19, Nov 2019, EST.

Welcome to the beta version of Econ Stats, the Economic Statistics Database service provided by EconomyWatch.com.

Country or Region: Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Investment (% of GDP) › See all Afghanistan indicators, › See Investment (% of GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2019
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Afghanis
Currency Symbol: AFA

Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment. Source: National Statistics Office Latest actual data: 2014. Latest actual data is for the solar year 2013/14 Notes: National accounts data is originally compiled on the basis of a solar year, which runs from March 21 to March 20. Data is converted to calendar years for the purpose of WEO publication. National accounts manual used: System of National Accounts (SNA) 1993 GDP valuation: Market prices Start/end months of reporting year: January/December. none Base year: 2002. Base year is the solar year 2002/03 Chain-weighted: No Primary domestic currency: Afghan Afghani Data last updated: 03/2016

Investment (% of GDP) for Afghanistan in year 2015 is 19.405 %. Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment.

This makes Afghanistan No. 118 in world rankings according to Investment (% of GDP) in year 2015. The world's average Investment (% of GDP) value is 21.76 %; Afghanistan is 2.36 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2014, Investment (% of GDP) for Afghanistan was 21.33 % Investment (% of GDP) for Afghanistan in 2015 was or will be 9.01% less than it was or will be in 2014.

In the following or forecasted year, 2016, Investment (% of GDP) for Afghanistan was or will be 20.44 %, which is 5.35% more than the 2015 figure.