| Economy of Uzbekistan |
| Currency |
1 som (UZS) = 100 tiyin |
| Fiscal year |
Calendar year |
| Trade organisations |
CIS and ECO; observer status in WTO |
| Statistics |
| GDP ranking |
79th (2007 est.) [1] |
| GDP (PPP) |
$62.27 billion (2007 est.) |
| GDP growth |
7.3% (2006) |
| GDP per capita (PPP) |
$2,200 (2007 est.) |
| GDP by sector |
agriculture (24%), industry and construction (27%), services (49%) (2006) |
| Inflation |
3.7% (2004), 7.8% (2005), 6.8% (2006) |
| Population |
26.7 million (Jan. 1, 2007) |
| Pop below poverty line |
33% (2004 est.) |
| Labor force |
14.8 million (2006) |
| Employed in the economy |
10.5 million (2006) |
| Labour force by occupation |
agriculture (28%), industry and construction (21%), services (51%) (2006) |
| Unemployment |
0.8% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2007 est.) |
| Main industries |
textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, natural gas, chemicals |
| Trading partners |
| Exports |
$6.4 billion (2006) |
| Main partners |
Russia 23.7%, Poland 11.6%, China 10.4%, Turkey 7.6%, Kazakhstan 5.9%, Ukraine 4.7%, Bangladesh 4.3% (2006) |
| Imports |
$4.4 billion (2006) |
| Main partners |
Russia 27.6%, South Korea 15.1%, China 10.3%, Germany 7.8%, Kazakhstan 7.2%, Ukraine 4.7%, Turkey 4.5% (2006) |
| Public finances |
| Public debt |
24.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
| Revenues |
$6.584 billion (2007 est.) |
| Expenses |
$6.652 billion (2007 est.) |
| Economic aid |
$172.3 million from the U.S. (2005) |
| Main sources: CIA World Factbook 2008, State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics 2006 |
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