Tajikistan

Area: 143,100 sq km Land: 142,700 sq km

Arable land: 6% Irrigated land: 6,390 sq km

Infant mortality rate: 116.09 deaths/1,000 live births

Total fertility rate: 4.29 children born/woman

Religions: Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi’a Muslim 5%

Ethnic groups: Tajik 64.9%, Uzbek 25%, Russian 3.5% (declining
because of emigration), other 6.6%

Judicial System: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Legal System: based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts

GDP per capita: $1,140 GDP - agriculture: 19.8% industry: 18.1% services: 62.1%

Unemployment rate: 5.7% (includes only officially registered unemployed)
Literacy — male: 99% female: 97%

Exports: $761 million Commodities: aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles Exports partners: Liechtenstein 26%, Uzbekistan 20%, Russia 8%

Imports: $782 million Commodities: electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs

Imports partners: Europe 32.3%, Uzbekistan 29%, Russia 13.6%

Telephones - main lines in use: 363,000 Internet Service Providers: NA

Manpower fit for military service: 1,300,252

Military expenditures: $17 million — 1.8% of GDP