Human Development & Quality of Life in Tajikistan
HDI 0.691 · UNDP rank 128 · latest published data
In UNDP's 2023 index data, Tajikistan has HDI 0.691 and rank 128, which corresponds to medium human development. What makes the country profile more informative than the rank alone is that gII adds a separate gender-inequality reading of 0.258 at rank 68. Separately, the planetary-pressure adjustment is limited at 2.6%, leaving PHDI at 0.673.
What sits inside Tajikistan's HDI
For Tajikistan, health contributes through life expectancy of 71.8; education through 10.8 expected and 11.3 mean years of schooling; and income through GNI per capita of $5,747 in 2021 PPP dollars. Those are the published inputs behind the 2023 HDI.
Inequality changes the headline
Tajikistan's IHDI adjusts the headline index for inequality in health, education and income outcomes. It describes distribution, so it is not used here as a quality-of-life rating. When looking across the UNDP tables, do not substitute a different denominator before drawing conclusions from small differences.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Beyond HDI, Tajikistan's UNDP profile also reports GDI 0.926, GII 0.258, PHDI 0.673. Their scopes differ, which is why the page presents them side by side rather than blending them.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No comparable OECD life-satisfaction observation is published on this page for Tajikistan. An unavailable observation remains omitted rather than estimated.
What Tajikistan's numbers say together
Tajikistan's non-headline measures include IHDI 0.594 with a 14.0% loss; PHDI 0.673 after a 2.6% adjustment; GDI 0.926. Reading them together is useful, but combining them would obscure their different definitions.
For 2023, Tajikistan records HDI 0.691 and rank 128 in the UNDP table. The result should be read as a composite of health, schooling and income outcomes. For the evidence on this page, retain the original indicator definition before comparing it with a quality-of-life observation.
The IHDI is 0.594, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 14.0% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.926 in group 3; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.673, with a 2.6% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Tajikistan's HDI?
Tajikistan's 2023 Human Development Index is 0.691, corresponding to UNDP rank 128 in the 2025 report.
How does inequality affect Tajikistan's HDI?
After the inequality adjustment, Tajikistan's index falls to 0.594; UNDP quantifies the overall loss at 14.0%. For a like-for-like reading, do not infer an unstated comparison before using the result as a shorthand for lived experience.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
Tajikistan's page adds a quality-of-life measure only when a comparable dated observation can be sourced. No value is inferred when the underlying source does not publish one.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI has three core dimensions: health, knowledge and standard of living. Life satisfaction remains distinct from the health, education and income dimensions used by HDI. For the evidence on this page, avoid turning the indicator into a general country score so the limitation remains visible to the reader.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.