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AFG
Long Name
Islamic State of Afghanistan
Income Group
Low income
Region
South Asia
Lending category
IDA
Other groups
HIPC
Currency Unit
Afghan afghani
Latest population census
1979
Latest household survey
Demographic and Health Survey, 2015
Special Notes
The reporting period for national accounts data is designated as either calendar year basis (CY) or fiscal year basis (FY). For this country, it is fiscal year-based (fiscal year-end: March 20). Also, an estimate (PA.NUS.ATLS) of the exchange rate covers the same period and thus differs from the official exchange rate (CY). In addition, the World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In this country, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. An alternative estimate (“alternative conversion factor” - PA.NUS.ATLS) is thus calculated as a weighted average of the different exchange rates in use in the country. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. For this country, this applies to the period 1960-2006. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
National accounts base year
2016
System of National Accounts
Country uses the 1993 System of National Accounts methodology
SNA price valuation
Value added at basic prices (VAB)
PPP survey years
PPPs are imputed for 2011 and 2017 based on a regression model
Balance of Payments Manual in use
BPM6
External debt Reporting status
Actual
System of trade
General trade system
Government Accounting concept
Consolidated central government
IMF data dissemination standard
Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS)
Source of most recent Income and expenditure data
Integrated household survey (IHS), 2016/17
Latest trade data
2018
Latest water withdrawal data
2000
2-alpha code
AF
WB-2 code
AF
Table Name
Afghanistan
Short Name
Afghanistan
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