
Figure 1
NGOs by Nationality, 2000–2014*.

Figure 2
NGOs Active by Year, 2000–2014.
Table 1
NGOs Active by Year, 2000–2014.
| Total NGOs | International NGOs | Local NGOs | N/A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 158 | 53 | 103 | 2 |
| 2001 | 210 | 90 | 116 | 4 |
| 2002 | 359 | 188 | 164 | 7 |
| 2003 | 397 | 215 | 176 | 6 |
| 2004 | 432 | 229 | 197 | 6 |
| 2005 | 451 | 234 | 212 | 5 |
| 2006 | 480 | 241 | 233 | 6 |
| 2007 | 528 | 252 | 268 | 8 |
| 2008 | 544 | 255 | 279 | 10 |
| 2009 | 583 | 263 | 305 | 15 |
| 2010 | 640 | 272 | 341 | 27 |
| 2011 | 686 | 269 | 372 | 45 |
| 2012 | 701 | 268 | 388 | 45 |
| 2013 | 606 | 262 | 337 | 7 |
| 2014 | 617 | 263 | 347 | 7 |

Figure 3
Map of Total NGO Presence, 2000–2014.
Table 2
Total NGOs by Province per Year, 2000–2014.
| Badakhshan | 12 | 15 | 27 | 32 | 43 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 62 | 74 | 81 | 91 | 106 | 95 | 100 |
| Badghis | 8 | 12 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 41 | 49 | 52 | 51 | 46 |
| Baghlan | 8 | 13 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 50 | 61 | 67 | 78 | 80 | 67 | 70 |
| Balkh | 25 | 36 | 69 | 74 | 86 | 74 | 95 | 118 | 117 | 133 | 151 | 173 | 182 | 148 | 154 |
| Bamyan | 13 | 18 | 40 | 33 | 43 | 45 | 54 | 66 | 68 | 74 | 85 | 102 | 105 | 96 | 96 |
| Daykundi | – | – | – | – | 10 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 46 | 44 | 47 |
| Farah | 13 | 12 | 27 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 40 | 43 | 49 | 47 | 46 | 48 |
| Faryab | 11 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 41 | 44 | 51 | 61 | 74 | 81 | 71 | 73 |
| Ghazni | 27 | 30 | 45 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 54 | 71 | 63 | 66 | 80 | 89 | 88 | 71 | 69 |
| Ghor | 12 | 17 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 39 | 46 | 54 | 67 | 60 | 59 | 58 |
| Helmand | 12 | 13 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 62 | 59 | 58 |
| Herat | 29 | 37 | 70 | 69 | 79 | 81 | 92 | 106 | 106 | 114 | 130 | 151 | 166 | 152 | 156 |
| Jowzjan | 9 | 13 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 42 | 44 | 52 | 58 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 75 |
| Kabul | 106 | 141 | 263 | 300 | 331 | 357 | 376 | 420 | 422 | 445 | 472 | 492 | 488 | 444 | 455 |
| Kandahar | 30 | 35 | 57 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 85 | 81 | 94 | 100 | 101 | 96 | 103 |
| Kapisa | 12 | 12 | 27 | 20 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 47 | 49 | 54 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 66 | 64 |
| Khost | 13 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 45 | 40 | 44 | 46 | 51 | 54 | 49 | 56 |
| Kunar | 15 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 36 | 41 | 48 | 43 | 47 | 52 | 70 | 73 | 62 | 71 |
| Kunduz | 10 | 17 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 59 | 57 | 73 | 84 | 94 | 99 | 98 | 94 |
| Laghman | 19 | 21 | 35 | 29 | 35 | 39 | 43 | 57 | 50 | 57 | 61 | 70 | 77 | 77 | 86 |
| Logar | 17 | 21 | 39 | 27 | 34 | 36 | 41 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 73 | 57 | 63 |
| Nangarhar | 47 | 57 | 102 | 97 | 115 | 114 | 120 | 150 | 147 | 151 | 162 | 187 | 194 | 168 | 172 |
| Nimroz | 7 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 31 | 36 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 40 |
| Nuristan | 8 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 33 | 27 | 32 |
| Paktika | 7 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 31 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 33 | 37 |
| Paktya | 14 | 15 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 47 | 39 | 43 | 49 | 53 | 54 | 57 | 66 |
| Panjshir | – | – | – | – | 17 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 32 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 50 | 44 | 49 |
| Parwan | 19 | 26 | 47 | 38 | 46 | 50 | 53 | 65 | 62 | 71 | 82 | 101 | 102 | 91 | 93 |
| Samangan | 9 | 11 | 26 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 34 | 38 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 72 | 68 | 70 |
| Sar-e Pul | 8 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 55 | 54 | 51 |
| Takhar | 8 | 15 | 29 | 32 | 37 | 41 | 45 | 51 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 82 | 72 | 70 |
| Uruzgan | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 49 | 46 | 47 |
| Wardak | 25 | 30 | 42 | 36 | 44 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 55 | 56 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 69 | 68 |
| Zabul | 9 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 37 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |

Figure 4
Map of Local NGO Presence, 2000–2014.

Figure 5
Map of International NGO Presence, 2000–2014.
Table 3
Local NGOs by Province per Year, 2000–2014.
| Badakhshan | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 34 | 33 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 60 | 63 |
| Badghis | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 29 | 36 | 38 | 33 | 33 |
| Baghlan | 6 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 31 | 30 | 39 | 42 | 55 | 55 | 46 | 45 |
| Balkh | IS | 22 | 35 | 31 | 40 | 46 | 50 | 70 | 64 | 72 | 83 | 101 | 107 | 95 | 94 |
| Bamyan | 10 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 38 | 38 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 65 | 60 | 60 |
| Daykundi | – | – | – | – | 8 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 31 |
| Farah | 8 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Faryab | 7 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 34 | 42 | 51 | 55 | 49 | 47 |
| Ghazni | 21 | 23 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 37 | 42 | 54 | 44 | 47 | 60 | 68 | 69 | 56 | 53 |
| Ghor | 6 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 17 | IS | 19 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 36 | 44 | 47 | 41 | 41 |
| Helmand | 8 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 35 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 41 |
| Herat | 19 | 21 | 35 | 34 | 40 | 44 | 49 | 63 | 59 | 66 | 77 | 94 | 102 | 95 | 99 |
| Jowzjan | 6 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 53 |
| Kabul | 73 | 79 | 116 | 130 | 150 | 167 | 180 | 213 | 212 | 231 | 249 | 264 | 266 | 242 | 250 |
| Kandahar | 21 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 58 | 65 | 67 | 65 | 72 |
| Kapisa | 8 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 43 | 47 | 47 | 39 | 38 |
| Khost | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 31 | 36 |
| Kunar | 8 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 33 | 27 | 31 | 37 | 50 | 51 | 43 | 50 |
| Kunduz | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 33 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 63 | 63 | 60 |
| Laghman | 13 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 39 | 31 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 66 |
| Logar | 13 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 50 | 53 | 40 | 43 |
| Nangarhar | 36 | 39 | 60 | 56 | 70 | 70 | 76 | 98 | 92 | 97 | 102 | 119 | 123 | 109 | 116 |
| Nimroz | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 31 |
| Nuristan | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 24 |
| Paktika | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 26 |
| Paktya | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 31 | 24 | 28 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 47 |
| Panjshir | – | – | – | – | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 35 | 35 | 28 | 32 |
| Parwan | 13 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 40 | 39 | 43 | 52 | 68 | 69 | 62 | 64 |
| Samangan | 6 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 52 | 50 | 47 | 47 |
| Sar-e Pul | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 35 |
| Takhar | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 41 | 47 | 49 | 43 | 43 |
| Umzgan | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 27 | 31 | 39 | 36 | 32 | 33 |
| Wardak | 16 | 18 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 38 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 49 | 53 | 45 | 45 |
| Zabul | 7 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 29 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Table 4
International NGOs by Province per Year, 2000–2014.
| Badakhshan | 7 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 34 | 32 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 37 |
| Badghis | 3 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Baghlan | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 25 |
| Balkh | 7 | 14 | 34 | 43 | 46 | 41 | 45 | 46 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 68 | 69 | 62 | 60 |
| Bamyan | 3 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 38 | 37 | 36 |
| Daykundi | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 16 |
| Farah | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Faryab | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 26 |
| Ghazni | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 17 |
| Ghor | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 17 |
| Helmand | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
| Herat | 9 | 14 | 31 | 34 | 38 | 36 | 42 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 50 | 52 | 60 | 56 | 56 |
| Jowzjan | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 22 |
| Kabul | 33 | 60 | 143 | 166 | 177 | 189 | 192 | 201 | 203 | 207 | 210 | 207 | 198 | 198 | 200 |
| Kandahar | 8 | 12 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Kapisa | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 |
| Khost | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| Kunar | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 |
| Kunduz | 3 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 34 |
| Laghman | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Logar | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 20 |
| Nangarhar | 9 | 16 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 50 | 53 | 53 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 59 | 56 |
| Nimroz | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Nuristan | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Paktika | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Paktya | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 |
| Panjshir | – | – | – | – | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| Parwan | 6 | 12 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
| Samangan | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
| Sar-e Pul | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 16 |
| Takhar | 4 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 27 |
| Uruzgan | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Wardak | 9 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
| Zabul | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |

Figure 6
NGOs by Sector of Activity, 2000–2014.

Figure 7
Apolitical and Political NGOs, 2000–2014.
