1. Diverging pathsSri Lanka and Tajikistan

   Sri Lanka and Tajikistan: similar GDP per person in 1990, 2.9 times apart in 2025

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   Output per person a year, in 2021 dollars adjusted for price differences: $4,600 in Sri Lanka and $4,200 in Tajikistan in 1990; $14,600 and $5,100 in 2025. Sri Lanka grew 3.2-fold; Tajikistan rose 21%.

   Source: World Bank (WDI, ITU and UNESCO data); UN WPP 2024Open on the chart →

More findings

• Tajikistan: more babies born than in South Korea
• Tajikistan: 19 thousand more people died than usual in 2020–2021; officially 125 died of COVID
• Tajikistan: the share of adults with obesity has overtaken the share going hungry
• Sri Lanka: the share of adults with obesity has overtaken the share going hungry
• Goals to lengthen lives: 7 of 13 came true on time. Sri Lanka expected 80 years by 2016 and had 76.1
• Tajikistan: women are in higher education 2.3 times as often as in 2010, yet fewer of them work

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