International rankings of Afghanistan

The following are international rankings of Afghanistan.

Cities

• Kabul

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

Population of urban area ranked 105

Demographics

• Population ranked 43 out of 228 countries and territories
• CIA World Factbook 2008 estimates Life expectancy ranked 208 out of 211 countries and territories
• Total immigrant population ranked 137 out of 192 countries

Economy

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

Environment

• 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

• Total area ranked x out of 233 countries

Globalization

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

Industry

Military

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

Political

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

Society

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

Technology

• Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked x in online government services
• Number of mobile phones in use ranked x
• 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
• United Nations: e-Government Readiness Index, 2008, ranked x out of 50 countries

Tourism

• World Tourism Organization: World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked x

Transportation

• Total rapid transit systems ranked x

See also

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

References