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Tajikistan

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Basic Information

Government Type: Presidential republic

Capital City: Dushanbe

GDP & Economic Information

Macroeconomy & Sovereign Data

Central Bank National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan
Currency Tajikistani somoni (TJS)
International Reserves USD 1.3 billion (2018)
Gross Domestic Product – GDP USD 7.5 billion (2018, estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Intl$ 31.1 billion (2018, estimate)

GDP Data

Real GDP growth 2014 6.7%
2015 6%
2016 6.9%
2017* 7.1%
2018* 7%

*Estimate
GDP per capita – current prices USD 825.8 (2018, estimate)
GDP per capita – PPP Intl$ 3,415.8 (2018, estimate)
GDP (PPP) – share of world total 0.02% (2019, estimate)
GDP – composition by sector agriculture: 21.2%
industry: 27%
services: 41.4%
(2018 estimate)
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP) N/A
Inflation 2014 5.8%
2015 5.9%
2016 7.3%
2017* 3.8%
2018* 7.4%

*Estimate

Inflation & Debt

Inflation 2014 5.8%
2015 5.9%
2016 7.3%
2017* 3.8%
2018* 7.4%

*Estimate
Government Bond Ratings Standard & Poor’s: B–

Moody’s: B3

Standard & Poor’s / Moody’s (Updated January 2017)
Unemployment rate 2014 34.7%
2015 42.1%
2016 50.4%
2017* 47.9%
2018* 45.4%

*Estimate
Household saving rates N/A
Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP) 2014 34.7%
2015 42.1%
2016 50.4%
2017* 47.9%
2018* 45.4%

*Estimate
Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP) 2014 -2%
2015 -9%
2016 -6%
2017* -2.8%
2018* -4%

*Estimate
Market value of publicly traded shares N/A
Largest Companies N/A

Import/Export

Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services) 15.7% (2017)
Shares in world total merchandising export 0.01% (2018)
Shares in world total commercial services export 0.004% (2018)
Total exports USD 1.1 billion (2018 estimate)
Export commodities Aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
Total imports USD 3.2 billion (2018 estimate)
Import commodities Petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs
Exports – major partners Turkey 27.5%, China 17.7%, Russia 13.4%, Switzerland 12.5%, Algeria 8.2%, Iran 7.1%(2017)
Imports – major partners Russia 38%, Kazakhstan 19%, China 8.7%, Iran 4.4% (2017)

Competitiveness & Trade

Current account balance USD -0.4 billion (2018 estimate)
Current account balance by percentage of GDP -5.0% (2018 estimate)
FDI inflows 2016 USD 1.3 billion
2019 USD 1.3 billion
2020 USD 1.1 billion
FDI Outflows 2016 USD 344 million
2017 USD 270 million
2018 USD 317 million
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser N/A


United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – World Investment Report
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014 N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015 N/A
Best countries for doing business Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking: 106 out of 190 countries (2019)

Subcategories:

Starting a Business: 36 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 137 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 163 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 77 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 11 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 128 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 139 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 141 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 76 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 153 out of 190 countries
Global competitiveness ranking
104 out of 141 countries

(2019)
Index of Economic Freedom Ranking: 122 / Score: 55.6 (Mostly unfree) (2019)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)

Population & Geographic Data

Total Area 144,100 sq km

Total Population 1990 N/A Million
2000 6.22 Million
2010 7.64 Million
2015 8.55 Million
2020 9.48 Million
Urban population as % of total population 1960 33.2%
1980 34.3%
2000 26.5%
2020 27.1%
Population median age 24.8 years (2018 estimate)
Population growth rate 1.58% (2018 estimate)
Life expectancy 68.4 years (2018 estimate)
% of population living on less than $3.10 a day 20.3% (2018)
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)
34 (2015)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Freedom House rating Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 6 (2019)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Total telephone subscribers as % of population Fixed 5.4% Mobile 111.5% (2017)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)
Internet users as % of total population 21.96% (2017)

Language & Religon

Languages Tajik (official) 84.4%, Uzbek 11.9%, Kyrgyz .8%, Russian .5%, other 2.4% (2010 est.)
Literacy Total population: 99.8%
Male: 99.8%
Female: 99.7% (2015 est.)

(age 15 and over can read and write)
Religions Muslim 98% (Sunni 95%, Shia 3%) other 2% (2014 est.)

World Rankings

Population 9.48 million
Mercer Cost of living index N/A
C02 Emissions per capita 0.63 metric tons per capita (2014)

Global Finance Rankings & Awards: Tajikistan

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Data Sources:

IMF World Economic Outlook

UN World Population Prospects

World Inequality Report

S&P Global Ratings

Moody’s

Fitch Ratings

IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS)

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

CIA The World Factbook

World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Forbes Global 2000

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