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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Tajikistan: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Tajikistan is placed joint 118th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 71.79 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 28.13 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
joint118th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 71.79Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 28.13Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- 13.7Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
- 4.9Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024Population in severe food insecurity (%)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Tajikistan on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
71.79
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Tajikistan: 71.79. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Central Asia
- 74.4 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan 66.03 · China 77.95 · Kyrgyzstan 71.68 · Uzbekistan 72.39
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
28.13
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Tajikistan: 28.13. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Central Asia
- 9.437 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan 53.03 · China 5.724 · Kyrgyzstan 16.78 · Uzbekistan 13.35
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Tajikistan’s is from 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
13.7
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
Tajikistan: 13.7. Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Central Asia
- 6.506 Uzbekistan
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan 44.6 · China 4.8 · Kyrgyzstan 14.15 · Uzbekistan 6.506
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
4.9
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
Tajikistan: 4.9. Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Central Asia
- 0.6 Kyrgyzstan
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan 30.2 · Kyrgyzstan 0.6
02Over time
Which way Tajikistan is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
TajikistanWorld median
Tajikistan rose from 63.54 in 2000 to 71.79 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Tajikistan World median 2023 71.79 74.630 2022 71.56 74.313 2021 69.59 72.433 2020 68.61 73.063 2019 70.96 74.196 2018 70.74 74.081 2017 70.52 74.029 2016 69.98 74.013 2015 69.66 73.783 2014 69.70 73.330 2013 69.58 73.386 2012 69.13 73.210 2011 68.70 73.003 2010 68.37 72.827 2009 68.25 72.426 2008 67.92 72.264 2007 67.40 72.113 2006 67.00 72.027 2005 66.53 71.876 2004 66.60 71.477 2003 65.87 71.409 2002 64.90 71.173 2001 64.20 70.926 2000 63.54 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
TajikistanWorld median
Tajikistan fell from 78.37 in 2000 to 28.13 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Tajikistan World median 2024 28.1 14.5 2023 28.8 15.2 2022 29.4 14.7 2021 29.8 15.1 2020 30.1 15.3 2019 30.4 15.7 2018 30.7 16.3 2017 31.0 16.8 2016 31.5 17.5 2015 32.2 17.9 2014 33.0 18.3 2013 34.0 18.7 2012 35.0 18.8 2011 36.2 19.0 2010 37.6 19.2 2009 39.3 20.8 2008 41.2 20.7 2007 43.6 21.8 2006 46.6 22.8 2005 50.3 24.0 2004 54.6 25.9 2003 59.8 26.9 2002 65.6 28.0 2001 71.8 29.1 2000 78.4 30.4 Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Population in severe food insecurity (%) · lower is better
TajikistanWorld median
Tajikistan was at 4.9 in both 2015 and 2024; the world median went from 3.4 to 4.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Tajikistan World median 2024 4.9 4.9 2023 5.6 4.7 2022 6.7 5.4 2021 8.3 5.7 2020 7.6 5.6 2019 7.1 5.0 2018 7.1 4.2 2017 8.6 4.0 2016 7.1 3.4 2015 4.9 3.4
03In context
Tajikistan beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Tajikistan and the countries it borders
Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China | 47th | 77.95 | 5.724 | 4.8 | — |
 Kyrgyzstan | =83rd | 71.68 | 16.78 | 14.15 | 0.6 |
 Uzbekistan | 86th | 72.39 | 13.35 | 6.506 | — |
| Tajikistan | =118th | 71.79 | 28.13 | 13.7 | 4.9 |
 Afghanistan | 190th | 66.03 | 53.03 | 44.6 | 30.2 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Central Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Kazakhstan75th- Kyrgyzstan=83rd
- Uzbekistan86th
- Tajikistan=118th
Turkmenistan123rd
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Tajikistan in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Tajikistan is ahead of the world, and behind
49 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median17
Statistics on which Tajikistan does better than the middle country measured.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.69259.51102.69▲ Improved since 2013
Tajikistan: 259.51 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with DiarrhoeaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 41.563.341.5No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 63.3 · world median 41.5 · Children under 5 with diarrhoea given oral rehydration salts (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 9.9 to 95.4; higher is better.
Position 15th of 127 · derived.
Agreement That Vaccines Are SafeWellcome Trust · 2018 · world median 77.6591.3377.65No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 91.33 · world median 77.65 · People aged 15+ who agree that vaccines are safe (% of those who had heard of vaccines). Wellcome Trust, 2018 edition, data for 2018.
Published values in that edition run from 29.29 to 97.91; higher is better.
Position 19th of 144 · derived.
Violent Discipline of ChildrenUNICEF · 2025 · world median 75.856.375.8No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 56.3 · world median 75.8 · Children aged 1-14 experiencing violent discipline (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 37.6 to 94; lower is better.
Position 76th of 90 · derived, 1st = worst.
Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of PneumoniaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 67.782.267.7No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 82.2 · world median 67.7 · Children under 5 with pneumonia symptoms taken to a health provider (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 14 to 99.1; higher is better.
Position 25th of 127 · derived.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.58465.5No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 84 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 PandemicAriel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset) · 2026 · world median 272.35154.8272.35No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 154.8 · world median 272.35 · Excess deaths per 100,000 people, March 2020 to the end of each country's data (at most December 2023). Ariel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from -264.9 to 1,013; lower is better.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.6513.8646.65▲ Improved since 2013
Tajikistan: 13.86 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 139th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8581.8032.858▲ Improved since 2014
Tajikistan: 1.803 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 136th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.54.5815.5▲ Improved since 2014
Tajikistan: 4.581 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 105th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.218.71610.21▲ Improved since 2010
Tajikistan: 8.716 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 98th of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.2580.351No real change since 2013
Tajikistan: 0.258 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 68th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 2025 · world median 0.0390.0290.039▼ Worsened since 2018
Tajikistan: 0.029 · world median 0.039 · MPI (0–1). Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.517; lower is better.
Position 60th of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two DaysUNICEF · 2025 · world median 82.985.182.9No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 85.1 · world median 82.9 · Newborns with a health check within 2 days of birth (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.3 to 99.9; higher is better.
Position 52nd of 109 · derived.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1637.9928.163▲ Improved since 2013
Tajikistan: 7.992 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 104th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7131.22133.7▲ Improved since 2013
Tajikistan: 131.22 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 115th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.7440.7840.74No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 40.78 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 68th of 136 · derived.
Behind the world median24
Statistics on which Tajikistan does worse than the middle country measured.
Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2024 · world median 20.92420.9No real change since 2015
Tajikistan: 24 · world median 20.9 · Population in moderate or severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 88.8; lower is better.
Position 65th of 135 · derived, 1st = worst.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.994.796.9No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 94.7 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.13411.18.134No real change since 2014
Tajikistan: 11.1 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 78th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 37.5727.8137.57No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 27.81 · world median 37.57 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at least 5 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 8.089 to 85.88; higher is better.
Position 71st of 115 · derived.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4640.4427.46▼ Worsened since 2013
Tajikistan: 40.44 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 84th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 2023 · world median 5.28.45.2▲ Improved since 2013
Tajikistan: 8.4 · world median 5.2 · Population undernourished (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 54.2; lower is better.
Position 62nd of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.5040.564▼ Worsened since 2017
Tajikistan: 0.504 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.
Position 108th of 172 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 918691No real change since 2015
Tajikistan: 86 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.280.25▲ Improved since 2014
Tajikistan: 0.28 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.6910.762No real change since 2013
Tajikistan: 0.691 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 128th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4816.293.48▼ Worsened since 2015
Tajikistan: 16.29 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Dietary Energy SupplyFAO · 2024 · world median 2,9822,7632,982▲ Improved since 2014
Tajikistan: 2,763 · world median 2,982 · Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1,757 to 3,962; higher is better.
Position 105th of 155 · derived.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 415141▲ Improved since 2012
Tajikistan: 51 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2623.4812.26▼ Worsened since 2014
Tajikistan: 23.48 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 60th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2555.871.25No real change since 2013
Tajikistan: 55.8 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 141st of 196 · derived.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5466.43.546No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 6.4 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 46th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3914.3816.39No real change since 2013
Tajikistan: 14.38 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 162nd of 222 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 908090▼ Worsened since 2015
Tajikistan: 80 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Early Initiation of BreastfeedingUNICEF · 2024 · world median 52.9540.8452.95No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 40.84 · world median 52.95 · Newborns put to the breast within one hour of birth (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.749 to 93.1; higher is better.
Position 103rd of 136 · derived.
Births Attended by Skilled Health StaffUNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) · 2023 · world median 99.397.699.3▲ Improved since 2013
Tajikistan: 97.6 · world median 99.3 · Births attended by skilled health staff (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 60.9 to 100; higher is better.
Position 64th of 84 · derived.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.4526.314.45No real change since 2013
Tajikistan: 26.3 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 50th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8162.181No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 62.1 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 120th of 153 · derived.
Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 21.2632.2221.26No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 32.22 · world median 21.26 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at most 2 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.169 to 63.08; lower is better.
Position 23rd of 113 · derived, 1st = worst.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.8329.7184.83▼ Worsened since 2013
Tajikistan: 29.71 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
No better end8
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health SpendingWorld Bank Group · 2019 · world median 6.8810.256.88No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 10.25 · world median 6.88 · Population in households spending more than 10% of their budget on health out of pocket (%). World Bank Group, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0.133 to 31.21.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8941.0238.89Moved since 2015
Tajikistan: 41.02 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 69th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8332.9257.83Moved since 2013
Tajikistan: 32.92 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6510.420.65No earlier reading
Tajikistan: 10.4 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.730.591.73Moved since 2014
Tajikistan: 0.59 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 138th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.421.235.4Moved since 2013
Tajikistan: 21.2 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.2522.941.25Moved since 2013
Tajikistan: 22.9 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.170.9116.17No real change since 2013
Tajikistan: 0.91 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
No current reading for Tajikistan
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Children with Functional Difficulties, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum) (last 2013), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax) (last 2014), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum) (last 2013) and Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Tajikistan’s 15 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Tajikistan’s 6th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Energy45th of 1653/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainability69th of 1864/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience73rd of 1934/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital104th of 1963/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge108th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 118th of 2004/4 keys
- Digital & Technology122nd of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 115th of 1844/4 keys
- Peace & Security115th of 1774/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality104th of 1592/3 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 155th of 1834/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation154th of 1764/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions170th of 1944/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties185th of 1984/4 keys
- Work & Labour172nd of 1824/4 keys
No standing on Mobility & Trade: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Tajikistan can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Central Asia
Kazakhstan75th3/4 keysThis page
Tajikistan=118th4/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Tajikistan and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Tajikistan on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Tajikistan rank on health & wellbeing?
Tajikistan is placed joint 118th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth, Under-Five Mortality Rate, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five and Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Tajikistan?
71.79 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Tajikistan?
28.13 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How does Tajikistan compare with China on health & wellbeing?
China is placed 47th of 200, and Tajikistan joint 118th. Life Expectancy at Birth: China 77.95, Tajikistan 71.79; Under-Five Mortality Rate: China 5.724, Tajikistan 28.13; Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five: China 4.8, Tajikistan 13.7.
How have Tajikistan’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 63.54 in 2000 to 71.79 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 78.37 in 2000 to 28.13 in 2024; Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity was 4.9 in both 2015 and 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Tajikistan?
No current reading is published for Tajikistan on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Children with Functional Difficulties, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum) and Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 49 statistics on this page come from 17 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Tajikistan’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Tajikistan (banner) — Hylgeriak, CC BY-SA 3.0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Tajikistan: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/tajikistan/health