“Over the past decade, Tajikistan has achieved a remarkable poverty reduction, with the national poverty rate dropping from 56 percent in 2010 to just below 20 percent in 2024.

During the same period, the share of middle-class households — defined as those living on more than $15 per person a day — quadrupled from 8 to 33 percent, signaling profound improvements in living standards.”

From World Bank.