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Afghanistan rankings 2026: where Afghanistan places in 96 global Top 10s

Afghanistan is #2 in Countries by transport services and inside the top 10 of 25 rankings. Every position, value and source, regenerated as the data refreshes.

Afghanistan appears in 96 of the 491 live country rankings on Top10Earth. This guide walks through every one of them: where Afghanistan is number one, where it makes the top 10, where it sits further down the table, and what has moved since the previous snapshot. Its best position is #2 in Countries by transport services, where it is measured at 83.79 % of service imports, BoP (Transport services) as of 2026-10-28. Afghanistan finishes inside the top 10 in 25 rankings.

Top 10 finishes

Afghanistan is inside the top 10 of 25 further rankings. Each entry names the country directly above it, which is the position to beat at the next refresh.

The remaining 13 top-10 positions are in the full list at the end of this guide.

Afghanistan by theme

The rankings are grouped by category below, so the economic picture, the health picture and the environmental picture can be read separately. Positions are out of the number of countries each source reports, which differs by ranking.

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing, Afghanistan holds 30 positions: #2 of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from ambient air pollution (143 per 100,000 people), #4 of 50 in Countries drinking the largest share of their alcohol as spirits (89.13 %), #4 of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from natural disasters (1.3 per 100,000 people) and #4 of 50 in Countries with the highest neonatal mortality rates (3.43 deaths per 1,000 live births). 26 more rankings are listed below.

World and society

In world and society, Afghanistan holds 24 positions: #4 of 50 in Countries refugees come from most often (2,671.56 thousand people), #4 of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from hypertensive heart disease (69.43 per 100,000 people), #7 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of urban people living in slums (72.4 %) and #7 of 50 in Countries with the highest urban outdoor air pollution (50.42 micrograms per cubic metre). 20 more rankings are listed below.

Food and agriculture

In food and agriculture, Afghanistan holds 21 positions: #2 of 50 in Countries where agriculture takes the biggest share of water (98.17 % of total freshwater withdrawal), #6 of 50 in Countries most dependent on agriculture (share of GDP) (34.29 % of GDP), #10 of 50 in Countries with the highest severe food insecurity (31 %) and #13 of 50 in Countries with the highest prevalence of undernourishment (28.1 %). 17 more rankings are listed below.

Environment and energy

In environment and energy, Afghanistan holds 12 positions: #20 of 50 in Countries with the highest outdoor air pollution exposure (40 µg/m³), #26 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of renewable electricity (86.87 %), #28 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of electricity from hydropower (71.66 % of total electricity) and #29 of 50 in Countries importing the most palm oil (325 thousand tonnes). 8 more rankings are listed below.

Finance and crypto

In finance and crypto, Afghanistan holds 9 positions: #2 of 50 in Countries by transport services (83.79 % of service imports, BoP), #2 of 50 in Countries with the largest reserves relative to monthly imports (16.63 months of imports), #10 of 50 in Countries receiving the most development aid (3,060.33 current US$ million) and #16 of 50 in Countries by net errors and omissions (2,997.4 BoP, current US$ million). 5 more rankings are listed below.

What changed at the latest refresh

Comparing each ranking's newest snapshot with the one before it, Afghanistan moved in 86 rankings:

Since the first snapshot

Top10Earth keeps every snapshot it publishes. Where a ranking has been captured at least three times, the first recorded position can be compared with today's:

Where Afghanistan ranks lowest

A guide that only listed wins would be misleading. Afghanistan's lowest current positions are 50th of 50 in Countries with the highest malaria death rates (0.82 per 100,000 people), 50th of 50 in Countries with the highest prevalence of anemia in children (44.9 %) and 50th of 50 in Countries with the lowest access to electricity (87.8 % of population). Whether a low position is good or bad depends on the metric: being near the bottom of an emissions or mortality ranking is the better place to be.

Every ranking that includes Afghanistan

How to read these numbers

Each ranking measures one metric from one named source at one time, so a #3 in one table and a #3 in another are not directly comparable. Countries also report in different years: the capture date is when Top10Earth fetched the data, while the source's own year is stated on each ranking page under methodology. For a side-by-side with another country on the same measures, open any ranking and use the head-to-head links, or visit Afghanistan's entity page for the live table and rank-history chart.

Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.

Questions people ask about Afghanistan

What is Afghanistan's best ranking on Top10Earth?

#2 in Countries by transport services, with 83.79 % of service imports, BoP (Transport services) as of 2026-10-28.

How many rankings include Afghanistan?

96 current country rankings out of 491 on the site.

Is Afghanistan in the top 10 of anything?

Yes: 25 rankings, including #2 in Countries by transport services, #2 in Countries where agriculture takes the biggest share of water and #2 in Countries with the highest death rates from ambient air pollution.

Where do the numbers come from?

From World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data. Each ranking page names its source, metric definition and capture date.

When was this guide last updated?

The newest snapshot used here was captured on 2026-11-02. The guide is regenerated automatically as rankings refresh.

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