Afghanistan in 2015 1

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Afghanistan in 2015
BIGGEST PROBLEMS: NATIONAL LEVEL BY REGION
Central
/ Kabul
East
South
East
South
West
West
North
East
Central /
Hazarajat
North
West
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
INSECURITY 55 47 41 28 38 40 53 37
CORRUPTION 17 26 25 36 24 26 18 25
UNEMPLOYMENT 34 14 13 16 21 20 31 21
POOR ECONOMY 13 20 14 12 11 10 9 14
EDUCATION 4 6 6 10 5 4 4 8
TALIBAN 3 4 10 4 7 6 9 7
POVERTY 7 4 3 3 6 6 10 8
Fig. 1.10: Q-5A/B. In your view, what are the two biggest problems facing Afghanistan as a
whole? (Q-5A and Q-5B responses combined)
1.3 AFGHANISTAN’S BIGGEST PROBLEMS: LOCAL LEVEL
Key Question
Q-4A/B. In your view what are the two biggest problems in your local area?
When asked about local problems, Afghans again cited a wide range of specific concerns that were
grouped into general categories. These categories include:
• Public services: electricity (20.5%), roads (17.8%), drinking water (16.8%), education/literacy
(11.0%), healthcare (9.6%), and water for irrigation (2.9%).
• Economy: unemployment (31.2%), poor economy (6.7%), poverty (5.9%), high prices (5.5%),
and reconstruction (2.4%).
• Security: insecurity (22.0%), crime (3.1), and Taliban (2.1%).
• Governance: corruption (3.7%) and weak government (1.4%). 4
Public services emerged as the most commonly cited local problem and most respondents (56.3%) cite
public services as one of their two responses.
The most frequently cited specific problem is unemployment (31.2%), at a rate similar to that of 2014
(33.1%) (Fig. 1.11). However, insecurity increased from 14.2% of responses in 2014 to 22.0% in
2015, the highest rate recorded since the survey began. After unemployment and insecurity, Afghans
cite several specific deficiencies in public services, including electricity (20.5%), roads (17.8%), and
drinking water (16.8%).