emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate was -2.52 % change on previous year in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
-2.52 % change on previous year
Change on year
down 248.2%
World rank
182nd
of 219 countries
All-time high
68.17 % change on previous year
in 1987
All-time low
-33.42 % change on previous year
in 1992
Years of data
272
1751–2022

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Afghanistan, 1751–2022

-250255075175118862022

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.

Analysis

In 2022, emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Afghanistan stood at -2.52 % change on previous year.

The figure is down 248.2% on the previous year and down 4,227.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Afghanistan peaked at 68.17 % change on previous year in 1987 and was at its lowest, -33.42 % change on previous year, in 1992.

Afghanistan ranks 182nd of 219 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Afghanistan, year by year

Annual values for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Afghanistan, 1751 to 2022.
Year % change on previous year Change
1751 0.4075 % change on previous year —
1752 0.4059 % change on previous year -0.4%
1753 0.4042 % change on previous year -0.4%
1754 0.4026 % change on previous year -0.4%
1755 0.401 % change on previous year -0.4%
1756 0.3987 % change on previous year -0.6%
1757 0.3978 % change on previous year -0.2%
1758 0.3956 % change on previous year -0.6%
1759 0.394 % change on previous year -0.4%
1760 0.3924 % change on previous year -0.4%
1761 0.4071 % change on previous year +3.7%
1762 0.4048 % change on previous year -0.6%
1763 0.4032 % change on previous year -0.4%
1764 0.4016 % change on previous year -0.4%
1765 0.4 % change on previous year -0.4%
1766 0.3984 % change on previous year -0.4%
1767 0.3961 % change on previous year -0.6%
1768 0.3952 % change on previous year -0.2%
1769 0.393 % change on previous year -0.6%
1770 0.3915 % change on previous year -0.4%
1771 0.4062 % change on previous year +3.8%
1772 0.4039 % change on previous year -0.6%
1773 0.4023 % change on previous year -0.4%
1774 0.4007 % change on previous year -0.4%
1775 0.3991 % change on previous year -0.4%
1776 0.3968 % change on previous year -0.6%
1777 0.3959 % change on previous year -0.2%
1778 0.3937 % change on previous year -0.6%
1779 0.3922 % change on previous year -0.4%
1780 0.3906 % change on previous year -0.4%
1781 0.4047 % change on previous year +3.6%
1782 0.4031 % change on previous year -0.4%
1783 0.4015 % change on previous year -0.4%
1784 0.3993 % change on previous year -0.6%
1785 0.3983 % change on previous year -0.2%
1786 0.3961 % change on previous year -0.6%
1787 0.3945 % change on previous year -0.4%
1788 0.393 % change on previous year -0.4%
1789 0.3908 % change on previous year -0.5%
1790 0.3899 % change on previous year -0.2%
1791 0.4034 % change on previous year +3.5%
1792 0.4018 % change on previous year -0.4%
1793 0.4002 % change on previous year -0.4%
1794 0.3986 % change on previous year -0.4%
1795 0.3964 % change on previous year -0.5%
1796 0.3949 % change on previous year -0.4%
1797 0.3933 % change on previous year -0.4%
1798 0.3918 % change on previous year -0.4%
1799 0.3902 % change on previous year -0.4%
1800 0.3887 % change on previous year -0.4%
1801 0.4022 % change on previous year +3.5%
1802 0.4006 % change on previous year -0.4%
1803 0.399 % change on previous year -0.4%
1804 0.3968 % change on previous year -0.5%
1805 0.3953 % change on previous year -0.4%
1806 0.3937 % change on previous year -0.4%
1807 0.3922 % change on previous year -0.4%
1808 0.3906 % change on previous year -0.4%
1809 0.3886 % change on previous year -0.5%
1810 0.3876 % change on previous year -0.2%
1811 0.4005 % change on previous year +3.3%
1812 0.3995 % change on previous year -0.3%
1813 0.3974 % change on previous year -0.5%
1814 0.3958 % change on previous year -0.4%
1815 0.3937 % change on previous year -0.5%
1816 0.3927 % change on previous year -0.3%
1817 0.3906 % change on previous year -0.5%
1818 0.3891 % change on previous year -0.4%
1819 0.3876 % change on previous year -0.4%
1820 0.3855 % change on previous year -0.5%
1821 0.3147 % change on previous year -18.4%
1822 0.3132 % change on previous year -0.5%
1823 0.3122 % change on previous year -0.3%
1824 0.3113 % change on previous year -0.3%
1825 0.3103 % change on previous year -0.3%
1826 0.3088 % change on previous year -0.5%
1827 0.3079 % change on previous year -0.3%
1828 0.3069 % change on previous year -0.3%
1829 0.306 % change on previous year -0.3%
1830 0.305 % change on previous year -0.3%
1831 0.5363 % change on previous year +75.8%
1832 0.5335 % change on previous year -0.5%
1833 0.5306 % change on previous year -0.5%
1834 0.5273 % change on previous year -0.6%
1835 0.5246 % change on previous year -0.5%
1836 0.5213 % change on previous year -0.6%
1837 0.5186 % change on previous year -0.5%
1838 0.5159 % change on previous year -0.5%
1839 0.5128 % change on previous year -0.6%
1840 0.5102 % change on previous year -0.5%
1841 0.5346 % change on previous year +4.8%
1842 0.5317 % change on previous year -0.5%
1843 0.5284 % change on previous year -0.6%
1844 0.5257 % change on previous year -0.5%
1845 0.5224 % change on previous year -0.6%
1846 0.5197 % change on previous year -0.5%
1847 0.5166 % change on previous year -0.6%
1848 0.5139 % change on previous year -0.5%
1849 0.5113 % change on previous year -0.5%
1850 0.5082 % change on previous year -0.6%
1851 0.8277 % change on previous year +62.9%
1852 0.8259 % change on previous year -0.2%
1853 0.8242 % change on previous year -0.2%
1854 0.8229 % change on previous year -0.2%
1855 0.8207 % change on previous year -0.3%
1856 0.8199 % change on previous year -0.1%
1857 0.8176 % change on previous year -0.3%
1858 0.8163 % change on previous year -0.2%
1859 0.8149 % change on previous year -0.2%
1860 0.8131 % change on previous year -0.2%
1861 0.8456 % change on previous year +4.0%
1862 0.8441 % change on previous year -0.2%
1863 0.8421 % change on previous year -0.2%
1864 0.8405 % change on previous year -0.2%
1865 0.8389 % change on previous year -0.2%
1866 0.8368 % change on previous year -0.2%
1867 0.8356 % change on previous year -0.1%
1868 0.8335 % change on previous year -0.2%
1869 0.8323 % change on previous year -0.2%
1870 5.73 % change on previous year +588.0%
1871 0.7705 % change on previous year -86.5%
1872 0.7658 % change on previous year -0.6%
1873 0.7614 % change on previous year -0.6%
1874 0.7568 % change on previous year -0.6%
1875 0.7518 % change on previous year -0.7%
1876 0.748 % change on previous year -0.5%
1877 0.7435 % change on previous year -0.6%
1878 0.7388 % change on previous year -0.6%
1879 0.7348 % change on previous year -0.5%
1880 0.7308 % change on previous year -0.5%
1881 0.8664 % change on previous year +18.6%
1882 0.8673 % change on previous year +0.1%
1883 0.8681 % change on previous year +0.1%
1884 0.8685 % change on previous year +0.0%
1885 0.8698 % change on previous year +0.2%
1886 0.8696 % change on previous year -0.0%
1887 0.8708 % change on previous year +0.1%
1888 0.8715 % change on previous year +0.1%
1889 0.8718 % change on previous year +0.0%
1890 0.8727 % change on previous year +0.1%
1891 0.9049 % change on previous year +3.7%
1892 0.898 % change on previous year -0.8%
1893 0.8919 % change on previous year -0.7%
1894 0.8856 % change on previous year -0.7%
1895 0.8797 % change on previous year -0.7%
1896 0.8735 % change on previous year -0.7%
1897 0.8675 % change on previous year -0.7%
1898 0.8615 % change on previous year -0.7%
1899 0.856 % change on previous year -0.6%
1900 0.8502 % change on previous year -0.7%
1901 1.75 % change on previous year +105.5%
1902 1.78 % change on previous year +1.8%
1903 1.74 % change on previous year -2.3%
1904 1.77 % change on previous year +1.7%
1905 1.76 % change on previous year -0.3%
1906 1.76 % change on previous year -0.3%
1907 1.75 % change on previous year -0.3%
1908 1.75 % change on previous year -0.3%
1909 1.75 % change on previous year -0.2%
1910 1.67 % change on previous year -4.1%
1911 0.044 % change on previous year -97.4%
1912 -0.1872 % change on previous year -525.7%
1913 -0.1873 % change on previous year +0.1%
1914 -0.1877 % change on previous year +0.2%
1915 -0.2206 % change on previous year +17.5%
1916 -0.1877 % change on previous year -14.9%
1917 -0.188 % change on previous year +0.2%
1918 -0.1881 % change on previous year +0.1%
1919 -0.221 % change on previous year +17.5%
1920 -0.1884 % change on previous year -14.8%
1921 -0.2378 % change on previous year +26.2%
1922 0.2016 % change on previous year -184.8%
1923 0.2158 % change on previous year +7.0%
1924 0.1641 % change on previous year -23.9%
1925 0.1789 % change on previous year +9.0%
1926 0.193 % change on previous year +7.9%
1927 0.1418 % change on previous year -26.6%
1928 0.1565 % change on previous year +10.4%
1929 0.1712 % change on previous year +9.4%
1930 0.1202 % change on previous year -29.8%
1931 0.2228 % change on previous year +85.3%
1932 0.2183 % change on previous year -2.0%
1933 0.2206 % change on previous year +1.0%
1934 0.1893 % change on previous year -14.2%
1935 0.1894 % change on previous year +0.1%
1936 0.1883 % change on previous year -0.6%
1937 0.186 % change on previous year -1.2%
1938 0.15 % change on previous year -19.4%
1939 0.1451 % change on previous year -3.2%
1940 0.1385 % change on previous year -4.5%
1941 0.7592 % change on previous year +448.0%
1942 0.7465 % change on previous year -1.7%
1943 0.7261 % change on previous year -2.7%
1944 0.7378 % change on previous year +1.6%
1945 0.7494 % change on previous year +1.6%
1946 0.7292 % change on previous year -2.7%
1947 -22.86 % change on previous year -3234.9%
1948 0.38 % change on previous year -101.7%
1949 0.8955 % change on previous year +135.7%
1950 11.19 % change on previous year +1149.0%
1951 -4.99 % change on previous year -144.6%
1952 -5.88 % change on previous year +17.7%
1953 -5.09 % change on previous year -13.4%
1954 -5.98 % change on previous year +17.6%
1955 -1.5 % change on previous year -75.0%
1956 -0.7146 % change on previous year -52.3%
1957 11.87 % change on previous year -1760.7%
1958 -1.6 % change on previous year -113.5%
1959 -2.5 % change on previous year +56.4%
1960 -3.22 % change on previous year +28.6%
1961 -1.36 % change on previous year -57.9%
1962 8.11 % change on previous year -698.2%
1963 -0.8106 % change on previous year -110.0%
1964 9.12 % change on previous year -1224.7%
1965 5.87 % change on previous year -35.6%
1966 4.73 % change on previous year -19.4%
1967 -2.97 % change on previous year -162.8%
1968 -9 % change on previous year +202.7%
1969 4.58 % change on previous year -150.9%
1970 20.86 % change on previous year +355.7%
1971 16.5 % change on previous year -20.9%
1972 -13.72 % change on previous year -183.1%
1973 -6.81 % change on previous year -50.3%
1974 5.18 % change on previous year -176.0%
1975 16.19 % change on previous year +212.7%
1976 -0.433 % change on previous year -102.7%
1977 11.57 % change on previous year -2773.3%
1978 7.51 % change on previous year -35.1%
1979 19.1 % change on previous year +154.3%
1980 -20.39 % change on previous year -206.8%
1981 4.24 % change on previous year -120.8%
1982 4.03 % change on previous year -4.8%
1983 13.22 % change on previous year +227.7%
1984 6.32 % change on previous year -52.2%
1985 -10.23 % change on previous year -261.7%
1986 -26.69 % change on previous year +160.9%
1987 68.17 % change on previous year -355.5%
1988 -9.81 % change on previous year -114.4%
1989 3.03 % change on previous year -130.9%
1990 34.95 % change on previous year +1055.2%
1991 -2.93 % change on previous year -108.4%
1992 -33.42 % change on previous year +1040.3%
1993 1.19 % change on previous year -103.5%
1994 -0.818 % change on previous year -169.0%
1995 -13.97 % change on previous year +1607.9%
1996 -4.18 % change on previous year -70.1%
1997 -8.81 % change on previous year +110.7%
1998 -4.42 % change on previous year -49.7%
1999 -20.22 % change on previous year +356.9%
2000 -15.99 % change on previous year -20.9%
2001 2.67 % change on previous year -116.7%
2002 -13.38 % change on previous year -602.0%
2003 8.43 % change on previous year -163.0%
2004 3.26 % change on previous year -61.4%
2005 7.66 % change on previous year +135.2%
2006 5.02 % change on previous year -34.4%
2007 24.57 % change on previous year +389.6%
2008 5.53 % change on previous year -77.5%
2009 39.79 % change on previous year +619.7%
2010 24.9 % change on previous year -37.4%
2011 20.7 % change on previous year -16.9%
2012 0.061 % change on previous year -99.7%
2013 -0.4606 % change on previous year -855.5%
2014 -8.37 % change on previous year +1718.3%
2015 21.44 % change on previous year -356.0%
2016 -12.66 % change on previous year -159.0%
2017 2.82 % change on previous year -122.3%
2018 7.91 % change on previous year +180.6%
2019 4.16 % change on previous year -47.4%
2020 0.7885 % change on previous year -81.0%
2021 1.7 % change on previous year +115.3%
2022 -2.52 % change on previous year -248.2%

Afghanistan compared with similar countries

  • Afghanistan's -2.52 % change on previous year is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.8496 % change on previous year. (25 countries reporting)
  • Afghanistan's -2.52 % change on previous year is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.6 % change on previous year. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1947 -3234.9% 0.7292 % change on previous year -22.86 % change on previous year
1977 +2773.3% -0.433 % change on previous year 11.57 % change on previous year
1957 +1760.7% -0.7146 % change on previous year 11.87 % change on previous year
2014 -1718.3% -0.4606 % change on previous year -8.37 % change on previous year
1995 -1607.9% -0.818 % change on previous year -13.97 % change on previous year
1964 +1224.7% -0.8106 % change on previous year 9.12 % change on previous year

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1750s 0.4008 % change on previous year 0.394 % change on previous year 0.4075 % change on previous year 9
1760s 0.3992 % change on previous year 0.3924 % change on previous year 0.4071 % change on previous year 10
1770s 0.3982 % change on previous year 0.3915 % change on previous year 0.4062 % change on previous year 10
1780s 0.3972 % change on previous year 0.3906 % change on previous year 0.4047 % change on previous year 10
1790s 0.396 % change on previous year 0.3899 % change on previous year 0.4034 % change on previous year 10
1800s 0.3948 % change on previous year 0.3886 % change on previous year 0.4022 % change on previous year 10
1810s 0.3934 % change on previous year 0.3876 % change on previous year 0.4005 % change on previous year 10
1820s 0.3177 % change on previous year 0.306 % change on previous year 0.3855 % change on previous year 10
1830s 0.5026 % change on previous year 0.305 % change on previous year 0.5363 % change on previous year 10
1840s 0.5214 % change on previous year 0.5102 % change on previous year 0.5346 % change on previous year 10
1850s 0.7898 % change on previous year 0.5082 % change on previous year 0.8277 % change on previous year 10
1860s 0.8362 % change on previous year 0.8131 % change on previous year 0.8456 % change on previous year 10
1870s 1.25 % change on previous year 0.7348 % change on previous year 5.73 % change on previous year 10
1880s 0.8555 % change on previous year 0.7308 % change on previous year 0.8718 % change on previous year 10
1890s 0.8791 % change on previous year 0.856 % change on previous year 0.9049 % change on previous year 10
1900s 1.67 % change on previous year 0.8502 % change on previous year 1.78 % change on previous year 10
1910s 0.015 % change on previous year -0.221 % change on previous year 1.67 % change on previous year 10
1920s 0.0997 % change on previous year -0.2378 % change on previous year 0.2158 % change on previous year 10
1930s 0.183 % change on previous year 0.1202 % change on previous year 0.2228 % change on previous year 10
1940s -1.7 % change on previous year -22.86 % change on previous year 0.8955 % change on previous year 10
1950s -0.5205 % change on previous year -5.98 % change on previous year 11.87 % change on previous year 10
1960s 1.51 % change on previous year -9 % change on previous year 9.12 % change on previous year 10
1970s 7.6 % change on previous year -13.72 % change on previous year 20.86 % change on previous year 10
1980s 3.19 % change on previous year -26.69 % change on previous year 68.17 % change on previous year 10
1990s -5.26 % change on previous year -33.42 % change on previous year 34.95 % change on previous year 10
2000s 6.76 % change on previous year -15.99 % change on previous year 39.79 % change on previous year 10
2010s 6.05 % change on previous year -12.66 % change on previous year 24.9 % change on previous year 10
2020s -0.0101 % change on previous year -2.52 % change on previous year 1.7 % change on previous year 3

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Frequently asked questions

What is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Afghanistan?
Emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Afghanistan was -2.52 % change on previous year in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was 68.17 % change on previous year in 1987.
What is the lowest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was -33.42 % change on previous year in 1992.
How does Afghanistan rank for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate?
Afghanistan ranks 182nd out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
Is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate rising or falling in Afghanistan?
Over the last ten years it is down 4,227.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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The year-on-year percentage change in emissions of air pollutants. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate
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% change on previous year
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Statizoid (derived)
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Coverage
219 places, 59,468 data points, 1751–2022
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The year-on-year percentage change in emissions of air pollutants. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.