As of December 1, 2022, wage debts in Tajikistan have amounted to more than 28.2 million somonis (equivalent to about 2.8 million U.S. dollars), according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.
In November last year, Tajikistan’s wage debts reportedly rose 1.6 percent or 442,900 somonis.
Over the first eleven months of last year, the wage debts in Tajikistan have increased by more than 3.6 million somonis.
Over the reporting period, the largest wage debt has been reported in the mining sector – about 15.3 million somonis or 54 percent of the transportation and total amount of wage debts in the country.
The mining sector is followed by the transportation and cargo storage sector – more than 6.5 million somonis (22.9 percent).
Meanwhile, the highest average monthly wage in Tajikistan was reported in the financial sector (banks and insurance companies) – 5,331 somonis (equivalent to 523.00 U.S. dollars).
The lowest average monthly wage was reported in the agrarian sector – 798.00 somonis (equivalent to 78.00 U.S. dollars).
It is to be noted that Tajikistan has the lowest average monthly wage in the Central Asian region.
In November last year, the average monthly wage in Tajikistan was reported at 1,896 somonis (equivalent to 185.00 U.S. dollars).
As of July 1 last year, the average monthly wage in Kazakhstan reportedly amounted to 650.00 U.S. dollars, Turkmenistan – 383.00 U.S. dollars, Uzbekistan – 335.00 U.S. dollars, and Kyrgyzstan – 280.00 U.S. dollars.
