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AFG · Asia · pop. 43.8M · generated 25 Aug 2026, 06:00 UTC
COMPOSITE RISK
Severe risk driven by Governance (severe — very low governance score (13.1/100, WB WGI 2024)), Economic Fragility (severe — OECD country risk category 7/7 — highest risk (OECD CRC 2026)), Environmental (severe — extreme climate vulnerability and very low adaptive readiness (ND-GAIN 25/100 2023)), Corruption & Financial Crime (high — high corruption perception (16/100, TI CPI 2025)), Labour & Human Rights (high — high child labour rate (15% of children, ILO ILOSTAT 2021)), and Conflict (high — high violent event intensity (49/100, 180-day GDELT CAMEO)).
Evidence coverage · complete
The engine sums the available group scores (15), divides by 7, and calibrates the resulting 0–100 base score using the published method. Base 71.4 → published 100/100.
Coverage describes available country-level evidence, not confidence in any entity-level decision. See the exact formula and thresholds.
Afghanistan carries a composite risk score of 100 out of 100 on the [S/1] scorecard, placing it in the severe risk band as of 25 August 2026. The result is based on 7 of 7 indicator groups (complete evidence coverage); unavailable groups are excluded rather than treated as low risk. It records a World Bank governance score of 13.1 out of 100 (2024, higher is better), a Transparency International CPI score of 16 out of 100 (2025, higher is cleaner) and an INFORM crisis-risk index of 7.8 out of 10 (2026, higher is worse). Exposure includes 652 sanctions or debarment designations linked to Afghanistan within [S/1]'s 18-source configured coverage model, using the source data currently available and 5 child-labour category observations and 1 forced-labour category observation across 5 source-listed goods (US DOL TVPRA 2024). The groups driving the assessment are governance, corruption & financial crime, labour & human rights, conflict, economic fragility and environmental. All figures are drawn from official open-data sources and carry their own publication year. This is a country-level screening input, not an entity-level determination.
CHILD / FORCED LABOUR · US DOL
5 GOODShigh
Bricks, Carpets, Coal, Poppies, Salt
Child-labour category 5 · Forced-labour category 1
SOURCE: US DOL TVPRA · 2024 · link ↗
SANCTIONS · EU/OFAC/UN/UK/SECO
652 DESIGNATIONS
EU 155 · OFAC 60 · UN 133 · UK 130 · SECO 130
VIOLENT EVENTS · GDELT
49/100 INTENSITYhigh
90-day CAMEO violent event intensity (normalized 0-100)
SOURCE: GDELT · queried 25/08/2026 · link ↗
FATF STATUS
NOT LISTED
Not in the FATF list — not subject to FATF monitoring or call for action
SOURCE: FATF · link ↗
FRAGILE STATES INDEX
106.6/120severe
Fund for Peace — higher = more fragile
SOURCE: Fragile States Index · 2023 · link ↗
PRESS FREEDOM · RSF
19.5/100severe
Reporters Without Borders — higher = more free
SOURCE: RSF Press Freedom · 2026 · link ↗
ENV. PERFORMANCE · YALE EPI
31.0/100high
Yale Environmental Performance Index — higher = better
SOURCE: Yale EPI · 2024 · link ↗
CLIMATE RISK · ND-GAIN
25/100severe
Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index — higher = better adapted (vuln. 65%, ready 27%)
SOURCE: ND-GAIN · 2023 · link ↗
LABOUR RIGHTS · ILO NORMLEX
4/8moderate
ILO fundamental conventions ratified — higher = stronger labour protections
SOURCE: ILO NORMLEX · 2026 · link ↗
CHILD LABOUR · ILO ILOSTAT
15%high
Children aged 5–17 in child labour — ILO survey estimate
SOURCE: ILO ILOSTAT · 2021 · link ↗
POLITICAL FREEDOM · FREEDOM HOUSE
Data not available
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Sector Risk Intelligence
Child labour by sector · Conflict minerals · EUDR commodity risk · Forced labour detentions
Afghanistan scores 100 out of 100 on the [S/1] composite risk scorecard, which places it in the severe risk band as of 25 August 2026. The result uses 7 of seven indicator groups and has complete evidence coverage; The composite uses the available scores across seven indicator groups: governance, corruption and financial crime, labour and human rights, conflict, sanctions, economic fragility, and environmental. Groups score 0–3; the available-group average is converted to a base percentage and calibrated using the formula published on the methodology page.
No. Afghanistan does not appear on the FATF grey list or black list in the current FATF data [S/1] holds as of 25 August 2026. FATF updates its lists three times per year, so check the current FATF statement before relying on this.
[S/1] records 652 sanctions or debarment designations linked to Afghanistan within its 18-source configured coverage model, using the source data currently available as of 25 August 2026. These include 60 on the US OFAC SDN list, 155 on the EU consolidated list, 130 on the UK FCDO list and 133 on the UN Security Council list. Source availability varies and is published separately. A country-level count is a screening signal, not a finding about any specific entity.
Afghanistan scores 16 out of 100 on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index for 2025. The CPI runs from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) and measures perceived public-sector corruption based on expert assessments and business surveys.
The US Department of Labor's TVPRA list (2024 edition) records 5 child-labour category observations and 1 forced-labour category observation across 5 source-listed goods from Afghanistan: Bricks, Carpets, Coal, Poppies, Salt. 3 of the 5 goods currently map conservatively to the shared S1 sector taxonomy; unmapped goods are retained rather than assigned by guesswork. This is a country-and-good screening signal, not a finding about any specific supplier, product or shipment.
Afghanistan scores 13.1 out of 100 on the World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators for 2024, where a higher score is better. The WGI aggregate combines Voice and Accountability, Political Stability, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption.
[S/1] records a normalised conflict-event intensity of 49.4 out of 100 for Afghanistan, derived from CAMEO-coded violent event data in GDELT. This measures the volume and severity of reported events over a rolling window; it reflects what has been reported in media, not a verified operational assessment.
The Afghanistan scorecard aggregates official open-data sources including the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, Transparency International CPI, the European Commission JRC INFORM index, US DOL TVPRA, FATF, the Fragile States Index, RSF, Freedom House, ILO NORMLEX and GDELT, together with an 18-source configured sanctions and debarment coverage model including OFAC, the EU consolidated list, UK FCDO and the UN Security Council. Each indicator carries its own publication year, shown on the page, and current pipeline health is published in the source directory. The scorecard was last generated on 25 August 2026.
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