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Tajikistan's national economic growth rate in 2025 and 2026 is projected to be 8.2 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively. This was noted on October 29 during a meeting between Tajikistan's Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Zavqizoda Zavqi Amin, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Director for Tajikistan, Matthew Gaertner, and his accompanying delegation, dedicated to the implementation of the Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) program.
Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqizoda Z. A. emphasized that thanks to high-level meetings between the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Leader of the Nation Emomali Rahmon, and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, bilateral relations have reached a higher level.
According to data, from January to September 2025, despite the impact of external factors such as global economic turbulence, worsening geoeconomic conditions, and trade conflicts, real gross domestic product growth was 8.2%, and its volume increased to 117.8 billion somoni. This result was achieved thanks to the timely implementation of the President's instructions, the achievement of the country's strategic goals, as well as government decisions and economic development programs.
During the meeting, Zavqizoda Z. A. asked IMF representatives to support an increase in the volume of concessional external loans to achieve the priority goals and objectives set by the President of Tajikistan in the area of national economic development and ensuring the stability of macroeconomic indicators.
For his part, Matthew Gertner praised the stability of Tajikistan's macroeconomic indicators and economic achievements in recent years and for the first nine months of 2025, and expressed the IMF's readiness for further cooperation.
Minister Zavqizoda expressed gratitude to the IMF mission for revising the national economic growth forecast for 2025 to 7.5%, noting that, as the President of the Republic of Tajikistan emphasized, "modern Tajikistan is a country with a rapidly developing economy, steadily strengthening international ties, and a favorable investment climate."
At the end of the meeting, the parties confirmed their readiness to further expand mutually beneficial cooperation between Tajikistan and the International Monetary Fund.
