Tajikistan: 0 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Tajikistan’s highest peak towers 2,852 m above Uzbekistan’s

Tajikistan: 7,495 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 28% of Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 28% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

Uzbekistan has 3.4 times as many people as Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 10.8 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Uzbekistan is 9% more densely populated than Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 78 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Uzbekistan is 5 years older than in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 21.9 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Women in Uzbekistan have 0.5 more children on average than in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 3.04 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

6.1% of people in Uzbekistan are 65 or older, versus 4.1% in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 4.1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Tajikistan hosts 5,922 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Tajikistan: 0.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are practically level

Tajikistan: 0 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are practically level

Tajikistan: 2 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

Uzbekistan’s economy is 8.3 times the size of Tajikistan’s

Tajikistan: $17.7 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

Uzbekistan produces 2.3 times as much per person as Tajikistan

Tajikistan: Int$5,923 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tajikistan than in Uzbekistan (Gini 3.4 points higher)

Tajikistan: 36.1 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

6.1% of people in Tajikistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.3% in Uzbekistan

Tajikistan: 6.1% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment is 6.9% in Tajikistan, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Tajikistan: 6.9% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Tajikistan 1.5%

Tajikistan: 1.5% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are practically level

Tajikistan: 10.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Uzbekistan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Tajikistan’s

Tajikistan: 28% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Uzbekistan spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as Tajikistan

Tajikistan: $85 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

A baby in Tajikistan is 84% more likely to die before turning one than in Uzbekistan

Tajikistan: 23.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Uzbekistan has 50% more doctors per person than Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Uzbekistan has 21% more hospital beds per person than Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 44% higher than in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 21% in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 21% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Tajikistan: no data · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 0.69 points higher than in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 5.59 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Adults in Uzbekistan drink 3.1 times as much alcohol as in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 0.7 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Uzbekistan has 44% more meat per person than Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 32.9 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Uzbekistan has 586 kcal more food per person per day than Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 2,712 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tajikistan put in 36 more hours a year than in Uzbekistan

Tajikistan: 2,134 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 0.64 years longer than in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 11.3 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tajikistan: no data · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

Uzbekistan has 3 more World Heritage sites than Tajikistan (8 against 5)

Tajikistan: 5 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Tajikistan 7

Tajikistan: 7 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 56% in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 56% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 3.3 times as fast as in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 65 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are practically level

Tajikistan: 99.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 100% (2024)

51% of people in Uzbekistan live in cities, versus 26% in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 26% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Uzbekistan has 110 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tajikistan 76

Tajikistan: 76 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 7.6 times as long as Tajikistan’s

Tajikistan: 620 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Airlines from Uzbekistan fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 0.06 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Forest covers 8.8% of Uzbekistan, but only 3.1% of Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 3.1% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 3.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 1 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

94% of Tajikistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Tajikistan: 94.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

The air in Tajikistan carries 9% more fine dust than in Uzbekistan

Tajikistan: 32.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 57% more likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan than in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 0.9 per 100k (2020) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Tajikistan are 27% deadlier than in Uzbekistan

Tajikistan: 16.5 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Uzbekistan is on average 13.3 °C warmer than Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Tajikistan gets 3.1 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Tajikistan: 679 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)