Poverty and living standards in Sughd Region, Tajikistan: official figures

12.0% of people in Sughd Region live in households in the poorest national fifth by assets and living conditions (wealth quintile), and 19.8% in the richest fifth. For Tajikistan each fifth is 20% by definition (2023 Demographic and Health Survey).

How unequal is wealth in Sughd Region?

The Gini index of household wealth in Sughd Region is 0.31 (Tajikistan: 0.32); higher means wealth is more concentrated. Source: 2023 Demographic and Health Survey.

Source: Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population and ICF · saved copy

How many people in Sughd Region cook with solid fuel?

22.9% of people in Sughd Region mainly cook with solid fuels such as wood, dung or coal, compared with 14.2% nationally (2023 Demographic and Health Survey).

Source: Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population and ICF · saved copy

How many people in Sughd Region have safe drinking water?

95.0% of people in Sughd Region have at least a basic drinking water service, and 0.0% rely on surface water such as a river or canal, against 5.1% nationally (2023 Demographic and Health Survey).

Source: Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population and ICF · saved copy

How many people in Sughd Region have basic sanitation?

97.2% of people in Sughd Region have at least a basic sanitation service, compared with 97.2% across Tajikistan (2023 Demographic and Health Survey).

Source: Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population and ICF · saved copy

What is the crime rate in Sughd Region?

Police registered 6,354 crimes in Sughd Region in 2023, or 218 per 100,000 residents (Tajikistan: 207); 3rd highest of 5 divisions. Registered crime reflects reporting as well as the level of crime.

Source: Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan · saved copy

Is crime rising in Sughd Region?

Registered crimes in Sughd Region changed by -0.4% between 2019 and 2023 (6,378 to 6,354), and by +3.1% in the last year, compared with -3.1% over four years for Tajikistan.

Source: Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan · saved copy

How Sughd Region compares with other regions

Population in the lowest wealth quintile (2023)

Sughd Region ranks 4 of 5, highest first. Share of people in households in the poorest fifth of the national wealth index (survey estimate); the national figure is 20% by construction.

Rank	Region	Population in the lowest wealth quintile
1	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	36.3%
2	Khatlon Region	30.8%
3	Regions of Republican Subordination	19.7%
4	Sughd Region	12.0%
5	Dushanbe	0.3%

Source: Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population and ICF · saved copy

Population in the highest wealth quintile (2023)

Sughd Region ranks 2 of 5, highest first. Share of people in households in the richest fifth of the national wealth index (survey estimate).

Rank	Region	Population in the highest wealth quintile
1	Dushanbe	91.4%
2	Sughd Region	19.8%
3	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	14.0%
4	Regions of Republican Subordination	10.1%
5	Khatlon Region	7.4%

Source: Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population and ICF · saved copy

Population mainly cooking with solid fuels (2023)

Sughd Region ranks 1 of 5, highest first. Wood, dung, charcoal, coal or crop residues as the main cooking fuel (survey estimate).

Rank	Region	Population mainly cooking with solid fuels
1	Sughd Region	22.9%
2	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	14.6%
3	Khatlon Region	14.2%
4	Regions of Republican Subordination	9.6%
5	Dushanbe	0.1%

Source: Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population and ICF · saved copy

Population drinking surface water (2023)

Sughd Region ranks 5 of 5, highest first. Share of people whose main drinking water is surface water such as a river, canal or lake (survey estimate).

Rank	Region	Population drinking surface water
1	Khatlon Region	11.8%
2	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	2.9%
3	Regions of Republican Subordination	2.9%
4	Dushanbe	0.0%
5	Sughd Region	0.0%

Source: Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population and ICF · saved copy

Registered crimes per 100,000 residents (2023)

Sughd Region ranks 3 of 5, highest first. Crimes registered by the police; reflects reporting as well as crime.

Rank	Region	Registered crimes per 100,000 residents
1	Dushanbe	345
2	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	324
3	Sughd Region	218
4	Regions of Republican Subordination	174
5	Khatlon Region	160

Source: Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan · saved copy

More on Sughd Region: overview · economy and jobs · health · education and schools · Tajikistan

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), tables 15.2 and 15.7 (drinking water and sanitation service levels), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 5db89f264b03…)

Each saved copy is the file exactly as downloaded, kept so the figures can be checked even if the source changes. Report an error.