Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region: population, jobs, health, education and living standards

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region is a region of Tajikistan, number 5 of 5 by population. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region had 233,600 permanent residents at the end of 2023, 2.3% of Tajikistan's 10,288,300. This is the lowest of 5 divisions.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region: In 2023 organisations in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region employed 24,300 hired workers on average over the year, +4.7% compared with 2019. Hired workers exclude the self-employed and people working on family farms.
• Health in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region: Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region had 464 doctors of all specialties at the end of 2023, which is 19.9 per 10,000 residents (Tajikistan: 20.1); 2nd highest of 5 divisions.
• Education in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region: 37,400 pupils started the 2023/24 school year in the day general schools of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, taught by 5,300 teachers: 7.1 pupils per teacher (Tajikistan: 17.9).
• Poverty and living standards in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region: 36.3% of people in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region live in households in the poorest national fifth by assets and living conditions (wealth quintile), and 14.0% in the richest fifth. For Tajikistan each fifth is 20% by definition (2023 Demographic and Health Survey).

How regions are governed in Tajikistan

Regions (2: Sughd, Khatlon), Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, and Dushanbe. Chairman (rais) appointed and dismissed by the President with approval of the local majlis; majlis directly elected for five years. Regional executive (hukumat) and budget; the chairman leads both the executive and the assembly.

Every tier of government in Tajikistan

Other regions of Tajikistan

• Khatlon Region 3,697,800
• Sughd Region 2,917,300
• Regions of Republican Subordination 2,197,000
• Dushanbe 1,242,600

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Sources

• Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan: Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2024 (statistical yearbook), page 119: registered crimes, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 001ffdbd3828…)
• Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population and ICF: Tajikistan Demographic and Health Survey 2023, final report (Russian edition), table 2.12 (school attendance ratios), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 5db89f264b03…)

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