TAJIKISTAN

Capital Dushanbe
Area (km2) 143 100
Total population (thousands, 2019) 9 220
Population density (per km2) 64
National currency Tajik somoni (TJS)
National statistical office www.stat.tj
Statistical Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan
Women in the labour force, 2016
   percentage of total for both sexes 40%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2019 36%
   hourly wage ..
Women in part-time employment
   percentage of employed women ..
Female tertiary students, 2016
   percentage of total for both sexes 42%
Female victims of homicide, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 44%
Women researchers, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 42%
Life expectancy at birth, 2019
   females, years 76.8
   males, years 73.5
Life expectancy at 65, 2019
   females, years 16.5
   males, years 14.5
Total fertility rate, 2017
   average number of children per woman 3.8
Adolescent fertility rate, 2018
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 98.9
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2017
   age in years 23.2
 
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
0.9
0.8
1.5
1.7
1.1
0.4
Unemployment rate
 (%)
2.2
2.1
2.1
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Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
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GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 51 551
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 5 073
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 16.4
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 49.1
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2022 4 509
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   TJS per USD, US=1, 2023 2.537
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 3
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 1

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 1999 547
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres ..
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2020 132
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2020 39
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2012 24
      million tonne-kilometres, 2012 555
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2014 7 306
      million tonne-kilometres, 2014 5 783