Climate | We have arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers |
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Revenue from forest resources | 0.2% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0.45% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,628,525 tons (2016 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 65.33 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | Amu Darya (shared with Tajikistan [s], Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan [m]) - 2,620 km; Helmand river source (shared with Iran) - 1,130 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 200 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 170 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 20 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 62.49 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 8.67 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 90.98 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 58.1% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 11.8% (2018) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.3% (2018) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 46% (2018) |
Forest | 1.8% (2018 est.) |
Other | 40.1% (2018) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 26.9% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 3.34% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 4.589 million KABUL (capital) (2023). |
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