Europe & Central Asia · Lower middle income
Tajikistan: the economy in numbers
Per person: $1,637, or $5,923 at purchasing power parity. Population: 10.8 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #138 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +7.3%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $6.48 billion in 1990, $17.7 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $1,201 per person in 1990, $1,637 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 7.6% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1986: 9 of 40.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 8.8 times from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 2,601% in 1993. Years with inflation above 100%: 4. The chart cuts the scale at 100%; “Full scale” shows everything.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1998: 111.4% of GDP in 2000. IMF forecast for 2031: 22.2%.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Population
1960: 2.11 million · 2025: 10.8 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 1.8% · 2025: 6.9%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 52.5 years · 2024: 71.9 years.
Exports of goods and services
1993: 28.6% · 2024: 11.2%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 5.5%f | 5.0%f | 22.2%f | |||||||
| 2030 | 5.5%f | 5.0%f | 21.5%f | |||||||
| 2029 | 6.0%f | 5.0%f | 20.7%f | |||||||
| 2028 | 6.2%f | 5.0%f | 19.7%f | |||||||
| 2027 | 6.8%f | 4.8%f | 18.7%f | |||||||
| 2026 | 7.3%f | 4.1%f | 18.3%f | |||||||
| 2025 | $17.7B | $1,637 | $5,923 | 8.4% | 3.4% | 18.6% | 10.8M | 6.9% | ||
| 2024 | $14.4B | $1,362 | $5,414 | 8.4% | 3.5% | 24.9% | 10.6M | 7.0% | 71.9 | 11.2% |
| 2023 | $12.2B | $1,178 | $4,968 | 8.3% | 3.6% | 29.9% | 10.4M | 7.0% | 71.8 | 17.2% |
| 2022 | $10.7B | $1,052 | $4,513 | 8.0% | 6.6% | 31.8% | 10.2M | 7.1% | 71.6 | 16.4% |
| 2021 | $8.94B | $897 | $3,986 | 9.4% | 9.0% | 42.0% | 9.97M | 7.7% | 69.6 | 24.2% |
| 2020 | $8.13B | $834 | $3,654 | 4.4% | 8.6% | 50.9% | 9.75M | 7.6% | 68.6 | 17.3% |
| 2019 | $8.3B | $871 | $3,460 | 7.4% | 7.8% | 43.2% | 9.53M | 7.0% | 71.0 | 15.0% |
| 2018 | $7.76B | $834 | $3,069 | 7.6% | 3.8% | 46.3% | 9.31M | 7.0% | 70.7 | 14.4% |
| 2017 | $7.54B | $829 | $3,017 | 7.1% | 7.3% | 46.3% | 9.09M | 7.0% | 70.5 | 14.9% |
| 2016 | $6.99B | $789 | $2,914 | 6.9% | 6.0% | 42.2% | 8.87M | 7.0% | 70.0 | 13.2% |
| 2015 | $8.27B | $957 | $2,975 | 6.0% | 5.7% | 35.0% | 8.64M | 7.0% | 69.7 | 9.8% |
| 2014 | $9.11B | $1,082 | $3,152 | 6.7% | 6.1% | 27.9% | 8.43M | 7.0% | 69.7 | 9.2% |
| 2013 | $8.45B | $1,028 | $2,919 | 7.4% | 5.0% | 29.3% | 8.22M | 7.0% | 69.6 | 11.1% |
| 2012 | $7.63B | $952 | $2,679 | 7.5% | 5.8% | 32.5% | 8.01M | 7.0% | 69.1 | 17.3% |
| 2011 | $6.52B | $834 | $2,456 | 7.4% | 12.4% | 35.5% | 7.82M | 7.0% | 68.7 | 16.4% |
| 2010 | $5.64B | $737 | $2,291 | 6.5% | 6.4% | 36.8% | 7.65M | 7.0% | 68.4 | 14.9% |
| 2009 | $4.98B | $665 | $2,171 | 3.9% | 6.4% | 36.9% | 7.49M | 7.0% | 68.2 | 24.5% |
| 2008 | $5.16B | $703 | $2,120 | 7.9% | 20.5% | 30.2% | 7.34M | 4.9% | 67.9 | 34.0% |
| 2007 | $3.72B | $517 | $1,966 | 7.8% | 13.1% | 34.3% | 7.19M | 2.9% | 67.4 | 45.9% |
| 2006 | $2.83B | $401 | $1,810 | 7.0% | 10.0% | 36.8% | 7.06M | 3.6% | 67.0 | 58.2% |
| 2005 | $2.31B | $334 | $1,673 | 6.7% | 7.1% | 45.8% | 6.92M | 3.5% | 66.5 | 54.2% |
| 2004 | $2.08B | $306 | $1,550 | 10.3% | 7.1% | 49.4% | 6.79M | 3.5% | 66.6 | 58.7% |
| 2003 | $1.56B | $234 | $1,396 | 11.0% | 16.3% | 69.8% | 6.66M | 3.9% | 65.9 | 63.9% |
| 2002 | $1.22B | $187 | $1,257 | 10.8% | 12.2% | 98.3% | 6.53M | 4.0% | 64.9 | 62.8% |
| 2001 | $1.08B | $169 | $1,139 | 9.6% | 38.6% | 99.4% | 6.41M | 3.8% | 64.2 | 68.1% |
| 2000 | $861M | $137 | $1,036 | 8.3% | 32.9% | 111.4% | 6.28M | 4.2% | 63.5 | 86.8% |
| 1999 | $1.09B | $175 | $947 | 3.7% | 27.5% | 107.8% | 6.21M | 4.5% | 63.1 | 66.1% |
| 1998 | $1.32B | $214 | $905 | 5.3% | 43.2% | 96.6% | 6.18M | 4.7% | 62.4 | 48.9% |
| 1997 | $922M | $150 | $855 | 1.7% | 88.0% | 6.14M | 4.2% | 61.9 | 87.4% | |
| 1996 | $1.04B | $172 | $836 | −16.7% | 418.5% | 6.07M | 4.0% | 60.8 | 76.6% | |
| 1995 | $1.23B | $207 | $1,006 | −12.4% | 612.5% | 5.95M | 3.5% | 61.4 | 65.6% | |
| 1994 | $1.52B | $261 | $1,148 | −21.3% | 350.4% | 5.83M | 3.1% | 60.1 | 38.1% | |
| 1993 | $1.65B | $288 | $1,454 | −16.4% | 2,601% | 5.72M | 2.6% | 55.5 | 28.6% | |
| 1992 | $1.91B | $338 | $1,721 | −29.0% | 5.65M | 1.9% | 57.1 | |||
| 1991 | $2.54B | $458 | $2,417 | −7.1% | 5.54M | 1.8% | 61.7 | |||
| 1990 | $2.63B | $487 | $2,583 | −0.6% | 5.4M | 61.6 | ||||
| 1989 | −6.5% | 5.27M | 61.7 | |||||||
| 1988 | 13.9% | 5.11M | 61.8 | |||||||
| 1987 | −1.2% | 4.94M | 61.6 | |||||||
| 1986 | 3.5% | 4.77M | 61.8 | |||||||
| 1985 | 4.62M | 61.0 | ||||||||
| 1984 | 4.48M | 60.7 | ||||||||
| 1983 | 4.35M | 60.5 | ||||||||
| 1982 | 4.23M | 60.2 | ||||||||
| 1981 | 4.11M | 58.8 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 4.0M | 58.6 | ||||||||
| 1979 | 3.88M | 58.5 | ||||||||
| 1978 | 3.77M | 58.4 | ||||||||
| 1977 | 3.65M | 58.2 | ||||||||
| 1976 | 3.54M | 58.1 | ||||||||
| 1975 | 3.43M | 57.9 | ||||||||
| 1974 | 3.32M | 57.7 | ||||||||
| 1973 | 3.22M | 57.4 | ||||||||
| 1972 | 3.12M | 57.2 | ||||||||
| 1971 | 3.03M | 56.9 | ||||||||
| 1970 | 2.94M | 56.6 | ||||||||
| 1969 | 2.85M | 56.3 | ||||||||
| 1968 | 2.75M | 55.9 | ||||||||
| 1967 | 2.66M | 55.5 | ||||||||
| 1966 | 2.58M | 55.1 | ||||||||
| 1965 | 2.49M | 54.7 | ||||||||
| 1964 | 2.41M | 54.2 | ||||||||
| 1963 | 2.33M | 53.8 | ||||||||
| 1962 | 2.26M | 53.4 | ||||||||
| 1961 | 2.18M | 52.9 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 2.11M | 52.5 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast. Inflation: IMF data for 1993–2000, World Bank for the other years.
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)