machinery and transport equipment 37.8%, intermediate manufactured goods 23.7%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 17.1%, food and live animals 7.6% (2003)
External Debt
$2,593,000,000 $
$320,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)
zlotych (PLN) per US dollar - 2.3 (2008 est.), 2.81 (2007), 3.1032 (2006), 3.2355 (2005), 3.6576 (2004) note: zlotych is the plural form of zloty
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%
1.900%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2
10
Location
Central Asia, west of China
Central Europe, east of Germany
Area
143,100 km sq
312,685 km sq
Coastline
0 km
440 km
Climate
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers