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Uzbekistan

UZ

Tashkent · pop. 38M · Russian, Uzbek · Uzbekistani soʻm · landlocked

Trajectories

economic complexity

#70

Climbing the complexity rankings, from #89 in 1995.

2024 · 0.22

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
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1995−0.30
1996−0.01+0.28 pts
1997−0.20−0.19 pts
1998−0.08+0.12 pts
19990.02+0.10 pts
2000−0.33−0.35 pts
2001−0.38−0.06 pts
2002−0.40−0.02 pts
2003−0.49−0.09 pts
2004−0.55−0.06 pts
2005−0.50+0.05 pts
2006−0.57−0.07 pts
2007−0.67−0.10 pts
2008−0.64+0.03 pts
2009−0.96−0.32 pts
2010−0.84+0.12 pts
2011low−0.97−0.13 pts
2012−0.73+0.24 pts
2013−0.88−0.15 pts
2014−0.57+0.31 pts
2015−0.71−0.14 pts
2016−0.64+0.07 pts
2017−0.40+0.24 pts
2018−0.50−0.10 pts
2019−0.53−0.03 pts
2020−0.27+0.26 pts
2021−0.17+0.10 pts
20220.02+0.19 pts
20230.20+0.19 pts
2024latest0.22+0.02 pts

economic momentum

$3,162

Quadrupled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $3,162

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990$653
1991$658+0.8%
1992$603−8.4%
1993$596−1.2%
1994$574−3.6%
1995$583+1.4%
1996$597+2.5%
1997$621+3.9%
1998$621+0.1%
1999$698+12.4%
2000$555−20.4%
2001$454−18.1%
2002low$381−16.1%
2003$394+3.3%
2004$462+17.3%
2005$543+17.5%
2006$649+19.6%
2007$824+26.9%
2008$1,075+30.4%
2009$1,206+12.2%
2010$1,753+45.4%
2011$2,088+19.1%
2012$2,307+10.5%
2013$2,462+6.7%
2014$2,675+8.7%
2015$2,803+4.8%
2016$2,753−1.8%
2017$2,191−20.4%
2018$1,813−17.2%
2019$2,041+12.6%
2020$1,978−3.1%
2021$2,259+14.2%
2022$2,579+14.2%
2023$2,879+11.6%
2024latest$3,162+9.8%

prices

9.6%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 9.6%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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201113.8%
201213.2%−0.57 pts
201311.8%−1.37 pts
20149.3%−2.56 pts
20158.8%−0.53 pts
2016low8.1%−0.62 pts
201713.9%+5.74 pts
2018high17.5%+3.65 pts
201914.5%−3.00 pts
202012.9%−1.66 pts
202110.8%−2.02 pts
202211.4%+0.60 pts
202310.0%−1.49 pts
2024latest9.6%−0.33 pts

demographic curve

3.5 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 5.0 in 1980.

2024 · 3.5

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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19606.6
19616.8+2.1%
1962high6.9+1.9%
19636.8−1.0%
19646.8+0.2%
19656.8−0.2%
19666.7−2.2%
19676.6−1.4%
19686.4−2.6%
19696.3−0.9%
19706.3−0.4%
19716.3−0.5%
19726.2−0.6%
19736.2−1.3%
19746.1−1.8%
19755.9−2.2%
19765.7−2.9%
19775.5−3.6%
19785.3−4.7%
19795.2−2.3%
19805.0−2.3%
19814.9−2.7%
19824.8−1.8%
19834.7−2.1%
19844.7+0.3%
19854.7−0.8%
19864.7−0.3%
19874.5−3.1%
19884.3−5.9%
19894.1−3.8%
19904.1+0.5%
19914.2+1.6%
19924.1−3.2%
19933.9−4.8%
19943.7−5.3%
19953.6−2.6%
19963.4−4.9%
19973.2−6.1%
19983.0−6.3%
19992.8−5.2%
20002.7−4.8%
20012.6−3.2%
20022.6−1.3%
20032.5−2.8%
20042.5−0.3%
20052.4−2.3%
20062.5+0.9%
20072.6+4.6%
20082.6+2.4%
20092.6−2.9%
20102.4−4.6%
20112.4−3.6%
2012low2.3−0.7%
20132.4+4.6%
20142.5+4.1%
20152.6+1.5%
20162.6−0.7%
20172.6+0.2%
20182.7+5.6%
20192.9+5.8%
20203.1+6.7%
20213.3+6.9%
20223.4+3.8%
20233.5+3.1%
2024latest3.5−0.4%

Metrics

  1. population
    38M
    38 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $103B
    69 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $2,879
    120 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. area
    447K km²
    59 of 176
    REST Countries
  5. population density
    85.0 /km²
    77 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  6. life expectancy
    72.4 yr
    99 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  7. internet access
    89%
    51 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  8. co₂ per capita
    4.1 t
    57 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  9. urbanisation
    51%
    118 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  10. fertility rate
    3.5
    41 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  11. foreign-born share
    3.2%
    93 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. remittances % of gdp
    14%
    16 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  13. r&d % of gdp
    0.1%
    115 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  14. researchers per million
    640
    65 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  15. scientific articles / yr
    2.2K
    69 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  16. high-tech exports %
    2%
    127 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  17. gini inequality
    32.7
    47 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  18. youth unemployment
    11%
    74 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  19. adult literacy
    100%
    9 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  20. democracy (v-dem)
    0.08
    141 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  21. clean government
    32
    111 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  22. press freedom
    50.7
    142 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  23. human development
    0.740
    88 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  24. refugees hosted
    8.5K
    93 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  25. refugees produced
    5.2K
    69 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data

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