Afghanistan

  • Leader:Hibatullah Akhundzada
  • Prime Minister (acting):Hasan Akhund
  • Capital city:Kabul
  • Languages:Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism, but Dari functions as the lingua franca note: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as Balochi, Pashai, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official languages in areas where the majority speaks them
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:4,32,50,330 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:6,52,230
  • GDP per capita, US$:414 (2023)
  • GDP, billion current US$:17.2 (2023)
  • GINI index:No data
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:173

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    • सितम्बर 2025
      Source: Global Innovation Index
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 25 सितम्बर, 2025
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      The Global Innovation Index 2023 captures the innovation ecosystem performance of 132 economies and tracks the most recent global innovation trends.  The GII 2023 tracks global innovation trends against a background of uncertainty caused by slow economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, high-interest rates, and geopolitical conflict, but with the promise of the Digital Age and Deep Science innovation waves and technological progress.