Uzbekistan

Official Name:	The Republic of Uzbekistan
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	Ozbekiston Respublikasi
ISO Country Codes:	UZ : UZB
Internet Domain:	.uz
Government Web Site:	https://www.gov.uz/

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Capital:	Tashkent	Main Airports:	Tashkent International Airport
Language(s):	Uzbek;Russian	Population:	30,842,796
Currency:	Uzbekistani Som	ISO Currency Code:	UZS
Telephone Dial In:	+998	ID Prefix:	810

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO; UNESCO UIS

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Collective Security Treaty Organization; Commonwealth of Independent States; Euro Atlantic Partnership Council; Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; Organization for Security and Cooperation In Europe; UN; UNESCO;

Travel Guides:

Lonely Planet; Rough Guide

News Resources:

News Agency

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Uzbekistan National News Agency;

Newspaper

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The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst;

The Times Of Central Asia;

UZ24;

UZ Report;

Radio

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National Television and Radio Company;

Oriat FM;

Radio Grand;

RFE/RL Uzbek Service;

Uzbekistan

Government Website:	https://www.gov.uz/
Central Bank:	Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	3,906.1 Uzbekistani soum (UZS) per US dollar (2017 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	5% (2017 est.)
Population below poverty line:	14% (2016 est.)
Inflation Rate:	12.5% (2017 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	23.60% (2019 - World Bank)
GDP:	$57.789 billion (2019 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$6,999 (2019 est.)
Currency Name:	Uzbekistani Som
Currency Code:	UZS
World Bank Classification:	Lower Middle Income

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	16.6%	cotton, vegetables, fruits, grain; livestock
Industry:	32.9%	textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, mining, hydrocarbon extraction, chemicals
Services:	49.5%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Asian Development Bank; EBRD; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; Un Economic and Social Commission for Asia the Pacific; Un Economic Commission for Europe; UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Asian Development Bank; Countryeconomy; EBRD; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Commodities Exchange: Uzbek Commodity Exchange ;

National Statistics Office:

State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Trading Economics;

Uzbekistan

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

Business Language(s):	Russian; Uzbek
Customs & Excise:	Ministry for Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Development Bank(s):	Asian Development Bank; Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; Islamic Development Bank; The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;
National Standards Bureau:	Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Uzbekistan

Competitive Ind’l Performance: N/A	Corruption Perceptions Index: 146/180 (2020)
Ease of Doing Business: 69/190 (2019)	Enabling Trade Index: N/A
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