New businesses registered in Afghanistan

4,274 companies were registered in Afghanistan in 2018. The value for 2018 is the highest since 2010.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2009 to 2018 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Afghanistan is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Afghanistan, 2018 4,274 New limited liability companies
Change from 2017 +41.4% 2017: 3,022 companies

New businesses registered in Afghanistan over time

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New limited liability companies. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

New businesses registered (new limited liability companies), 2009 to 2018
Period Afghanistan
2018 4,274 companies
2017 3,022 companies
2016 2,448 companies
2015 2,255 companies
2014 2,466 companies
2013 3,191 companies
2012 3,557 companies
2011 3,745 companies
2010 4,759 companies
2009 3,653 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +41.4% from 3,022 companies in 2017.
  • Since 2009, when it was 3,653 companies, the figure has changed by +17.0%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Entrepreneurship Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IC.BUS.NREG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2009 to 2018 for Afghanistan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Entrepreneurship Database