Tajikistan
	Following the dismantling of USSR the entire former Soviet region of Central Asia was subject to violent upheaval and is presently experiencing an intensive reorganization. From December 1992 Tajikistan has been subject to a bloody civil war opposing regional clans. The United Nations intervention in 1997 assured a political solution of the conflict. In addition to the progressive reinsertion of members of rebel groups in governmental structures, the peace agreeements succeeded in provoking a constitutional reform and a new president was elected in 1999.

 

Total population (1999) : 6 million Illiteracy rate (2000) : 0.8 % Total expenditures for education (in % of GNP) : 2.2 % (1996) Pupil/teacher ratio : 24 (1996-97)