FinObservatory

Cross-border banking exposure / Tajikistan

What the world’s banks lend to Tajikistan

The funding view: cross-border claims of BIS-reporting banks on Tajikistan, from the locational statistics (LBS, by lender residence), with the consolidated claims by bank nationality (CBS) alongside. BIS-reporting banks held $803M of cross-border claims on Tajikistan in Q4 2025, up from $1M when the series begins in Q4 1993.

$803M
LBS cross-border claims
Q4 2025, all reporters
−$658M
Change since 2019
−45.0% vs Q4 2019
$569M
LBS liabilities to Tajikistan
Q4 2025, banks’ funding from
$5M
CBS international claims
Q4 2025, nationality basis

Cross-border claims on Tajikistan, Q4 1993Q4 2025

LBS cross-border claims of all reporting banks on Tajikistan, in USD billions, quarterly. The GFC and COVID quarters are shaded. This is the residence view, where a claim counts by where the lending bank sits, so a claim on Tajikistan booked from any reporting jurisdiction is included.

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Source: BIS Locational Banking Statistics (WS_LBS_D_PUB), BIS Data Portal (data.bis.org). Selection: cross-border claims (measure C), all reporting countries (5A) vs Tajikistan as counterparty, all instruments, all currencies, all counterparty sectors, quarterly, amounts outstanding. License: free with “Source: BIS” attribution. Values shown in USD billions; raw BIS unit is USD millions. Methodology

Consolidated claims by bank nationality

CBS international claims on Tajikistan in Q4 2025, broken out by the nationality of the lending banks (where the parent is headquartered, worldwide-consolidated, immediate-counterparty basis). The top 4 reporting banking systems shown account for $2M of the $5M consolidated total. This is a different measure from the residence-based claims above and is not additive with them.

Bank nationalityInternational claims
CHE Switzerland$2M
TUR Türkiye$0.07M
AUT Austria$0.05M
BRA Brazil$0.01M

Source: BIS Consolidated Banking Statistics (WS_CBS_PUB), BIS Data Portal (data.bis.org). Selection: international claims (measure I, domestic banks 4B, immediate-counterparty basis F), individual reporting banking system by nationality vs Tajikistan as counterparty, latest quarter, amounts outstanding. License: free with “Source: BIS” attribution. CBS carries claims only; it has no liabilities measure by design. Methodology

Back to the cross-border overview, or Tajikistan’s full financial profile on its country page. See the methodology for LBS versus CBS and the exact selections.