Uzbekistan
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 37.1M (2025). World rank 42 of 216; in Asia, 17 of 49. Area: 447,400 km². World rank 58 of 249; in Asia, 15 of 50. GDP per person: $3,968 (2025). World rank 151 of 210 (1 = best); in Asia, 33 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 30.7M → 37.1M, GDP $97.6B → $147B, and GDP per person $3,173 → $3,968.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Uzbekistan
- Local name
- Узбекистан
- Capital
- Tashkent
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Shavkat Mirziyoyev
- Head of government
- Shavkat Mirziyoyev
- Independence
- September 1, 1991
- Women in parliament
- 38% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 37,053,428 2025
- Area
- 447,400 km²
- GDP
- $147B 2025
- GDP per person
- $3,968 2025
- Life expectancy
- 72.5 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Russian, Uzbek
- Currency
- Uzbekistani Som (UZS)
- Time zones
- UTC+5
- Calling code
- +998
- Emergency numbers
- 112
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F, I
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
- Agricultural land
- 59% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Khazret Sultan, 4,643 m
- Lowest point
- Sarygamysh Lake, -12 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 14
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 29°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 0°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 206 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 82.8 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.9% 2025
- Living in cities
- 51% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -7K 2025
- Born in another country
- 3.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 31.3% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 62.6% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 6.1% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 75.6 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 69.6 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 3.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 25.6 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 88%, Orthodox 9%, and other 3%
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 48.1 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 34.1 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 48.3 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 46.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 34.8 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $13,601 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +7.7% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $3,670 2025
- Inflation
- +8.8% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 29 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 16.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 32.5% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 46.5% 2025
- Unemployment
- 4.6% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 11.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 41.2% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 22% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 35.4% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -3.9% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +3% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 14.4% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 11% 2023
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 32.7 2025
- Living on under $3 a day
- 2.3% 2025
Education
- Adult literacy
- 100% 2022
- Primary school enrolment
- 121% 2025
- Secondary school enrolment
- 98.1% 2025
- Higher education enrolment
- 59.8% 2025
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.5% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 6.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $192 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 64.1% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2.8 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 11.1 2020
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 4.9 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 99% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 12.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 13.4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 26 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 7.5% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 62.5% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 16.3% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 97.3% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 96.6% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 94% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.4 2021
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 11.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 8.3 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 67.4 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, floods, droughts, landslides, and avalanches
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 32.8 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 4.1 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 6.3 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 8.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 14.1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 468 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 123% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 89.5% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 110 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 34.7 2024
- Internet domain
- .uz
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 2,097 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 1% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 7.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 84.8% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 4,849,939 2023
- Airports
- 74 2025
- Railways, km
- 4,642 2018
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 640 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 4,624 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 507 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 1.7% 2024