UZBEKISTAN

Capital Tashkent
Area (km2) 447 400
Total population (thousands, 2021) 34 915
Population density (per km2) 78
National currency Uzbekistani sum (UZS)
National statistical office www.stat.uz
State Committee on Statistics of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Women in the labour force, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 43%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2019 36%
   hourly wage ..
Women in part-time employment
   percentage of employed women ..
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 46%
Female victims of homicide
   percentage of total for both sexes ..
Women researchers, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 41%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 75.8
   males, years 71.7
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 19.9
   males, years 17.3
Total fertility rate, 2019
   average number of children per woman 2.8
Adolescent fertility rate, 2019
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 24.3
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2019
   age in years 23.7
 
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.7
-1.8
2.0
-2.3
2.3
1.5
Unemployment rate
 (%)
5.8
9.3
9.0
10.5
9.6
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
..
..
..
..
..
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GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2021 298 239
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 8 863
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 27.3
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 44.3
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 6 769
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   UZS per USD, US=1, 2021 2 475.950
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 7
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 2

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2000 3 472
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2021 42 869
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2022 282
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2022 69
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2021 3 130
      million tonne-kilometres, 2015 22 935
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2021 127 872
      million tonne-kilometres, 2015 33 916