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Focus Area |
Indicator |
Status |
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Reproductive Health and Rights |
Maternal Mortality Ratio (i) |
1,400/100,000 live births |
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Modern contraceptive prevalence rate (ii) |
15 |
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% of births attended by skilled birth attendants (ii) |
24 |
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Total Fertility Rate (ii) |
6.3 children per woman |
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Population and Development |
Total Estimated Population (iii) |
25.99 million |
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Total Afghan population aged 10-24 (iii) |
29.2 % |
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Life expectancy at birth (iii) |
47.5 for women, 47.2 for man |
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Infant Mortality Rate (i) |
111 |
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Per-capita Gross Domestic Product (iii) |
415 USD |
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Human Development Index (iv) |
0.349 (155 out of 169 countries) |
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Gender Equality |
% of women who experience at least one form of violence (v) |
92 |
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Literacy Rate(vi) |
36% for men 18% for women |
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% of forced engagement and forced marriage (v) |
23.05 |
(i) NRVA 2007-08
(ii) UN Interagency estimates 2010
(iii) Statistical Yearbook: 2010-2011, Central Statistics Organization Afghanistan
(iv) UNDP Human Development Report 2011
(v) "Violence Against Women Primary Database", Second Edition, Ministry of Women Affairs, May 2010
(vi) NHDR 2011
