Country intelligence · Asia-Pacific
Afghanistan
AFG · AF · Asia-Pacific
The Afghanistan country profile for bank credit desks, assembled from the official record: export credit agency coverage, company register and beneficial ownership access, sanctions and FATF standing, and company register events. Sources are named with each datum.
At a glance
| Indicator | Value | Edition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OECD country risk category | 7 | 2026 | OECD country risk classification |
| OECD country risk category (previous) | 7 | 2026 | OECD country risk classification |
| CPI rank | 169 | 2025 | Corruption Perceptions Index |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 16 | 2025 | Corruption Perceptions Index |
| Control of corruption | 21.40 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
| Government effectiveness | 13.70 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
| Political stability | 28.20 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
| Regulatory quality | 30.60 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
| Rule of law | 23.70 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
| Voice and accountability | 19.20 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
Source attribution
- Source: OECD, Country Risk Classifications of the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits.
- Source: Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index. Licensed CC BY-ND 4.0.
- Source: Worldwide Governance Indicators, The World Bank. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Export credit agency
No export credit agency for Afghanistan is tracked in the Stonewake reference set.
Company register access
No openly licensed company register for Afghanistan is under Stonewake monitoring. Registers with restricted licences are not shown here.
Beneficial ownership register
No openly licensed beneficial ownership register for Afghanistan is under Stonewake monitoring. Registers with restricted licences are not shown here.
Sanctions and FATF standing
| List | Status | Effective | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU list of high-risk third countries | listed | n/a | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 (consolidated) |
| Country sanctions regimes (curated) | Arms embargo | 15 Oct 1999 | UN Taliban regime (1988 Committee): arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban scoped to designated Taliban individuals and entities, not country-wide; measures first imposed 1999-10-15 (UNSCR 1267 lineage, split by UNSCR 1988 (2011)); EU implements via Reg 753/2011 |
Source attribution
- Source: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675, as amended.
- Source: OFAC sanctions programs, EU Sanctions Map, and UN Security Council sanctions committees (curated).
Company register events
No company register events for Afghanistan entities are recorded in the Stonewake dataset yet.
Public records only. Values are shown as published, with the publisher named beside each datum; data refreshes on each publisher's cadence.