International Rankings of Tajikistan 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Tajikistan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Tajikistan, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	0.1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	180	6000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	91	30.4 %	2022
Internet users - total	119	3.009 million	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	5	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	91	500000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	120	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	83	12.000 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	146	2.393 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	141	2.222 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	44	1.5 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	57	734.735 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	128	6.470 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	158	2.161 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	185	2.522 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	174	10.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	98	13.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	5	98.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	65	36.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	129	11.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	32	2.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	19	28.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	88	25.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	158	45.9 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	83	34 %	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2009
Imports	150	4.258 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	3	22.04 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	39	7.7 %	2019
Labor force	117	2.500 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	38	43 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	109	10.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	117	46.4 %	2016
Population below poverty line	64	26.3 %	2019
Public debt	97	50.4 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	128	38.058 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	30	9.2 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	153	3900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	124	2.499 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	23	31.8 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	91	7.75 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	103	14.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	67	19.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	79	17.4	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	62	4.362 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	109	309000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	141	2.971 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	62	2.160 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	95	57000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	47	2.103 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	43	375.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	82	15.071 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	43	3.175 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	95	281.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	78	7.114 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	79	2.429 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	147	8.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	10	91.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	124	27.651 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	108	157.611 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	77	139.375 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	89	18.208 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	81	5.663 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	79	900 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	79	12.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	128	26200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	103	300 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	116	22460 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	172 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	124	5.31 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	122	4.87 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	30	40.05 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	107	34.7	2018
Land use - arable land	117	6.1	2018
Land use - forest	165	2.9	2018
Land use - other	33	62.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	54	27.7	2018
Revenue from coal	10	0.54 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	50	1.12 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	121	21.910 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	44	7.380 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	41	1.610 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	51	910.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	49	2.73	2025
Urbanization - urban population	161	28.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	96	141510 sq km	0
Area - total	98	144100 sq km	0
Area - water	101	259096 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	14	7495 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	59	N/A meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	1	3186 meters	0
Irrigated land	53	5690 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	52	4130 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	107	34.7	2018
Land use - arable land	117	6.1	2018
Land use - forest	165	2.9	2018
Land use - other	33	62.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	54	27.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	43	1.1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	128	0.38 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	104	0.45 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	142	0.85 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	95	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	66	20.28 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	58	7.6 %	2017
Contraceptive prevalence rate	98	29.3 %	2017
Current health expenditure	39	8.2 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	9	72 %	2023
Death rate	153	5.67 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	139	5.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	25	18.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	55	65.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	48	60.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	31	96.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	44	20.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	34	15.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	34	3.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	27	5.9 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	55	1.18 %	2023
Hospital bed density	26	4.7 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	52	26.73 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	43	36.28 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	47	31.62 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	147	72.99 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	166	66.49 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	159	69.66 years	0
Literacy - female	4	99.7 %	2015
Literacy - male	3	99.8 %	0
Literacy - total population	3	99.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	105	17 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	117	26 years	2020
Median age - male	113	24.6 years	0
Median age - total	115	25.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	52	23.2	2017
Net migration rate	120	1.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	94	14.2 %	2016
Physicians density	86	1.72 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	98	9.246 million	2023
Population growth rate	61	1.36 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	11	98.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	116	0.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	115	0.6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	84	1.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	11 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	24	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	42	0.71 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	63	2.42 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	49	2.73	2025
Urbanization - urban population	161	28.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	103	14.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	67	19.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	79	17.4	0
Transportation
Airports	101	24	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	91	71000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	104	2.340 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	117	492320	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	98	200 km	2011

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Tajikistan on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tajikistan 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tajikistan 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.