Tajikistan

Background Information

Region

Europe & Central Asia

World Bank income group

Lower middle income

Percent of population aged 10-24

28% (UNFPA, 2020)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

879,893 (UIS, 2020)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

1,210,861 (UIS, 2020)

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)

9%

Source: UNSDG, 2017

Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

57

Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018

Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)

24%

Source: DHS, 2017

Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)

25%

Source: DHS, 2017

Education Snapshot Back to Top

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)

11

Source: UIS, 2019

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education

Source: UIS, 2015

Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

No data available

Completion rate

Primary school age
  • Female 98%

  • Male 100%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Lower secondary school age
  • Female 94%

  • Male 97%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Upper secondary school age
  • Female 62%

  • Male 82%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017


Out-of-school rate

Primary school
  • Female 2%

  • Male 2%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Lower secondary school
  • Female 5%

  • Male 1%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Upper secondary school
  • Female 37%

  • Male 18%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

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