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General Information

Region		Central Asia
Population (000, 2024)		36 362^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		85.5^a
Capital city		Tashkent
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		2 490.3^c
UN membership date		02 March 1992
Surface area (km2)		448 969^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.8^a
National currency		Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
Exchange rate (per US$)		12 340.0^d,e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	86 196	60 225	80 392^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	7.2	2	5.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 785.1	1 796.3	2 321.6^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	31.8	26.8	25.2^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	24.5	33.4	33.4^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	43.7	39.7	41.5^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	27.5	26.9	25.9^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	22.9	23.7	24.2^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	49.6	49.4	49.9^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	5.2	5.3	4.3^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	40.9 / 73.4^j	39.5 / 72.2	39.8 / 72.7^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k,l (2010=100)	...	173	235^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	105	113^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	5 052^j	13 281	19 649^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	20 016^j	20 020	35 515^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 14 963^j	- 6 740	- 15 866^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	896	- 3 028	- 7 788^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.7	1.9	1.9^a
Urban population (% of total population)	50.8	50.4^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.5ⁿ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.6	3.1	3.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	74.2 / 68.5	74.5 / 68.6	75.5 / 69.6^a
Population age distribution^o (0-14/60+ years old, %)	28.3 / 7.5	29.7 / 8.6	31.1 / 9.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 170.9 / 3.8^p	1 162.0 / 3.5^p	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	86.8	92.8	38.4^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	20.1	15	14.8^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	4.7	6.8	7.7^q
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.4	2.8	2.8^q
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	5.5^j	4.9	4.6^q
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.7 / 98.7	99.2 / 99.8	94.2 / 94.5^e
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	92.7 / 93.5	98.3 / 98.9	99.5 / 99.9^e
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	90.6 / 91.3	79.2 / 76.9	65.5 / 67.3^e
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.6	1.3	1.4^q
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	16	32^r	34.6^r

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	42.8^j	71.1^s	83.9^s,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.2	0.1	0.2^b
Threatened species (number)	54	62	74^e
Forested area (% of land area)	8.1	8.4	8.4^q
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	100.2 / 3.2	104.1 / 3.1	114.8 / 3.4^q
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	2 058	1 730	2 042^q
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	56	54	59^q
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 918	1 504	5 233^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	13.2	19.4	20.5^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	87.7 / 56.5	88.6 / 66.8	88.8 / 70.7^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	64.2 / 84.4	63.6 / 85.5	63.4 / 85.9^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.52	2.45	1.67^q

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2019
d		UN operational exchange rate.
e		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		Base: 2016 = 100
m		Areas not elsewhere specified.
n		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
o		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
p		Including refugees.
q		2021
r		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
s		Population aged 10 years and over.