KabulMercer Human Resource Consulting:
Most expensive cities 2008, not ranked among top 143 citiesPopulation of urban area ranked 105
Population ranked 43 out of 228 countries and territoriesCIA World Factbook 2008 estimates Life expectancy ranked 208 out of 211 countries and territoriesTotal immigrant population ranked 137 out of 192 countriesIMD International: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005, not ranked among top 60 economies The Wall Street Journal: Index of Economic Freedom 2008, ranked x out of 157 countriesThe Economist: Quality-of-Life Index 2005, not ranked among top 111 countriesWorld Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009, ranked x out of 125 countriesYale University Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network: Environmental Sustainability Index, ranked x out of 146 countriesTotal area ranked x out of 233 countriesKOF: Index of Globalization 2007, not ranked out of 122 countriesA.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, not ranked out of 62 countriesCenter for Strategic and International Studies: active troops ranked x out of 166 countriesTransparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2008, ranked x out of 180 countriesReporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2008, ranked x out of 173 countriesThe Economist Democracy Index 2007, ranked x out of 167 countriesUnited Nations: Human Development Index 2007, ranked 174 out of 180 countriesSave the Children: State of the World's Mothers report 2007, ranked x out of 110 countriesWorld Health Organization: suicide rate, ranked x out of 100 countriesUniversity of Leicester Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, not ranked among top 178 countriesBrown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked x in online government servicesNumber of mobile phones in use ranked xNumber of broadband Internet users ranked xEconomist Intelligence Unit: E-readiness 2008, ranked x out of 45 countriesWorld Economic Forum Networked Readiness Index 2007–2008, ranked x out of 127 countriesUnited Nations: e-Government Readiness Index, 2008, ranked x out of 50 countriesWorld Tourism Organization: World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked xTotal rapid transit systems ranked x