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CodeAFG
Long NameIslamic State of Afghanistan
Income GroupLow income
RegionSouth Asia
Lending categoryIDA
Other groupsHIPC
Currency UnitAfghan afghani
Latest population census1979
Latest household surveyDemographic and Health Survey, 2015
Special NotesFiscal year end: March 20; reporting period for national accounts data is calendar year, estimated to insure consistency between national accounts and fiscal data. National accounts data are sourced from the IMF and differ from the Central Statistics Organization numbers due to exclusion of the opium economy.
National accounts base year2002/03
System of National AccountsCountry uses the 1993 System of National Accounts methodology
SNA price valuationValue added at basic prices (VAB)
Balance of Payments Manual in useBPM6
External debt Reporting statusActual
System of tradeGeneral trade system
Government Accounting conceptConsolidated central government
IMF data dissemination standardEnhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS)
Source of most recent Income and expenditure dataIntegrated household survey (IHS), 2011
Latest trade data2017
2-alpha codeAF
WB-2 codeAF
Table NameAfghanistan
Short NameAfghanistan
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