Food Deprivation: percent of total population
Chronically food insecure 10%
Highly vulnerable 17%
Borderline* cases 27%
*- easily becomes food insecure when affected by shocks such as natural disasters, crop failures, debts, etc.
Diet Composition: (Share in DES*)
Carbohydrate 64%
Total Protein 11%
Animal Protein 2%
Fat 25%
*- Daily Energy Supply
Food Trade Indicators:
Imports of Food 30% of Total DES production
Food Aid 7% of total DES supply
Socio Economic Indicators
Total Population: 6.5 million
Share of urban in total pop. 25%
Age dependency ratio 76
(per 100 persons aged 15-64)
Adult Literacy rate 99.5%
(% of pop. aged >15 and above)
% of pop. below poverty line 64%
(living on < $2 a day)
% of pop. living on < $1 a day) 18%
unofficial unemployment rate 33%
Breakdown of GDP percent of total GDP
Share of agriculture: 24%
Earnings from workers' remittance 23%
Official development assistance 10%
Source: FAO Tajikistan Country Data 2009 and the UN
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