Statistical performance: Pillar 5 data infrastructure score in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Statistical performance: Pillar 5 data infrastructure score was 55 scale 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data in Afghanistan, 2016–2024
Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB). Measured in scale 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data in Afghanistan is 55 scale 0-100, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data in Afghanistan peaked at 55 scale 0-100 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 40 scale 0-100, in 2016.
Afghanistan ranks 117th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Statistical performance: Pillar 5 data infrastructure score in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | scale 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 40 scale 0-100 | — |
| 2017 | 40 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 40 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 40 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 45 scale 0-100 | +12.5% |
| 2021 | 55 scale 0-100 | +22.2% |
| 2022 | 55 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 55 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 55 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 55 scale 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 50 scale 0-100, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 55 scale 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 60 scale 0-100, 92% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 40 scale 0-100 | 40 scale 0-100 | 40 scale 0-100 | 4 |
| 2020s | 53 scale 0-100 | 45 scale 0-100 | 55 scale 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 117 Antigua and Barbuda 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Belize 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Cape Verde 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 China 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Eswatini 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Ghana 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Guinea 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Haiti 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Jamaica 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Lesotho 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Malawi 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Mozambique 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Nicaragua 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Oman 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Palau 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Sierra Leone 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Saint Lucia 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Suriname 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 Tanzania 55 scale 0-100 compare
- 117 East Timor 55 scale 0-100 compare
More public sector data for Afghanistan
- Democracy, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2021)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2021)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2021)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2021)
- Arms imports 65.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.62 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0046 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -71.86 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data in Afghanistan?
- Statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data in Afghanistan was 55 scale 0-100 in 2024, according to Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 55 scale 0-100 in 2021.
- What is the lowest statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 scale 0-100 in 2016.
- How does Afghanistan rank for statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data?
- Afghanistan ranks 117th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB), published as part of Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The data infrastructure pillar overall score measures the hard and soft infrastructure segments, itemizing essential cross cutting requirements for an effective statistical system. The segments are: (i) legislation and governance covering the existence of laws and a functioning institutional framework for the statistical system; (ii) standards and methods addressing compliance with recognized frameworks and concepts; (iii) skills including level of skills within the statistical system and among users (statistical literacy); (iv) partnerships reflecting the need for the statistical system to be inclusive and coherent; and (v) finance mobilized both domestically and from donors.