Electric power infrastructure in Tajikistan. Photo: Asia-Plus
Tajikistan significantly increased electricity exports to neighboring countries in 2025. Total exports reached 5.356 billion kilowatt-hours, up 37.3 percent, or 1.454 billion kilowatt-hours, from the previous year, according to the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, cited by Asia-Plus.
The main buyers of Tajik electricity were Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan:
· Afghanistan received 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours worth 742 million somoni ($79.1 million), accounting for more than 80 percent of exports to these three countries;
· Uzbekistan imported 895 million kilowatt-hours valued at 170 million somoni ($18.1 million);
· Kyrgyzstan imported 12 million kilowatt-hours worth 1 million somoni ($106,600).
In total, electricity exports to these three countries generated 913 million somoni ($97.3 million) in revenue, with combined deliveries amounting to 2.7 billion kilowatt-hours.
The ministry noted that more than 90 percent of exported electricity was supplied between April and September, when river flows are higher.
Overall electricity generation in Tajikistan in 2025 reached nearly 24 billion kilowatt-hours, exceeding the previous year’s output by 6.5 percent.
At the same time, Tajikistan sharply increased electricity imports. In 2025, the country purchased 2.7 billion kilowatt-hours—67 percent more than a year earlier. Of this volume, 2.688 billion kilowatt-hours were imported from Uzbekistan during the winter months. Another 13.9 million kilowatt-hours came from Kyrgyzstan, to which Tajikistan sells electricity in the summer.
Electricity losses last year amounted to about 4 billion kilowatt-hours, or 15 percent of total generation, a reduction of 3.6 percentage points compared with 2024.
