Kandahar: household survey: health, schooling, water, electricity, living standards
Kandahar is a province of Afghanistan, number 6 of 34 by population. 4.7% of the people living in Afghan households lived in Kandahar according to the 2022-23 Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), carried out by UNICEF with the National Statistics and Information Authority, 6th largest of the 34 provinces. This is a weighted survey share, not a population count.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Kandahar: 56.1% of people in Kandahar lived in a household with electricity in 2022-23, from the grid or off-grid sources such as solar, 3rd lowest of the 34 provinces (Afghanistan: 85.3%).
- Health in Kandahar: 67.2% of the most recent births in Kandahar in the two years before the 2022-23 survey were attended by a doctor, nurse or midwife, 15th lowest of the 34 provinces, and 66.7% took place in a health facility (Afghanistan: 67.5% and 66.3%).
- Education in Kandahar: 24.1% of children of primary school age in Kandahar were attending school in 2022-23 (net attendance rate), 7th lowest of the 34 provinces; 75.8% were out of school (Afghanistan: 47.5% attending, 52.8% out of school).
- Poverty and living standards in Kandahar: 9.7% of people in Kandahar were in the poorest fifth of Afghan households by the survey's wealth index (housing, assets and services) in 2022-23, and 19.1% in the richest fifth; the share in the poorest fifth is 6th lowest of the 34 provinces (20% for the country by definition).
How big are households in Kandahar?
The average household in Kandahar had 9.9 members in 2022-23, 7th largest 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 Kandahar have?
Women in Kandahar have 6.3 children each on average at current rates (the total fertility rate for the three years before the 2022-23 MICS), joint 7th highest of the 34 provinces (Afghanistan: 5.4); there were 80 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
- Herat 2,417,000
- Nangarhar 1,940,000
- Balkh 1,695,000
- Ghazni 1,571,000
- 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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