DUSHANBE (Avesta news agency) — Tajikistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in the first half of this year was just over 3,000,399 somoni. The gross domestic product for the specified period amounted to more than 31.2 bln somoni (more than $3.3 bln at the official rate).

Previously, it had been reported that the population of the republic reached about 9.2 mln inhabitants this year. As a result, the GDP per capita reaches 3,000,399 somoni, or $360.

For the current year, the Republic’s GDP is expected to reach 78.2 bln somoni ($8.2 bln).

It should be recalled that, according to the 2018 results, the Republic’s GDP amounted to 68.844 bln somoni, or 7,000,565 somoni per capita. In 2017, it amounted to 61.93 bln somoni or 6,000,840 somoni for each resident of the country.

According to the Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan, the country’s total external debt at the beginning of April this year amounted to $2.9 bln, or $307 per capita.