International rankings of Afghanistan explained

The following are international rankings of Afghanistan.

Cities

See main article: List of cities in Afghanistan.

• Kabul

Mercer Human Resource Consulting

Most expensive cities 2008, not ranked among top 143 cities

Population of urban area ranked 105

Demographics

See main article: Demographics of Afghanistan.

• Population ranked 43 out of 228 countries and territories
• CIA World Factbook 2008 estimates Life expectancy ranked 208 out of 211 countries and territories^[1]
• Total immigrant population ranked 137 out of 192 countries^{[2] [3]}

Economy

See main article: Economy of Afghanistan.

• IMD International: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005, not ranked among top 60 economies ^[4]
• The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal: Index of Economic Freedom 2008, ranked x out of 157 countries^[5]
• The Economist: Quality-of-Life Index 2005, not ranked among top 111 countries^[6]
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2008–2009, ranked x out of 125 countries^[7]

Environment

See main article: Environment of Afghanistan.

• 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

See main article: Geography of Afghanistan.

• Total area ranked x out of 233 countries

Globalization

• KOF: Index of Globalization 2007, not ranked out of 122 countries^[8]
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, not ranked out of 62 countries^[9]

Military

See main article: Military of Afghanistan.

• Center for Strategic and International Studies

active troops ranked 27 out of 166 countries^[10]

Political

See main article: Politics of Afghanistan.

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2008, ranked x out of 180 countries^[11]
• Reporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2008, ranked x out of 173 countries^[12]
• The Economist Democracy Index 2007, ranked x out of 167 countries^[13]

Society

See main article: Culture of Afghanistan.

• United Nations: Human Development Index 2007, ranked 174 out of 180 countries^[14]
• Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report 2007, ranked x out of 110 countries^[15]
• World Health Organization

suicide rate, ranked x out of 100 countries^[16]

• University of Leicester Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, not ranked among top 178 countries^[17]

Technology

• Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked x in online government services^[18]
• Number of mobile phones in use ranked x^[19]
• 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^[20]
• United Nations

e-Government Readiness Index, 2008, ranked x out of 50 countries^[21]

Tourism

See main article: Tourism in Afghanistan.

• World Tourism Organization

World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked x^[22]

Transportation

See main article: Transport in Afghanistan.

• Total rapid transit systems ranked x

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: CIA - The World Factbook 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003434/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2102.html. dead. June 13, 2007. Central Intelligence Agency.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=YgSsp6S1qnkC&pg=PP1 "World Population Policies 2005"
3. https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2006Migration_Chart/2006IttMig_chart.htm "International Migration 2006"
4. Web site: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005 . 2009-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041209085100/http://www02.imd.ch/wcy/ . 2004-12-09 . dead .
5. Web site: Index of Economic Freedom . 2009-02-06 . 2008-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080213211732/http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm . dead .
6. http://www.economist.com/theworldin/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3372495&d=2005 The World in 2005 - Worldwide quality-of-life index, 2005
7. http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009
8. http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/static/pdf/rankings_2007.pdf KOF Index of Globalization 2007
9. http://www.atkearney.com/shared_res/pdf/Globalization-Index_FP_Nov-Dec-06_S.pdf Globalization Index 2006
10. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/060626_asia_balance_powers.pdf Asia balance of power
11. http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2008/cpi2008/cpi_2008_table CPI 2008 table
12. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29031 Worldwide press freedom index 2008
13. http://a330.g.akamai.net/7/330/25828/20081021185552/graphics.eiu.com/PDF/Democracy%20Index%202008.pdf Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2008
14. http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/asiathepacific/afghanistan/nhdr2007.pdf Afghanistan Human Development Report 2007
15. http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/mothers/2007/SOWM-2007-final.pdf State of the World's Mothers 2007
16. Web site: World Health Organization suicide country reports . 2009-02-06 . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20050612024141/http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/country_reports/en/index.html . 2005-06-12 . bot: unknown .
17. http://www.le.ac.uk/pc/aw57/world/sample.html Satisfaction with Life Index
18. Web site: Sixth Annual Global e-Government Study. Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy. 2006-08-01.
19. https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004129/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2151rank.html Rank Order - Telephones - mobile cellular
20. http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gitr/2008/Rankings.pdf weforum.org
21. http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN028607.pdf United Nations e-Government Readiness Index, 2008
22. Web site: UNTWO World Tourism Barometer, Vol.5 No.2 . 2008-03-26 . UNTWO . June 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081031013714/http://www.tourismroi.com/Content_Attachments/27670/File_633513750035785076.pdf . 2008-10-31 .