Tajikistan
Republic of Tajikistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital and most populous city. The territory was previously home to cultures of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, including the city of Sarazm, and was later home to kingdoms ruled by people of faiths and cultures, including the Oxus civilization, Andronovo culture, Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and Islam. The area has been ruled by empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid Empire, Sasanian Empire, Hephthalite Empire, Samanid Empire, and Mongol Empire.
Tajikistan is a presidential republic consisting of four provinces. Tajiks form the ethnic majority in the country, and their national language is Tajik, a variety of Persian. While the state is constitutionally secular, Islam is nominally adhered to by 96% of the population. Mountains cover more than 90% of the country. It is a developing country with a transitional economy that is dependent on remittances, and on production of aluminium and cotton. Tajikistan is a member of the United Nations, CIS, OSCE, OIC, ECO, SCO, CSTO and a NATO PfP partner.
Financial potential of the country
Tajikistan is an agrarian-industrial state. Over the years of independence, the employment structure has changed greatly, and the economy has agrarianized. In 1991–2013, the share of people employed in agriculture increased from 45% to 66%, while the share of people employed in industry decreased from 13% to 4%, in construction from 8% to 3%, in the service sector from 35% to 27%. Since 2000, there has been steady economic growth of 10-12%.
To develop the economy, the government opened 4 Free Economic Zones, and they are functioning well today. Subjects of these zones are given a number of economic privileges. They are exempt from taxes and customs duties. All administrative barriers to the development of Free Economic Zones have been removed.
The economic policy of the republic is aimed at achieving three important strategic goals: achieving energy independence, ensuring food security and liberation from transport isolation. Historically, Tajikistan was predominantly an agricultural country, but there are all prospects for the development of industry, agriculture and various production.
The GDP volume in 2016 amounted to more than 54 billion somoni, the GDP growth rate was 7%. Tajikistan’s GDP in 2010 amounted to more than $15.6 billion, which is 6.5% more than in 2009. In the structure of GDP at the end of 2010, 47.9% is the production of services, 41.6% is the production of goods and 10.5% is taxes. The level of GDP per capita is 2.19 thousand dollars. The main sector of the economy remains state-owned, but many enterprises have been privatized and opened up to development and foreign financing.
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