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Official name:
Republic of Uzbekistan
Region:

    General Information
    Region    Central Asia
    Population (000, 2025)   37 053a
    Pop. density (per km2, 2025)   87.1a
    Capital city    Tashkent
    Capital city pop. (000, 2025)   2 490.3c
    UN membership date    2 March 1992
    Surface area (km2)   448 969b
    Sex ratio (m per 100 f)   101.8a
    National currency    Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
    Exchange rate (per US$)   12 865.0d,e
    Economic indicators
    2015 2020 2025
    GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$) 86 196 60 225 90 889b
    GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)7.226b
    GDP per capita (current US$) 2 803.0 1 793.0 2 549.0b
    Economy: Agriculturef,g (% of Gross Value Added)31.826.824.3b
    Economy: Industryg (% of Gross Value Added)24.5h33.4h32.3b
    Economy: Services and other activityg,i (% of GVA)43.739.743.4b
    Employment in agriculturej (% of employed)15.714.413.9b
    Employment in industryj (% of employed)26.927.327.9b
    Employment in servicesj (% employed)57.358.358.2b
    Unemployment (% of labour force)5.25.34.5j
    Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %) 40.6 / 73.3j 39.1 / 72.0 39.2 / 71.9j
    CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)...173k,l382e
    Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)101106118b
    International trade: exports (million current US$) 5 052j 13 281j 31 856e
    International trade: imports (million current US$) 20 016j 20 020 55 524e
    International trade: balance (million current US$) - 14 963j - 6 740j - 23 668e
    Balance of payments, current account (million US$)896 - 3 028 - 5 738e
    Social indicators
    2015 2020 2025
    Population growth rate (average annual %)1.71.91.8a
    Urban population (% of total population)50.850.4c...
    Urban population growth rate (average annual %)1.5n......
    Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)2.63.13.4a
    Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years) 74.2 / 68.5 74.5 / 68.6 75.7 / 69.7a
    Population age distributiono (0-14/60+ years old, %) 28.3 / 7.5 29.7 / 8.6 31.3 / 9.7a
    International migrant stockp (000/% of total pop.) 1 170.9 / 3.8 1 162.0 / 3.5 1 155.0 / 3.2e
    Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)86.892.831.5q,e
    Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)20.11514.4a
    Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)4.76.77.4r
    Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)2.42.3...
    Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.) 96.4 / 97.3 98.5 / 98.7 94.3 / 94.6e
    Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio  (f/m per 100 pop.) 93.5 / 94.2 96.0 / 96.5 97.3 / 97.4e
    Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.) 89.7 / 90.1 97.3 / 94.1j,c 94.3 / 96.5e
    Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)1.61.31.4s
    Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)1632t38t
    Environment and infrastructure indicators
    2015 2020 2025
    Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)42.8j71.1u89u,b
    Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)0.20.10.2r
    Threatened species (number)546274e
    Forested area (% of land area)8.18.48.5r
    CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita) 100.2 / 3.3 103.9 / 3.1 116.8 / 3.3r
    Energy production, primary (Petajoules) 2 058 1 730 1 983r
    Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)565358r
    Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000) 1 918 1 504 5 233r
    Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)14.220.922.2e
    Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %) 87.7 / 56.5 88.6 / 66.8 88.8 / 70.7r
    Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %) 64.2 / 84.4 63.6 / 85.5 63.4 / 85.9r
    Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)0.522.421.33b
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