Logar: household survey: health, schooling, water, electricity, living standards
Logar is a province of Afghanistan, number 29 of 34 by population. 1.3% of the people living in Afghan households lived in Logar according to the 2022-23 Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), carried out by UNICEF with the National Statistics and Information Authority, 6th smallest of the 34 provinces. This is a weighted survey share, not a population count.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Logar: 95.2% of people in Logar lived in a household with electricity in 2022-23, from the grid or off-grid sources such as solar, 12th highest of the 34 provinces (Afghanistan: 85.3%).
- Health in Logar: 81.5% of the most recent births in Logar in the two years before the 2022-23 survey were attended by a doctor, nurse or midwife, 4th highest of the 34 provinces, and 80.7% took place in a health facility (Afghanistan: 67.5% and 66.3%).
- Education in Logar: 52.4% of children of primary school age in Logar were attending school in 2022-23 (net attendance rate), 16th highest of the 34 provinces; 48.2% were out of school (Afghanistan: 47.5% attending, 52.8% out of school).
- Poverty and living standards in Logar: 7.0% of people in Logar were in the poorest fifth of Afghan households by the survey's wealth index (housing, assets and services) in 2022-23, and 15.3% in the richest fifth; the share in the poorest fifth is 3rd lowest of the 34 provinces (20% for the country by definition).
How big are households in Logar?
The average household in Logar had 10.3 members in 2022-23, 3rd 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 Logar have?
Women in Logar have 6.2 children each on average at current rates (the total fertility rate for the three years before the 2022-23 MICS), joint 9th highest of the 34 provinces (Afghanistan: 5.4); there were 18 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
- 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
- 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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