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Uzbekistan is a resource-rich, most populated country, strategically located in the heart of Central Asia. The nominal Gross Domestic Product per capita in Uzbekistan was last recorded at 50 billion US dollars with 250 billion purchasing power parity (PPP).

It should be noted that President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev by his decree has approved the action strategy on priority areas of the country’s development for 2017-2021. The action strategy will be implemented in five stages, and each stage provides for approval of a separate annual state program on the strategy’s implementation in Uzbekistan, according to the decree. There is five key legal and institutional reforms: state governance, rule of law and legal reforms, liberalization of the economy, social sphere, security, religious tolerance and interethnic harmony, foreign policy.

Currently, the Republic of Uzbekistan has the largest able-bodied population, which is about 19 million people, which exceeds the number of able-bodied population of Central Asian countries combined.

Currently, the Republic’s economy is the second fastest growing in the CIS, with an indicator of 5.1%, according to the results of 9 months of this year, growth accelerated to 5.7%.  According to the Asian Development Bank, GDP growth in 2020-2021 will be about 6%.

Human Capital

Visa-free regime for the citizens of 79 countries including all OECD members
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128 higher education institutions, 8 of them are listed in the world’s best universities “QS Stars Development Road map” ranking 2018
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BOLASHAK International Scholarship: Over 10 thousand specialists have been trained in the world’s top 100 universities
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Human Capital

14 Special Economic Zones

  • corporate income tax
  • land tax
  • customs duties
  • value added tax on import products
  • property tax

37 Industrial Zones

  • Access to established infrastructure and digital networks
  • Options for long-term leases and repayment schedules based on cadastral land value
  • No sectoral restrictions
  • Opportunity to conclude an investment contract with the government.

Telecommunications

Uzbekistan boasts the most advanced telecommunications infrastructure in Central Asia
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Region’s highest internet penetration rate of 77% and extensive 4G network
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Priority Sectors of the Economy

Machinery
Energy
Agriculture and food industry
Tourism
Transport and Logistics
Mining and Metallurgy