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Tajikistan GDP and Economic Data
Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Tajikistan economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends.
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Gross Domestic Product - GDP
USD 7.5 billion (2018, estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
Intl$ 31.1 billion (2018, estimate)
Real GDP growth
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
| 6.7% | 6% | 6.9% | 7.1% | 7% |
*Estimate
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GDP - composition by sector
- agriculture: 21.2%
- industry: 27%
- services: 41.4%
(2018 estimate)
Inflation
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
| 5.8% | 5.9% | 7.3% | 3.8% | 7.4% |
*Estimate
Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
| 34.7% | 42.1% | 50.4% | 47.9% | 45.4% |
*Estimate
Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
| -2% | -9% | -6% | -2.8% | -4% |
*Estimate
Government bond ratings
Standard & Poor's: B–
Moody's: B3
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
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Current account balance by percentage of GDP
-5.0% (2018 estimate)
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)
Export commodities
Aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
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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)
FDI inflows
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 344 million | USD 270 million | USD 317 million |
FDI outflows
N/A
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014
N/A
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Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015
N/A
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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
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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)
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Languages
Tajik (official) 84.4%, Uzbek 11.9%, Kyrgyz .8%, Russian .5%, other 2.4% (2010 est.)
Religions
Muslim 98% (Sunni 95%, Shia 3%) other 2% (2014 est.)
Total population
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
| N/A | 6.22 million | 7.64 million | 8.55 million | 9.48 million |
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Urban population as % of total population
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2020 |
| 33.2% | 34.3% | 26.5% | 27.1% |
Literacy
Total population: 99.8%
Male: 99.8%
Female: 99.7% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
% 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)
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Freedom House rating
Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 6 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
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Total telephone subscribers as % of population
Fixed 5.4% Mobile 111.5% (2017)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)