The following are international rankings of Afghanistan.
Cities
Kabul Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2008, not ranked among top 143 cities Population of urban area ranked 105
Demographics
Population ranked 43 out of 228 countries and territories CIA World Factbook 2008 estimates Life expectancy ranked 208 out of 211 countries and territories Total immigrant population ranked 137 out of 192 countries"World Population Policies 2005", United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, March 2006. ."International Migration 2006", United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. United Nations Publication, No. E.06.XIII.6, March 2006.
Economy
IMD International: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005, not ranked among top 60 economies The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal: Index of Economic Freedom 2008, ranked x out of 157 countries The Economist: Quality-of-Life Index 2005, not ranked among top 111 countriesThe World in 2005 - Worldwide quality-of-life index, 2005 World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2008–2009, ranked x out of 125 countriesThe Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009
Environment
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
Total area ranked x out of 233 countries
Globalization KOF: Index of Globalization 2007, not ranked out of 122 countriesKOF Index of Globalization 2007 PDF A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, not ranked out of 62 countriesGlobalization Index 2006 PDF
Industry
Military
Center for Strategic and International Studies: active troops ranked 27 out of 166 countriesAsia balance of power (PDF)
Political
Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2008, ranked x out of 180 countriesCPI 2008 table Reporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2008, ranked x out of 173 countriesWorldwide press freedom index 2008 The Economist Democracy Index 2007, ranked x out of 167 countriesEconomist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2008 (PDF)
Society
United Nations: Human Development Index 2007, ranked 174 out of 180 countriesAfghanistan 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 PDF Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report 2007, ranked x out of 110 countriesState of the World's Mothers 2007 PDF World Health Organization: suicide rate, ranked x out of 100 countries University of Leicester Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, not ranked among top 178 countriesSatisfaction with Life Index
Technology Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked x in online government services Number of mobile phones in use ranked xRank Order - Telephones - mobile cellular The World Factbook 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 countriesweforum.org (PDF) United Nations: e-Government Readiness Index, 2008, ranked x out of 50 countriesUnited Nations e-Government Readiness Index, 2008 PDF
Tourism
World Tourism Organization: World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked x
Transportation
Total rapid transit systems ranked x
See also Lists of countries Lists by country List of international rankings
References