$2.7 billion (2008/2009) country comparison to the world: 134 $8 billion (2004)
Exchange rates:
afghanis (AFA) per US dollar - 50.23 (2009), 50.25 (2008), 50 (2007), 46 (2006), 47.7 (2005), 48 (2004)
Communications ::Afghanistan
Telephones - main lines in use:
129,300 (2009) country comparison to the world: 139
Telephones - mobile cellular:
12 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 57
Telephone system:
general assessment: limited fixed-line telephone service; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks