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• Total population (2007): 6.419,000
• Gross national income per capita (2006-PPP international $): 1,560
• Income share held by lowest 20% (1999): 7.8%
  
• Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 63/66 (2006)
• Rural population (% of total population) (2006): 75.4
• Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) (2006): 24.8
• Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 68 (2006)
• Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2006): 5.0
• Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$ million) (2006) 338,7

(Figures are for 2006 unless indicated. Source: WHO. IFAD, World Bank)

Information from HLTF agencies

IMF

• Use IMF data mapper to get an insight into Tajikistan’s economic outlook, including key facts on demography, economy and balance of payments.
  Read more at: http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php and http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/weodata/weoselgr.aspx
• To know more about most recent Tajikistan’s transactions with the IMF, read: http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/tad/extrans1.aspx?memberKey1=925&endD...
• To see how IMF supported Tajikistan in recovering from high food and fuel prices through its Exogenous Shocks Facility see both: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2009/pr09136.htm and
  http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2009/CAR042209A.htm

UN

• See UN Country Team coordination profile for Tajikistan: http://www.undg.org/unct.cfm?module=CoordinationProfile&page=Country&Cou...

OECD

• Aid by sector at a glance in Tajikistan:
  Read more at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/24/20/1882885.gif
• Gender in Tajikistan: http://genderindex.org/country/tajikistan

DESA

• Population ageing statistics from DESA: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldageing19502050/pdf/19...
• See wall chart on Rural Population, Development and the Environment that displays country-based information on various aspects of population, including changes in rural populations and their relationship with development and the environment
  http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2007_PopDevt/Rural_2007.pdf
• Tajikistan and gender: women carry the bucket of food security … http://www.unifem.org/progress/2008/media/POWW08_fig_chapter3.pdf

WHO

• More statistics on health, child mortality, water access and sanitation at WHO:
  http://www.who.int/countries/tjk/en/
• WHO agreement with the government of Tajikistan clearly identifies food safety and security as one of the working priorities, to know more, see:
  http://www.euro.who.int/Tajikistan/20080123_2

UNDP

• Latest Human Development Fact Sheet for Tajikistan by UNDP at: http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/2008/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_TJ...
• Will Tajikistan be able to meet MDGs by 2015? Read most recent highlights at: http://www.undp.tj/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=91
• UNDP contributing to respond to 2008 crisis in Tajikistan:
  http://europeandcis.undp.org/cpr/show/37F1D781-F203-1EE9-B23ABC1A7A99EB66

UN special adviser on MDGs

• MDG Monitor tracks Tajikistan’s performance on achieving the MDGs. What about eradication of poverty and hunger?
  Read more at: http://www.mdgmonitor.org/factsheets_00.cfm?c=TJK&cd=

UNOHRLLS

• Country profile at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/orphan/141/

UNDPKO A UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, to establish a mechanism for verifying the ceasefire between parties, was terminated, after 8 years, on the 31July 2008. On the background of the mission in the area please have a look at: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unmee/index.html

UNCTAD

• UNCTAD country fact sheets contain the most relevant indicators about FDI in Tajikistan. Read 2008 update at http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3198&lang=1
• Commodity price statistics provide monthly free-market prices and price indices starting in January 1960 for selected commodities that concern commodity-dependent countries. Restricted area at: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1889&lang=1

WTO

• See Tajikistan trade profile at:
  http://stat.wto.org/CountryProfile/WSDBCountryPFView.aspx?Language=E&Cou...
• See also Tajikistan tariffs as at 2008:
  http://stat.wto.org/TariffProfile/WSDBTariffPFView.aspx?Language=E&Count...

IFAD

• Country profile on rural poverty and food insecurity in Tajikistan. Who are the rural poor in Tajikistan and why are they poor?
• Read more at: http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/country/home/tags/tajikistan
• IFAD’s response to food crisis in Tajikistan: http://operations.ifad.org/web/ifad/operations/country/home/tags/tajikistan

WB

• Get more agriculture-related data and statistics on Tajikistan at
  http://www.worldbank.org/tj
• To have an insight into remittances in Tajikistan, have a look at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1199807...
• To look at Bank’s response to the Food Crisis in Tajikistan, please follow the link:
  http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/TAJIKISTANEXTN...
• Or use the following to get an update on project status in Tajikistan:
  http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/foodprices/pdf/GFRPProjectStatus.pdf

FAO

• Tajikistan country profile, including maps on land use, farming systems etc. at: http://www.fao.org/countryProfiles/index.asp?lang=en&ISO3=TJK
• FAO also provides local food price data by country at the following address: http://www.fao.org/giews/pricetool/

WFP

• WFP assessment of central Asia regional markets: http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp192695.pdf
• Tajikistan household food security and vulnerability assessment at:
  http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/vam/wfp067869.pdf
• For the emergency food security assessment in rural areas of Tajikistan, see:
  http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp187141.pdf
• To have a quick glimpse at hunger hotspots in the country and WFP response to soaring food prices, have a look at Tajikistan country page http://www.wfp.org/countries/tajikistan

UNHCR

• Refugees, asylum-seeking people and IDPs in Tajikistan. Have a look at the most recent figures and trends by UNCHR
  http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e4872e6
  and: http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c4d6.html
• For more info on Tajikistan through UNCHR network please visit:
  http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country/4562d8cf2/TJK.html

OCHA

• Read about Tajikistan Humanitarian Food Security Appeal 2008-2009 at: http://ochaonline.un.org/humanitarianappeal/webpage.asp?Page=1699
• See how OCHA tracks funding requirements and contributions against the food security appeal through the Financial Tracking Service (FTS) on
  http://ocha.unog.ch/fts2/pageloader.aspx?page=emerg-emergencyDetails&app...

UNICEF

• Nutritional facts and basic statistics on Tajikistan with a focus on issues facing children in the country
  http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/Tajikistan.html
  http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/Tajikistan_statistics.html
• Use UNICEF dataset for statistics and monitoring to generate your own charts on variables of your interest in child malnutrition in Tajikistan (in context) by using:
  http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_step1.php
• UNICEF response to food crisis
  http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/reallives_10873.html

UNEP

• Through the Environment Knowledge Hub at UNEP, access Tajikistan profile on the state of the environment, including some key trends and statistics on environmental dynamics both at national and sub-regional levels:
  http://ekh.unep.org/?q=taxonomy_menu/9/28/14/71&cf=9/28/14/71