Tajikistan & Pollution
Health and Economic Impacts
Average % of Deaths from Pollution
High-Income Countries 7.3%
Upper-Middle-Income Countries 10.3%
Lower-Middle-Income Countries 14.7%
Low-Income Countries 19.2%
The Lancet Commission on pollution and health
provides data related to the health and economic
costs of pollution for 190 countries. It also gives
specifics on the inequity of pollutionâs impact, and
provides an overview of solutions implemented or
possible to reduce the burden of pollution.
The Commissionâs lead authors have prepared this
brief summary of pollutionâs impact specifically in
Tajikistan.
Causes and Risks of Deaths â Tajikistan
Burden of Disease Data - Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME); Economic Data - Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health
Pollution in the air, water, and soil was responsible for 19.6 % of all deaths in Tajikistan.
Health Impact
In 2015, the report indicates that 7,600 Tajikistan
residents died from pollution-related disease. That
is over 16 times more than deaths from HIV, TB
and malaria combined.
Economic Impact
The economic costs of pollution to Tajikistan are
calculated in two ways:
The costs of lost productivity from pollution-
related diseases are estimated to be between .35%
and .5% of gross domestic product (GDP).
When a willingness-to-pay method is used to
estimate the amount that people would be willing
to pay to avoid premature death due to pollution-
related disease, the total value is estimated to be
US $600 million, which is approximately 5.6% of
Tajikistanâs economic output.
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