Herat: household survey: health, schooling, water, electricity, living standards
Herat is a province of Afghanistan, number 2 of 34 by population. 8.2% of the people living in Afghan households lived in Herat according to the 2022-23 Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), carried out by UNICEF with the National Statistics and Information Authority, 2nd largest of the 34 provinces. This is a weighted survey share, not a population count.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Herat: 71.6% of people in Herat lived in a household with electricity in 2022-23, from the grid or off-grid sources such as solar, 5th lowest of the 34 provinces (Afghanistan: 85.3%).
- Health in Herat: 60.0% of the most recent births in Herat in the two years before the 2022-23 survey were attended by a doctor, nurse or midwife, 11th lowest of the 34 provinces, and 56.4% took place in a health facility (Afghanistan: 67.5% and 66.3%).
- Education in Herat: 63.0% of children of primary school age in Herat were attending school in 2022-23 (net attendance rate), 5th highest of the 34 provinces; 38.0% were out of school (Afghanistan: 47.5% attending, 52.8% out of school).
- Poverty and living standards in Herat: 18.9% of people in Herat were in the poorest fifth of Afghan households by the survey's wealth index (housing, assets and services) in 2022-23, and 35.4% in the richest fifth; the share in the poorest fifth is 17th lowest of the 34 provinces (20% for the country by definition).
How big are households in Herat?
The average household in Herat had 7.1 members in 2022-23, 3rd smallest of the 34 provinces (Afghanistan: 8.3).
Source: UNICEF Afghanistan in collaboration with the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) · saved copyHow many children do women in Herat have?
Women in Herat have 4.4 children each on average at current rates (the total fertility rate for the three years before the 2022-23 MICS), 5th lowest of the 34 provinces (Afghanistan: 5.4); there were 77 births a year per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19 (Afghanistan: 62).
Source: UNICEF Afghanistan in collaboration with the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) · saved copyHow provinces are governed in Afghanistan
Provinces (34). De facto provincial governor and deputy governor appointed by the Taliban leadership. Run security, line departments and enforcement of de facto decrees; the 2004 Constitution's elected provincial councils no longer operate.
Every tier of government in Afghanistan
Other provinces of Afghanistan
- Kabul 5,590,000
- Nangarhar 1,940,000
- Balkh 1,695,000
- Ghazni 1,571,000
- Kandahar 1,568,000
- Kunduz 1,291,000
- Faryab 1,277,000
- Takhar 1,257,000
- Badakhshan 1,216,000
- Helmand 1,182,000
- Baghlan 1,164,000
- Ghor 883,000
- Parwan 850,000
- Maidan Wardak 763,000
- Khost 735,000
- Sar-e-Pul 716,000
- Paktya 706,000
- Jawzjan 691,000
- Farah 649,000
- Badghis 634,000
- Kunar 576,000
- Bamyan 572,000
- Laghman 570,000
- Kapisa 564,000
- Paktika 556,000
- Uruzgan 528,000
- Daykundi 514,000
- Logar 501,000
- Samangan 496,000
- Zabul 389,000
- Nimroz 211,000
- Panjshir 196,000
- Nuristan 189,000
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Sources
- UNICEF Afghanistan in collaboration with the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA): Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2022-23, Survey Findings Report (province tables), read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 1469591017d8…)
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