UZBEKISTAN

Capital Tashkent
Area (km2) 447 400
Total population (thousands, 2017) 32 389
Population density (per km2) 72
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, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 46%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings ..
   hourly wage ..
Women in part-time employment
   percentage of employed women ..
Female tertiary students, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 40%
Female victims of homicide
   percentage of total for both sexes ..
Women researchers, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 41%
Life expectancy at birth, 2017
   females, years 76.1
   males, years 71.3
Life expectancy at 65, 2017
   females, years 16.7
   males, years 14.3
Total fertility rate, 2017
   average number of children per woman 2.4
Adolescent fertility rate, 2017
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 19.0
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2017
   age in years 23.8
 
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
2.6
2.5
2.4
1.9
1.8
1.7
Unemployment rate
 (%)
4.9
4.9
5.1
5.2
5.2
5.8
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
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GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2017 180 712
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2017 5 663
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP ..
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP ..
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP ..
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   UZS per USD, US=1, 2018 1 761.405
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 7
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 2
Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2000 3 472
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2018 42 695
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 261
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 70
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2018 4 329
      million tonne-kilometres, 2015 22 935
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2018 121 600
      million tonne-kilometres, 2015 33 916