1. Statistics on Afghanistan
Asif Karimi and Hassan Wafaey

2. Introduction Indicators Used Reasons for Collecting these data Aims
Challenges
Conclusion

3. Sources AREU Library Central Statistic Office UNDP
World Health Statistics

4. Indicators Used Population (Kabul & Afghanistan)
Education (No of Students & Schools)
Agriculture (Wheat, Fertilizer &Livestock)
Health (TB & No of Health Facilities, Life Expectancy)
Infrastructure (Asphalted Rd)
Economy (Dry Fruit Exp)

5. Why did we collect these information?
AREU research teams/ Other research and policy organizations such as Government and International donors
Most of the statistics is recorded in Dari/ Translated to English for international use.
This database is a start to be further developed

6. Aim 1: Aid Effectiveness project
These figures can be useful to assess developmental trends and policy-making
Help to examine issues such as aid effectiveness and governance in Afghanistan

7. Aim 2: Improving Research Skills
To develop research skills such as referencing, familiarizing ourselves with Data sources and resources recording and coding data.
To analyze statistics (for example, finding data that does not match and coincidental events)

8. Example of Data Collection
Agriculture Indicators: Fertilizer
Source
1357
1358
1359
1360
CSO
no data
CSO p52 chart 18
CSO p27 chart 20
CSO 1357 p64 chart 15
103,285
CSO 1358 p298
94,379
CSO 1359 p222 chart
94,403
CSO 1360 p119 chart
94,331
98,667
CSO graphic chart
100,000
95,000
115,000
CSO 1362 p166 chart22-1-3
98,536
114,264
121,974
CSO 1363 p163 chart23-1-3
CSO 1364 p121 chart
CSO 1365 p123 chart
CSO 1366 p120 chart

9. Example of Data Trends

10. Challenges
1. Changes in government and policies affected the data (e.g. changes in the number of secondary schools and categories of schools)
1352
1356
1357
1358
191
199
197
332
313
429
317
405

11. Challenges
2. Changes in Data from one year to another with no apparent reason.
3. The data estimation is based on the calculation from 1357 ( e.g. the asphalt road construction)
1357
1361
1362
2,746 km
102 km
40.5 km
54.1 km

12. Challenge 4:
The data management from the year 1382 onward is quite different from the 1360s and 1370s.
After President Karzai came to power, data was collected using different methodologies and recorded differently (e.g. road construction from is included in reconstruction projects / and statistics on dry fruit export).

13. Conclusion
The figures from one year were not consistent with the figures from the following years.
Missing Data: The data has not been collect over the Taliban years
We can’t rely on these data alone, but if you compare with other sources, it may still be useful.