[16]
• University of Leicester Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, not ranked among top 178 countries ^[17]

Technology

• Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked x in online government services ^[18]
• Number of mobile phones in use ranked x ^[19]
• Number of broadband Internet users ranked x
• Economist Intelligence Unit: E-readiness 2008, ranked x out of 45 countries
• World Economic Forum Networked Readiness Index 2007–2008, ranked x out of 127 countries ^[20]
• United Nations: e-Government Readiness Index, 2008, ranked x out of 50 countries ^[21]

Tourism

Main article: Tourism in Afghanistan

• World Tourism Organization: World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked x ^[22]

Transportation

Main article: Transport in Afghanistan

• Total rapid transit systems ranked x

See also

• Lists of countries
• Lists by country
• List of international rankings

References

1. "CIA - The World Factbook 2008". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007.
2. "World Population Policies 2005" ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, March 2006. ISBN   978-92-1-151420-9.
3. "International Migration 2006", United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. United Nations Publication, No. E.06.XIII.6, March 2006.
4. "World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005". Archived from the original on 2004-12-09. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
5. "Index of Economic Freedom". Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
6. The World in 2005 - Worldwide quality-of-life index, 2005
7. The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009 Archived 2008-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
8. KOF Index of Globalization 2007 Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine PDF
9. Globalization Index 2006 Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine PDF
10. Asia balance of power Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
11. CPI 2008 table Archived 2009-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
12. Worldwide press freedom index 2008 Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
13. Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2008 Archived 2008-12-14 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
14. Afghanistan Human Development Report 2007, Centre for Policy and Human Development, Kabul University & United Nations Development Programme. Afghanistan's last inclusion in the HDI ranking was in the 1996 report using 1993 data. See also Human Development Index 2008 Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine PDF
15. State of the World's Mothers 2007 Archived 2010-07-05 at the Wayback Machine PDF
16. "World Health Organization suicide country reports". Archived from the original on 2005-06-12. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
17. Satisfaction with Life Index Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
18. "Sixth Annual Global e-Government Study". Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy. 2006-08-01.
19. Rank Order - Telephones - mobile cellular The World Factbook
20. weforum.org Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
21. United Nations e-Government Readiness Index, 2008 Archived 2010-09-28 at the Wayback Machine PDF
22. UNTWO (June 2008). "UNTWO World Tourism Barometer, Vol.5 No.2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-03-26.