Tajikistan — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Tajikistan, 1991–2025.
Unemployment for Tajikistan was 6.93% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 7.69% in 2021. The lowest was 1.82% in 1991 (about 3.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.01% per year.
Tajikistan ranks 62 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 33%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Tajikistan sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 16 of 49 economies; Lithuania (6.73%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 72% in 2008. That is 3% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1991 level: doubled by 1996. Doubling roughly every 18 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 162nd of 187 in 1991 → 135th of 187 in 2000 → 94th of 187 in 2010 → 77th of 187 in 2020 → 57th of 182 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1991 to 2025
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.93% | -0.1 pp |
| 2024 | 7.04% | +0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 7.04% | -0.0 pp |
| 2022 | 7.05% | -0.6 pp |
| 2021 | 7.69% | +0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 7.58% | +0.5 pp |
| 2019 | 7.03% | -0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 7.03% | -0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 7.04% | -0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 7.04% | +0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 7.03% | +0.0 pp |
| 2014 | 7.02% | +0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 7.02% | -0.0 pp |
| 2012 | 7.02% | -0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 7.04% | +0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 7.04% | +0.0 pp |
| 2009 | 7.03% | +2.1 pp |
| 2008 | 4.94% | +2.1 pp |
| 2007 | 2.87% | -0.8 pp |
| 2006 | 3.65% | +0.2 pp |
| 2005 | 3.45% | +0.0 pp |
| 2004 | 3.45% | -0.4 pp |
| 2003 | 3.85% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 3.95% | +0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 3.75% | -0.4 pp |
| 2000 | 4.15% | -0.3 pp |
| 1999 | 4.45% | -0.2 pp |
| 1998 | 4.65% | +0.5 pp |
| 1997 | 4.15% | +0.1 pp |
| 1996 | 4.05% | +0.6 pp |
| 1995 | 3.45% | +0.3 pp |
| 1994 | 3.15% | +0.5 pp |
| 1993 | 2.65% | +0.8 pp |
| 1992 | 1.85% | +0.0 pp |
| 1991 | 1.82% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Tajikistan’s Unemployment in 1992?
1.85% (1992). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of total labor force, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Tajikistan’s Unemployment growing or shrinking?
Between 1991 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +280.2% in total — about 4.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 6.93%; 2024: 7.04%; 2023: 7.04%; 2022: 7.05%; 2021: 7.69%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.