Climate | We have arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers |
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Revenue from forest resources | |
Revenue from coal | |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 5.629 million tons (2024 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 65.33 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 203.4 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Industrial | 169.5 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Agricultural | 20 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 58.7% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 12% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.3% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 46.4% (2022 est.) |
Forest | 1.9% (2022 est.) |
Other | 39.4% (2022 est.) |
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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