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Unemployment rate in Tajikistan

How hard is it to have a job there?

Tajikistan's unemployment rate is 6.93 % — #87 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

6.93%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Tajikistan over time

7.69 %5.28 %2.87 %7.69 % · 20212.87 % · 20072000: 4.15 %2001: 3.75 %2002: 3.95 %2003: 3.85 %2004: 3.45 %2005: 3.45 %2006: 3.65 %2007: 2.87 %2008: 4.94 %2009: 7.03 %2010: 7.04 %2011: 7.04 %2012: 7.02 %2013: 7.02 %2014: 7.02 %2015: 7.03 %2016: 7.04 %2017: 7.04 %2018: 7.03 %2019: 7.03 %2020: 7.58 %2021: 7.69 %2022: 7.05 %2023: 7.04 %2024: 7.04 %2025: 6.93 %2000201220256.93 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#87 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
30 %
37 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.11 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
0.76 pp
peak 7.69 % in 2021
Full series
▲ 2.78 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #28 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +1.68 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Tajikistan: ahead of 30 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentTajikistan 6.93 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Tajikistan is ahead of 30 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Tajikistan
85 Costa Rica6.84 %−0.09 pp
86 Canada6.91 %−0.02 pp
87 Tajikistan6.93 %—
88 Argentina7.14 %+0.21 pp
89 Uruguay7.52 %+0.58 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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