Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Tajikistan (Ratification: 1993)

Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention. Employment, unemployment and underemployment statistics. Statistics on the structure and distribution of the economically active population. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report indicating that indicators for the labour force (previously referred to as the “economically active population”), including on employment, unemployment and time-related underemployment, are derived from the Labour Force Surveys (LFS) which are regularly conducted. The Committee notes that Tajikistan carried out its third LFS in 2016, and the data collected has been communicated to the ILO Department of Statistics for dissemination through the ILOSTAT website. The Government provides information regarding the methodology used as well as a detailed analysis of the results of the 2016 LFS. In this respect, the Committee notes with interest the Government’s indication that the primary difference between the 2016 LFS and the prior LFS conducted in 2004 and 2009 is that the 2016 LFS embraces the new approach to labour statistics adopted at the 19th ICLS in October 2013. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide updated information on the labour statistics compiled and disseminated as well as on the methodology used. Noting that no information is provided in relation to the population census, the Committee draws the attention of the Government to its obligation to communicate statistical data to the ILO, whether in statistical publications or its National Statistics Office website. It also once again reiterates its request that the Government provide the data collected from the most recent population censuses (Article 5) and the methodological information utilized (Article 6). The Government is also once again requested to provide information regarding plans for conducting the next round of the population census.

Article 9. Statistics of average earnings and hours of work. Statistics of wages and normal hours of work. The Government indicates that the Statistics Office collects and publishes monthly data on average earnings and hours actually worked, broken down by branch of the economy and region. The Government also notes that the Statistics Office collects and publishes annual data on average earnings, disaggregated by gender, type of economic activity and region. Annual data on earnings is published in the “Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Tajikistan” under the section headed “Earnings”, the electronic version of which can be found on the Office’s website. The Committee further notes the information provided by the Government on working hours (based on the normal working week) collected under the LFS. In addition, the Government transmitted data on nominal average monthly earnings by type of economic activity (for 2019) and by sex. The Government also reports that the national Office of Statistics collects and publishes quarterly data on the number of workers by recruitment, wage structure and distribution and on recruitment by territory, as well as data on the hours worked in different branches of the economy. The Committee notes that the Government has provided data on ‘hours worked’ disaggregated by economic activity. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide statistics of average monthly earnings disaggregated by sex, region and economic activity. It further requests the Government to provide information concerning annual statistics of hours of work, together with the corresponding methodological descriptions, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention. In respect of Article 9(2), the Committee once again requests the Government to inform the ILO of any developments with regard to the collection of time rates of wages and normal hours covering important occupations or groups of occupations in important branches of economic activity.

Article 10. The Committee notes that the report does not respond to the Committee’s previous request. The Committee therefore reiterates its request that the Government provide information on further developments, if any, in relation to the structure and distribution of earnings.

Article 12. Consumer price index. The Committee notes that consumer price index (CPI) information is published on a monthly basis by the national Office of Statistics and disseminated on its website in the form of text, tables, and charts, in accordance with the United Nations Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP). Information on the CPI is regularly included in the monthly publication, “Socio-economic Status of the Republic of Tajikistan”, and annual statistical publications, as well as on the official website of the Office of Statistics. The Committee invites the Government to communicate statistical data compiled on the consumer price index to the Office.

Article 13. Statistics of household expenditure. The Committee once again notes that the Government compiles and publishes statistics on household income and expenditure in the quarterly household budget survey. In this respect, the Government indicates that a nationwide survey of 3,000 household budgets is under way. It adds that the new modules of the survey relating to the labour market and employment have been developed in accordance with the recommendations of the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians and its adopted Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization. The Committee further notes that the statistics derived from the quarterly Household Budgets Survey are set out in the quarterly publication “Food Security and Poverty” and the annual publication “Main Indicators of the Household Budgets Survey”, as well as on the national Office of Statistics website. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on household income and expenditure statistics.

Articles 14 and 15. Statistics of occupational injuries. Industrial disputes. The Government reports that it compiles and publishes statistics of occupational injuries annually. Statistics on occupational injuries are included in the annual publication of the national Office of Statistics and can be accessed on its website. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that it does not, however, gather or process on industrial disputes. The Committee reiterates its request that the Government communicate information to the ILO of any developments concerning the extent to which effect may be given to these Articles in the future, in order to compile and provide statistics and relevant methodological information, in accordance with Article 16(4).

Article 16(4). Provision of information on obligations under Articles not accepted at the time of ratification. The Committee notes that the Government regularly communicates to the ILO Department of Statistics information concerning the topics covered by Articles 11–14 of the Convention, despite its not having accepted these provisions (Article 16(4)).  The Committee therefore invites the Government to consider the possibility of accepting the obligations under Articles 11–14, in accordance with Article 16(3), and requests the Government to provide information to the Office regarding any developments in this respect. In addition, the Committee invites the Government to continue to provide updated information and statistics referred to under Articles 11–14 of the Convention.