DUSHANBE, July 15, 2014, Asia-Plus — Based on current data, the gross domestic product (GDP) for the first six month of this year was 17.88 billion somoni (equivalent to more than 3.5 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 6.7 percent over January-June 2013 in comparable prices, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.
GDP structure by sources of income included: agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing – 13.2 percent; sale and repair of automobiles and home appliances and consumer goods, hotels and restaurants – 17.6 percent; transportation, communications and warehousing – 15.5 percent; industry and energy – 12.6 percent; taxes – 16.4 percent; construction – 8.9 percent; etc.
The government expects gross domestic product for this year to stand at more than 46 billion somoni.
Tajikistan’s GDP for 2013 was 40.5245 billion somoni (equivalent to more than 8.5 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 7.4 percent over 2012 in comparable prices.
Last year, GDP deflator reportedly amounted to 4.3 percent.
The GDP deflator (implicit price deflator for GDP) is a measure of the level of prices of all new, domestically produced, final goods and services in an economy. Like the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the GDP deflator is a measure of price inflation/deflation with respect to a specific base year.
