Survey: Tajik courts among institutions cited in corruption complaints
Tajikistan’s highest judicial bodies are among the institutions most frequently cited in public complaints about corruption, according to the results of a nationwide survey conducted in 2025.
The survey, carried out by the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan and the Anti-Corruption Agency under the President of Tajikistan among 10,000 citizens, found that 6,5% of respondents who said they had encountered corruption identified judicial institutions as the source of those experiences.
Respondents named the Supreme Court, the High Economic Court, regional, city and district courts, as well as military courts, as institutions where they had encountered or alleged requests for bribes. Economic courts, which handle commercial and financial disputes, were also cited in complaints.
Of all respondents who encountered corruption, 6,5% specifically named judicial structures as corrupt.
Below is the percentage of people who named specific judicial structures where they encountered corruption:
Judicial institutions cited by respondents as places where they encountered corruption (%)
35% of respondents encountered corruption
Overall, more than 35% of those surveyed said they had encountered corruption in some form, while about 26% said they had been forced to pay bribes.
Asia-Plus requested comment from the Supreme Court regarding the survey’s findings on alleged corruption in the judiciary, but had not received a response by the time of publication.
The survey results come amid several high-profile corruption cases involving members of the judiciary. In February, former Jaloliddini-Balkhi district judge Samandari Qalandar was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of accepting a 50,000-somoni bribe.
Although the survey was conducted in 2025, its findings have only recently been made public.
The survey, carried out by the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan and the Anti-Corruption Agency under the President of Tajikistan among 10,000 citizens, found that 6,5% of respondents who said they had encountered corruption identified judicial institutions as the source of those experiences.
Respondents named the Supreme Court, the High Economic Court, regional, city and district courts, as well as military courts, as institutions where they had encountered or alleged requests for bribes. Economic courts, which handle commercial and financial disputes, were also cited in complaints.
Of all respondents who encountered corruption, 6,5% specifically named judicial structures as corrupt.
Below is the percentage of people who named specific judicial structures where they encountered corruption:
Judicial institutions cited by respondents as places where they encountered corruption (%)
| Judicial Institution | Percentage |
| All judicial institutions (overall) | 25,3% |
| Regional, city and district courts | 24,6% |
| Supreme Court | 18,2% |
| Military courts | 13,2% |
| High Economic Court | 9,6% |
| Regional economic courts and the Dushanbe Economic Court | 6,1% |
Overall, more than 35% of those surveyed said they had encountered corruption in some form, while about 26% said they had been forced to pay bribes.
Asia-Plus requested comment from the Supreme Court regarding the survey’s findings on alleged corruption in the judiciary, but had not received a response by the time of publication.
The survey results come amid several high-profile corruption cases involving members of the judiciary. In February, former Jaloliddini-Balkhi district judge Samandari Qalandar was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of accepting a 50,000-somoni bribe.
Although the survey was conducted in 2025, its findings have only recently been made public.
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