Tajikistan

Tajikistan's economy has grown 20.5x since 2000, from US$861 million to US$17.7 billion, lifting it from 168th of 194 then to 139th of 196 now. In 2025 it climbed 6 places on real growth of +8.4%, while US$ GDP jumped 22.4%; the 14.0-percentage-point gap was mostly exchange-rate and price effects, not output. It now sits between Laos and the Bahamas.

Services account for 36.5% of output, industry 32.4% and agriculture 23.1%, with manufacturing at 13.2%, all as of 2024. Inflation was 3.4%, unemployment 6.9% and government gross debt 18.6% of GDP.

With 10.8 million people, output per person is US$1,637, 165th of 196, and $5,923 international dollars on a purchasing-power basis, 157th. Tajikistan is the 47th largest of 52 economies in Europe & Central Asia and about the size of the Ocala, FL metro area. The IMF projects GDP of US$28.6 billion by 2030, up 62%, which would place it 129th among economies with forecasts.