International rankings of Afghanistan
The following are international rankings of Afghanistan.
Cities
[edit]- Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2008, not ranked among top 143 cities
- Population of urban area ranked 105
Demographics
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Total area ranked x out of 233 countries
Globalization
[edit]- 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]
Industry
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Military
[edit]- Center for Strategic and International Studies: active troops ranked 27 out of 166 countries[10]
Political
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- World Tourism Organization: World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked x[22]
Transportation
[edit]- Total rapid transit systems ranked x
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "CIA - The World Factbook 2008". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007.
- ^ "World Population Policies 2005"[permanent dead link], United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, March 2006. ISBN 978-92-1-151420-9.
- ^ "International Migration 2006", United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. United Nations Publication, No. E.06.XIII.6, March 2006.
- ^ "World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005". Archived from the original on 2004-12-09. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "Index of Economic Freedom". Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ The World in 2005 - Worldwide quality-of-life index, 2005
- ^ The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009 Archived 2008-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ KOF Index of Globalization 2007 Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine PDF
- ^ Globalization Index 2006 Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine PDF
- ^ Asia balance of power Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ CPI 2008 table Archived 2009-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Worldwide press freedom index 2008 Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2008 Archived 2008-12-14 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ Afghanistan Human Development Report 2007, Centre for Policy and Human Development, Kabul University & United Nations Development Programme. Afghanistan's last inclusion in the HDI ranking was in the 1996 report using 1993 data. See also Human Development Index 2008 Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine PDF
- ^ State of the World's Mothers 2007 Archived 2010-07-05 at the Wayback Machine PDF
- ^ "World Health Organization suicide country reports". Archived from the original on 2005-06-12. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Satisfaction with Life Index Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sixth Annual Global e-Government Study". Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy. 2006-08-01.
- ^ Rank Order - Telephones - mobile cellular The World Factbook
- ^ weforum.org Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ United Nations e-Government Readiness Index, 2008 Archived 2010-09-28 at the Wayback Machine PDF
- ^ UNTWO (June 2008). "UNTWO World Tourism Barometer, Vol.5 No.2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
