Tajikistan claimed first place among Central Asia’s countries in the 2024 Energy Transition Index, an annual report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The country is ranked 71st among 120 countries with an Energy Transition Index (ETI) of 53.6.

This score allowed Tajikistan to surpass neighboring Kazakhstan (98th place with 50.1 points) and Kyrgyzstan (80th place with 52.7 points).

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan were not included in the ranking.

The leader among CIS and Caspian region countries in 2024 was Azerbaijan, which was ranked 38th with a score of 60.3.

In 2024, the Scandinavian countries were among the leading nations worldwide, ranked according to their ETI.  Sweden was ranked first, with an ETI score of 78.4, while Denmark and Finland were rated second and third, respectively, with slightly lower scores of 75.2 and 74.5, respectively. 

The global average score was 56.5, only slightly above Tajikistan's result.

ETI is a score of how well a country is doing in its energy transition.  It benchmarks 120 countries on the performance of their energy system, as well as their readiness for transition to a secure, sustainable, affordable, and reliable energy future.  ETI scores on a scale from 0 to 100.

The World Economic Forum’s Fostering Effective Energy Transition report for 2024 says countries across the world have reached record highs in their Energy Transition Index scores.  However, economic volatility, heightened geopolitical tensions and technological shifts have led to a slowdown in the pace of the transition.

The annual report produced by the Forum, in collaboration with Accenture, says 107 of the 120 countries surveyed have demonstrated progress on their energy transition journeys in the past decade.