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Tajikistan

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

6.4

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

4.2

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

3.0

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour6
Worker rights & FOA6
OHS & audit transparency7
Food & product safety6
Environmental & regulatory5
Governance & anti-corruption9
Tariff & preferential access5
Non-tariff barriers6
Supply chain traceability8

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict4
Supplier concentration4
Climate & physical risk4
Sanctions exposure2
Policy continuity & property rights7

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness9
Supply base depth2
Logistics & infrastructure2
Workforce skills3
Scalability4
Ease of doing business2
Trade access & tariffs3
Sustainability baseline2
Innovation & IP1
Quality standards2

9 = most attractive · methodology & sources

Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.

Data layers

The EU is Tajikistan's #4 import source (world lens). Tajikistan is the EU's #120 goods supplier.

Tajikistan on the world stage

Tajikistan$4.2bn total importsRussian Federation21.2% · $899mChina18.2% · $775mKazakhstan17.8% · $755mEU-278.1% · $344mUzbekistan6.8% · $289mUS4.7% · $200mUSA4.7% · $200mJapan4.2% · $180mASEAN-60.6% · $26m

Total imports

$4.2bn

2023 annual

Total exports

$1.3bn

112 partners

#1 import source

Russian Federation

21.2%

#1 export dest.

China

24.8%

2023 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).

Tajikistan and the EU

EU imports from

€579m

0.0% of extra-EU

EU exports to

€365m

0.0% of extra-EU

EU supplier rank

EU's #120 supplier

EU trade balance

import-tilted

coverage 0.63

2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →

Electricity & grid

National sources · carbon from Ember

Electricity costs →

Industrial

7

EUR/MWh

Consumer

3

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

113

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

90%

of generation

regulated market

Power market

Export-revenue + dam debt

Market model

Vertically integrated state utility

Direct PPA

None

grid access: closed

Reserve margin

Regulator

Not independent

Antimonopoly Committee, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade

A hydro-only system with severe winter rationing (2-4 hours/day in some regions), below-cost-recovery tariffs, TALCO aluminium consuming 40% of output, and massive debt from the Rogun dam build.

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →

Metal mining

Tagged mines

6

4 production-backed

Acid-drainage prone

0

high water-risk ore class

Main commodities

Gold

Mine-water verifiability

Blind spot

remote-sensing lake assessments only

Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

Median age

22.1

→ 27.9 by 2050

Fertility

3.04

above replacement

Working-age

59.9%

aged 15–64

Old-age dep.

6.4

→ 12.1 by 2050

Median age 1990–2050

Population 10.6M · still growing past 2100

By 2050: +47% (15.6M)