REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN: FACTSHEET
Official Name | Republic of Uzbekistan |
Capital | Tashkent |
Area | 447,400 square kilometers (172,700 sq. miles) |
Currency Exchange rate with US$ | Uzbek Soum (often spelled as ‘Sum’) US$1 = Soum 9300 (approx.) |
GDP | USD 49.7 billion in 2018 (source: World Bank) |
GDP Growth Rate | 5.2% in 2019 forecast (source: ADB) |
Unemployment | 5.8% (source: State Statistics Committee 2018) |
GDP per capita | US$ 1532.4 in 2018; (source: World Bank) US$ 7020.3 for 2018 at Purchasing Power Parity |
Forest Cover | 32087.8 Sq KM (source: World Bank 2016), |
CO2 emission | 3.42 metric tonnes per Capita (2014) (source : World Bank) |
Tourist Arrivals | 6.433 million (2018) |
Population | 33.3 million (estimate as in January 2019) |
Age Profile | Age 0-15 – 9 116 500 (30%) Age 16-29 – 8 723 400 (28.5%) Age 0-29 – 17 839 900 (58.5%) Age 30 & above – 41.5% |
Life expectancy | 70/75 Yrs. (m/f) (2016), (source: WHO) |
Languages | Uzbek (official) 74.3%; Other languages: Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% |
Ethnic Groups | 75.8% Uzbeks, 6% Russians, 4.1% Kazakhs, 4.8 Tajiks, 1.6% Tatars, 0.9% Kyrgyz and 6.8% other nationalities. |
Religion | Muslims 88% (Mostly Sunni) – others consist of Christians, Jews and Buddhists |
Internet penetration | 20 Million in 2018 (source: Min of ICT) |
Mobile phones | 22.8 Million in 2018 (source: Min of ICT) |
Urbanisation | 36% (source: World Bank 2017) |
Political Structure | Presidential Republic, Bicameral legislature called Oliy Majlis - Upper House (Senate) with 100 members and a Lower Chamber (Legislative Chamber) with 150 members. |
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Head of State
(President) | Mr. Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev |
Head of Government (Prime Minister) | Mr. Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov |
Economy | Uzbekistan’s economy is mainly based on agricultural exports and services. Its foreign earnings depend on export of raw material – major share being of gold, natural gas, cotton, other minerals and cars; and on remittances from some 2 million Uzbek citizens (estimated) working in Russia |
Exports | US$14.2 billion (2018) |
Imports | US$ 19.5 billion (2018) |
Main Trade Partners | China, Russia, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Turkey |
Exports to India | US$ 23.3 million (2018) |
Imports from India | US$ 261.3 million (2018) |
Indian Community | Total: Approx. 200 members of Indian diaspora. |