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Tajikistan — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Tajikistan, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
38.28%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -30.4% since 1990
Labor participation for Tajikistan was 38.28% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 55.01% in 1990. The lowest was 36.79% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.03% per year.
Tajikistan ranks 180 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 96%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Tajikistan sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 30% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
38.28%
First (1990)
55.01%
Change
-30.4%
Highest
55.01%
in 1990
Lowest
36.79%
in 2020
Average
46.75%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.03%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 38.28% |
| 2024 | 38.35% |
| 2023 | 38.09% |
| 2022 | 37.83% |
| 2021 | 37.07% |
| 2020 | 36.79% |
| 2019 | 37.14% |
| 2018 | 37.98% |
| 2017 | 38.88% |
| 2016 | 39.71% |
| 2015 | 40.1% |
| 2014 | 40.5% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.