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Afghanistan Statistical Yearbook 2018-19 Executive Summary Afghanistan Statistical Yearbook 2018-19 Executive Summary It is a matter of great pleasure for National Statistics and Information Authority as the only official statistical body in the country to have been able to publish the statistical yearbook 2018-19 according to its publication calendar by timely data collection. This statistical yearbook depicts the socio-economic condition of the country and also provides an easy access to a rich source of statistical information and data which helps the ministries, government organizations, NGOs and the private sector as well as international community to formulate policies, programs and make evidence based decisions. The data and statistical information in the statistical yearbook have been collected from ministries, government organizations and private sector providing data on economic and social sectors like population, agriculture, education, health, national accounts, consumer price index, energy, construction, mines and energy, services, foreign trade, finance statistics and foreign aids which can be used by the planners and data users for better and evidence based planning. The country population is estimated to be 31.6 million including 1.5 million Kochi population for 2018-19 based on the socio-demographic statistics department of NSIA. Men and women make up 16.1 million and 15.5 million of the total population respectively. Based on the estimated population figures the urban population is 7.5 million while the rural population is 22.6 million. The rural and urban population is estimated without considering Kuchi population. The age-dependent population is 15.9 million while 15.1 million population of the country is under 15 years of age. The returning refugees from Pakistan, Iran and other countries were 2746 families comprising 15699 individuals in the year 2018-19. The data on educational attainment of civil service employees working in government shows that in total 321054 employees there are 308 PhD, 7004 MA/MS 34219BA/BSc and 279523 employees have lower level of education than BA/BSc. The Ministry of Education data shows that 9919474 students were enrolled in the primary, secondary, high schools, vocational high schools, technical vocational institutes, teacher training institutions, religious education and afghan students abroad in 2018-19.There were 9388010 students enrolled in government educational institutions and 531464 students in private educational institutions The total number of teachers were 231949 in 2018 out of which 203201 were in government and 28748 were in private sector. The higher education data indicates that in 2018-19 total number of students of the government higher education institutions together with that of the private sector educational institutions were 386778 which shows 5,7 percent increase compared to the data of last year. There were 286310 males and 100468 females. The number of government and private universities and higher education institutions reached to 169 in 2018. There are 131 private and 38 government universities and higher education institutions where only 9 private institution has increased comparing to 2017.Teachers of government and private universities have reached to 18095 where 2370 are female and 15725 are male. The university teachers have been increased by 5,1 percent compared to 2017-18. Data on public health indicates that in 2018 there are 2,408 health centers. There were 2,424 health centers throughout the country in 2017 which currently shows 0.7 percent decrease. These health centers include sub-centers, basic and comprehensive health centers. In spite of decrease in health centers these facilities are not sufficient as there are only 5 beds and 3 medical doctors available per 10,000 people. Infectious diseases such as Malaria, Tuberculosis and AIDS existed in Afghanistan in 2018 where AIDs has increased in 2018. The number of people living with AIDS in 2018 is 2,689 which has increased by 5.5 percent compared to previous year. The aforementioned increase is alraming and should be taken in to consideration. I GDP including poppy was Afs 1,478,707 Million (US$ 20.5 billion) with GDP per capita of Afs 46,795 equal to US$ 647. GDP excluding poppy was Afs 1,438,691 Million (US$ 19.9 billion) with GDP per capita of Afs 45,528 equal to US$ 630. The main reason of gross value added decrease in 1397 is the exchange rate increase against Afghani and population estimate. The growth rate of real GDP including poppy in 2018-19 was -0.2%, while it was 2.7% excluding poppy. CPI indicates that the level of inflation in Afghanistan the inflation rate was 0.6 percent in 2018-19 and shows a relative decrease compared to last year which was 5.0 percent. Based on the consumer price the highest inflation was in kapisa province by 4.8 percent and followed Helmand province by 4.3 percent. The data of food items show decrease of -1.1 percent and non-food items increased by 2.3 percent. Agricultural data in the 2018 indicates that wheat production is 3.61 million metric tons which indicates 3.55 percent decrease as compared to the previous year. The reason for decrease in wheat production was decrease in the rainfall during 2018 particularly in wheat cultivated fields that solely depends on rain. The agricultural land under wheat, rice and other cereals cultivation is decreased by 57108 hectares compared to previous year. Mining Afghanistan is rich in mineral resources and offers potential for considerable future development. Coal, natural gas, salt, marble and liquid ammonia has been commercially exploited in the past. There are deposits of iron barites, talc and significant reserves of copper، and also there are some oil reserves. Total value of mining in 2018 increased by 5.8 % compared to 2017. Electricity Electricity in the country is being produced through hydro, diesel, and thermal powers station. Electricity production in 2018 compared to 2017. Gas Natural gas is potential source but unfortunately the data is not currently available. Since domestic gas is not sufficient for the country therefore some amount of gas for cooking, heating and lightening purposes is imported from other countries that is153.2 Data on foreign trade indicates that in 2018-19 value of registered imports are 7407 million and that of exports are 875 million only. However, the values of imported goods are 7439 million and exports are 775 million in 2017-18. This indicates Decrcose in the imports by 32 million or 0.4 percent and in exports by 101 million or 13 percent compared to the previous year. It is worth mentioning that the total imports include 289.3 million of electricity imports. As concerned about communication, there is a positive development. Meanwhile, the data obtained reveal that 33.3 million SIM cards were sold by various mobile phone companies in the country during 2018-19. The air transportation data in 2017-18 indicate that the government airlines named Ariana has transported 962 tons of goods whereas the private airlines have transported more passengers compared to Ariana Afghan Airline. Construction The total number of fully constructed buildings are 437 units have value of 13.01Billion Afghanis while the number of under construction buildings are 476 units with the total value of 25.19 Billion AFN in 2018. National Statistics and Information Authority II Table of Contents Title Page Table 1-1: Area and Administrative Division of Afghanistan- 2018-19 1 Population 3 Table 2-1: Country Population by Sex and Age Groups in 2018-19 4 Table 2-2: Settled Population by Province -2018-19 5 Table 2-3: Repatriation of Afghan Migrants by Province-2018 8 Table 2-4: Monthly Repatriation of Afghan Migrants -2018 9 Table 2-5: Repatriation of Afghan Migrants - 2002-2018 10 Table 2-6: Population, Population Growth rate , Total fertility rate and life expectancy rate at birth by 11 Region and Country 2018 Government Employees 19 Table 3-1: Government Employees by Ministry and Independent Organizations 19 Table 3-2: No. of Governmental Employees by Type of Ministry, Independent Organization and Sex- 2018 21 Table 3-3: No. of Governmental Employees by Ministry and Independent Organizations and Sex - 2018 25 Table 3-4: No. of Governmental Employees by Ministry, Independent Organizations and Grade -2018 28 Table 3-5: No. of Governmental Employees by Ministry, Independent Organizations, Sex and Education 33 Level-2018 Table 3-6: No. of Governmental Contract Workers by Grade -2018 38 Table 3-7: No. of Governmental Contract Workers by Ministry, Idependent Organizations, Sex and 42 Education Level - 2018 Table 3-8: No. of Governmental Employees Who Left Job by Ministry and Independent Organizations 47 Table 3-9: No. of Governmental New Officials in Minintry and Independent Organizations by 49 Education Level -2018 Table 3-10: No. of Governmental Employees by Ministry, Independent Organizations and sex 2018 52 Table 3-11: N0. of Provincial Governors, Deputy Governors, District Governor, Provincial Councils 54 Members & Legal Advisors by Sex - 2018 Table 3-12: No. of Judges, Prosecuters and Lawyers by Sex - 2018 54 Table 3-13: Number of Staff in Government Construction Companies - 2018 54 Education 55 Table 4-1: Number of Universities, Faculties, Students and Teachers in Governmental and Private 55 Higher Education Table 4-2: Number of Students in Governmental Universities and Higher Education Institutions at the Beginning 56 of Educational Year Table 4-3: Number of Students by faculty at the beginning of Educational Year 58 Table 4-4: New Students in Governmental
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