Tajikistan has the lowest per capita GDP among the
15 former Soviet republics. Cotton is the most important crop. Mineral
resources, varied but limited in amount, include silver, gold,
uranium, and tungsten. Industry consists only of a large aluminum
plant, hydropower facilities, and small obsolete factories mostly in
light industry and food processing. The Tajikistani economy has been
gravely weakened by six years of civil conflict and by the loss of
subsidies from Moscow and of markets for its products. Tajikistan thus
depends on aid from Russia and Uzbekistan and on international
humanitarian assistance for much of its basic subsistence needs. Even
if the peace agreement of June 1997 is honored, the country faces
major problems in integrating refugees and former combatants into the
economy. The future of Tajikistan's economy and the potential for
attracting foreign investment depend upon stability and continued
progress in the peace process.

purchasing power parity - $6.2 billion (1999 est.)

2% (1999 est.)

purchasing power parity - $1,020 (1999 est.)

agriculture: 34%
industry: 24%
services: 42% (1997)

NA%

lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

22% (1999 est.)

1.9 million (1996)

agriculture and forestry 50%, industry
20%, services 30% (1997 est.)

5.7% includes only officially registered
unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and
unregistered unemployed people (December 1998)

revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement,
vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers

5% (1999 est.)

13.27 billion kWh (1998)

fossil fuel: 1.51%
hydro: 98.49%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)

12.561 billion kWh (1998)

3.33 billion kWh (1998)

3.55 billion kWh (1998)

cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables;
cattle, sheep, goats

$634 million (1999 est.)

aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits,
vegetable oil, textiles

Uzbekistan 37%, Liechtenstein 26%, Russia 16%,
Kazakhstan 6% (1997)

$770 million (1999 est.)

electricity, petroleum products, aluminum
oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs

Netherlands 32%, Uzbekistan 29%, Switzerland 20%,
Russia 9% (1997)

$1.3 billion (1999 est.)

$64.7 million (1995)

Tajikistani ruble (TJR) = 100 tanga

Tajikistani rubles (TJR) per US$1 - 1550 (January
2000), 998 (January 1999), 350 (January 1997), 284 (January 1996)

calendar year