Afghanistan Energy Situation

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Overview

Afghanistan
 
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Capital

  Kabul (34° 32′ 0″ N, 69° 10′ 0″ E)

Official language(s)

  Dari (Persian) and Pashto

Government

  Islamic republic

President

  Hamid Karzai

Prime Minister

 

Total area

  647,500 km2

Population

  29.8 million

Rural-Population

  23 million (77%)

Urban-Population

  6.8 million (23%)

Population Density

  43 Persons per km²

Average Household Size

  11.4

GDP (nominal)

  $15.608 billion

GDP per Capita

  $517

Currency

  Afghani (AFN)

Time Zone

  CET (UTC+04:30)

Calling Code

  +93

Environmental Situation

Climate 

Arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers

Mean temperature (°C min/max): 4.3/19.6  [1]

Resources

Natural gas, petroleum, coal 

Forest Situation 

Land area covered by forest: 1.3%
Forest annual rate of change: 0% [2]

Socioeconomical Situation

Income Sources

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Energy Supply

Electricity

Sources

Hydropower 63,7% and fossil fuels 35,3%

Stability

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Energy Consumption

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National Level

Electricity

Household Level

Share of Fuel Types

Percentage of energy types used for cooking in rural areas [3]


 

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Percentage of energy types used for cooking in rural areas. [3]
 


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Percentage of Population Using Solid Fuels 

National: >95% [4]

Solid Fuel Use Impact on Health 

Total annual deaths attributable to solid fuel use: 23900 persons
Percentage of national burden of diseases attributable to solid fuel use: 4.9% [5]

Access Rate

Electrification Rate 

Electrification rate in households:[6]
National: 23%, urban: 74%, rural: 3%

Renewable Energies

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Potentials

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Biomass

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Key problems of the energy sector

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Policy framework, laws and regulations

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General Energy policy, Energy strategy

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Specific strategies (Biomass, renewable energies, rural electrification, energy access strategy etc.)

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Institutional set up in the energy sector

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External links


References

 

  1. UN Data (2008): http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Afghanistan
  2. FAO (2011) The State of the World's Forest
  3. 3.0 3.1 WHO 2010: WHO Household Energy Database
  4. WHO (2006): Fuels for Life
  5. WHO (2006): Fuels for Life
  6. The National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment 2005, Kabul, Afghanistan. Cited in WHO (2009) The Energy Access Situation in developing Countries