Democratic change in Tajikistan
Tajikistan: Democratic change was 1 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
23rd
of 175 countries
All-time high
1
in 1990
All-time low
0
in 1992
Years of data
36
1990–2025
Democratic change in Tajikistan, 1990–2025
Source: Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Tajikistan recorded 1 for democratic change in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, democratic change in Tajikistan peaked at 1 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1992.
Tajikistan ranks 23rd of 175 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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More reference data data for Tajikistan
- Temperature anomalies by month 1.1 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 2.64 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.68 °C (2026)
- Consumer price index 148.57 2010 = 100 (2016)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 4.55 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 3.21 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Democracy 3 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is democratic change in Tajikistan?
- Democratic change in Tajikistan was 1 in 2025, according to Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest democratic change recorded in Tajikistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1990.
- What is the lowest democratic change recorded in Tajikistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1992.
- How does Tajikistan rank for democratic change?
- Tajikistan ranks 23rd out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is democratic change rising or falling in Tajikistan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tajikistan data come from?
- The figures come from Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Democratic change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Data by Episodes of Regime Transformation and V-Dem.