Europe & Central Asia · Lower middle income
Uzbekistan: the economy in numbers
Per person: $3,968, or $13,601 at purchasing power parity. Population: 37.1 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #61 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +7.8%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $24.2 billion in 1987, $147 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $1,277 per person in 1987, $3,968 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 6.0% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1988: 5 of 38.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 5.19 times from 2010 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 1,568% in 1994. Years with inflation above 100%: 4. The chart cuts the scale at 100%; “Full scale” shows everything.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1997: 40.4% of GDP in 2001. IMF forecast for 2031: 25.0%.
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2025 listed domestic companies were worth $23.7 billion, or 16.1% of GDP.
Population
1960: 8.21 million · 2025: 37.1 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 1.9% · 2025: 4.6%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 56.5 years · 2024: 72.5 years.
Exports of goods and services
1997: 27.1% · 2025: 22.0%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 5.7%f | 5.0%f | 25.0%f | ||||||||
| 2030 | 5.7%f | 5.0%f | 25.0%f | ||||||||
| 2029 | 5.8%f | 5.0%f | 25.0%f | ||||||||
| 2028 | 6.0%f | 5.0%f | 25.6%f | ||||||||
| 2027 | 6.5%f | 5.7%f | 26.4%f | ||||||||
| 2026 | 7.8%f | 6.9%f | 27.6%f | ||||||||
| 2025 | $147B | $3,968 | $13,601 | 7.7% | 8.8% | 28.6% | 37.1M | 4.6% | 16.1% | 22.0% | |
| 2024 | $121B | $3,337 | $12,518 | 6.7% | 9.6% | 30.9% | 36.4M | 4.4% | 15.5% | 72.5 | 21.6% |
| 2023 | $108B | $3,016 | $11,679 | 6.3% | 10.0% | 30.7% | 35.7M | 4.4% | 12.8% | 72.4 | 23.3% |
| 2022 | $94.3B | $2,699 | $10,809 | 6.1% | 11.4% | 29.2% | 34.9M | 4.5% | 8.9% | 72.1 | 22.2% |
| 2021 | $81.2B | $2,370 | $9,706 | 8.2% | 10.8% | 30.2% | 34.2M | 5.4% | 6.4% | 71.7 | 20.3% |
| 2020 | $70.1B | $2,088 | $8,920 | 1.6% | 12.9% | 31.9% | 33.6M | 5.3% | 7.5% | 71.5 | 20.8% |
| 2019 | $70.2B | $2,129 | $8,909 | 6.8% | 14.5% | 24.3% | 33M | 4.9% | 72.1 | 24.3% | |
| 2018 | $61.3B | $1,894 | $8,492 | 5.7% | 17.5% | 16.7% | 32.4M | 5.4% | 72.0 | 23.1% | |
| 2017 | $72.3B | $2,271 | $8,107 | 4.7% | 13.9% | 17.3% | 31.8M | 5.8% | 71.7 | 17.8% | |
| 2016 | $97.9B | $3,128 | $7,862 | 6.7% | 8.1% | 7.2% | 31.3M | 5.2% | 71.6 | 10.9% | |
| 2015 | $97.6B | $3,173 | $7,696 | 7.9% | 8.8% | 5.9% | 30.7M | 5.2% | 71.3 | 12.2% | |
| 2014 | $91.3B | $3,021 | $7,465 | 7.7% | 9.3% | 5.4% | 30.2M | 5.1% | 71.0 | 14.2% | |
| 2013 | $82.7B | $2,781 | $7,245 | 7.9% | 11.8% | 5.5% | 29.7M | 4.9% | 70.7 | 16.5% | |
| 2012 | $75.3B | $2,574 | $6,881 | 7.4% | 13.2% | 6.1% | 29.3M | 4.9% | 70.4 | 17.3% | |
| 2011 | $67.4B | $2,339 | $6,664 | 8.1% | 13.8% | 5.7% | 28.8M | 5.0% | 70.1 | 21.1% | |
| 2010 | $55.5B | $1,957 | $6,131 | 7.6% | 12.3% | 5.9% | 28.4M | 5.4% | 69.8 | 21.8% | |
| 2009 | $33.7B | $1,206 | $5,720 | 8.1% | 12.3% | 6.6% | 27.9M | 5.0% | 69.5 | 34.7% | |
| 2008 | $29.5B | $1,075 | $5,346 | 9.0% | 13.1% | 7.5% | 27.5M | 4.9% | 69.0 | 41.2% | |
| 2007 | $22.3B | $824 | $4,885 | 9.5% | 11.2% | 8.6% | 27.1M | 5.0% | 68.5 | 39.7% | |
| 2006 | $17.3B | $649 | $4,406 | 7.5% | 13.1% | 12.2% | 26.7M | 6.0% | 67.9 | 36.5% | |
| 2005 | $14.3B | $543 | $4,030 | 7.0% | 10.7% | 18.9% | 26.4M | 7.1% | 67.5 | 37.8% | |
| 2004 | $12B | $462 | $3,699 | 7.4% | 7.3% | 24.2% | 26M | 8.2% | 67.2 | 41.8% | |
| 2003 | $10.1B | $394 | $3,394 | 4.2% | 12.5% | 28.3% | 25.7M | 9.2% | 66.9 | 38.2% | |
| 2002 | $9.69B | $381 | $3,232 | 4.0% | 27.3% | 37.5% | 25.4M | 10.3% | 66.4 | 30.9% | |
| 2001 | $11.4B | $454 | $3,099 | 4.2% | 27.3% | 40.4% | 25.1M | 11.3% | 65.9 | 29.7% | |
| 2000 | $13.8B | $555 | $2,945 | 3.8% | 25.0% | 26.5% | 24.8M | 12.3% | 65.5 | 24.7% | |
| 1999 | $17.1B | $698 | $2,809 | 4.3% | 29.1% | 16.6% | 24.5M | 13.3% | 65.3 | 18.2% | |
| 1998 | $15B | $621 | $2,693 | 4.3% | 29.0% | 16.2% | 24.1M | 13.3% | 65.2 | 22.6% | |
| 1997 | $14.7B | $621 | $2,594 | 5.2% | 70.9% | 13.8% | 23.8M | 10.9% | 65.0 | 27.1% | |
| 1996 | $13.9B | $597 | $2,466 | 1.7% | 54.0% | 23.4M | 10.7% | 64.8 | |||
| 1995 | $13.4B | $583 | $2,426 | −0.9% | 304.6% | 22.9M | 7.8% | 64.7 | |||
| 1994 | $12.9B | $574 | $2,447 | −5.2% | 1,568% | 22.5M | 7.3% | 64.7 | |||
| 1993 | $13.1B | $596 | $2,581 | −2.3% | 534.2% | 22M | 4.9% | 64.9 | |||
| 1992 | $13B | $603 | $2,641 | −11.2% | 645.1% | 21.5M | 2.9% | 65.2 | |||
| 1991 | $13.8B | $658 | $2,981 | −0.5% | 21M | 1.9% | 65.5 | ||||
| 1990 | $13.4B | $653 | $2,968 | 1.6% | 20.5M | 65.8 | |||||
| 1989 | $11.9B | $598 | 3.1% | 20M | 65.8 | ||||||
| 1988 | $10.7B | $551 | 9.1% | 19.5M | 65.8 | ||||||
| 1987 | $8.52B | $450 | 18.9M | 65.5 | |||||||
| 1986 | 18.4M | 65.0 | |||||||||
| 1985 | 17.9M | 64.6 | |||||||||
| 1984 | 17.4M | 64.1 | |||||||||
| 1983 | 16.9M | 63.8 | |||||||||
| 1982 | 16.5M | 63.5 | |||||||||
| 1981 | 16M | 63.2 | |||||||||
| 1980 | 15.6M | 63.0 | |||||||||
| 1979 | 15.2M | 62.7 | |||||||||
| 1978 | 14.8M | 62.4 | |||||||||
| 1977 | 14.4M | 62.2 | |||||||||
| 1976 | 14M | 61.9 | |||||||||
| 1975 | 13.6M | 61.6 | |||||||||
| 1974 | 13.2M | 61.4 | |||||||||
| 1973 | 12.8M | 61.1 | |||||||||
| 1972 | 12.5M | 60.8 | |||||||||
| 1971 | 12.1M | 60.4 | |||||||||
| 1970 | 11.8M | 60.1 | |||||||||
| 1969 | 11.4M | 59.7 | |||||||||
| 1968 | 11M | 59.4 | |||||||||
| 1967 | 10.7M | 59.0 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 10.3M | 58.6 | |||||||||
| 1965 | 9.92M | 58.3 | |||||||||
| 1964 | 9.56M | 57.9 | |||||||||
| 1963 | 9.2M | 57.6 | |||||||||
| 1962 | 8.85M | 57.2 | |||||||||
| 1961 | 8.52M | 56.9 | |||||||||
| 1960 | 8.21M | 56.5 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast. Inflation: IMF data for 1992–2010, World Bank for the other years.
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)