DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, September 11. From the start of January to the end of June 2025, enterprises and organizations in Tajikistan rolled up their sleeves and created a whopping 32,717 new jobs, turning the tide for many in the workforce.
Data obtained by Trend from the country’s Statistical Agency shows that
of the total, 20,288 positions (62 percent) were permanent, 8,439
(25.8 percent) were temporary, and 3,990 (12.2 percent) were
seasonal. Furthermore, a total of 162 supplementary positions were
instantiated, alongside the reinstatement of 2,733 roles,
culminating in an aggregate of 35,612 newly generated employment
opportunities attributable to legal entities.
The predominant allocation of workforce engagement was catalyzed
within the education sector (6,667 positions), construction domain
(5,596), manufacturing sphere (5,486), ancillary economic
activities (8,123), trade sector (2,991), agriculture, forestry,
and fisheries arena (2,062), healthcare and social services field
(1,719), and mining industry (1,344).
In juxtaposition to the period spanning January through June 2024,
there was an uptick of 2.1 percent in the aggregate count of
employment classifications, encompassing permanent, temporary,
seasonal, additional, and restored roles, translating to an
increment of 726 positions.
At the conclusion of June 2025, the officially documented
unemployment figures in Tajikistan escalated to 50,900, reflecting
a 3.2 percent uptick relative to the data from June 2024. Females
constituted 47.6 percent of the total registered unemployment
demographic, representing a cohort of 24,200 individuals. The
sanctioned unemployment metric in relation to the aggregate labor
pool was quantified at 1.8 percent.