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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Uzbekistan: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Uzbekistan is placed 79th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.958 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 56.11 (2025).
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79th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.958GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 56.11Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- -0.617Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 16.22Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Uzbekistan on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.958
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Uzbekistan: 0.958. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Central Asia
- 0.958 Uzbekistan
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan 0.121 · Kazakhstan 0.945 · Kyrgyzstan 0.626 · Tajikistan 0.294 · Turkmenistan 0.146
56.11
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 62nd of 195 by Oxford Insights
Uzbekistan: 56.11. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Central Asia
- 56.7 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan 15.72 · Kazakhstan 56.7 · Kyrgyzstan 33.28 · Tajikistan 29.08 · Turkmenistan 22.5
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
-0.617
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Uzbekistan: -0.617. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Central Asia
- 1.097 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan -1.031 · Kazakhstan 1.097 · Kyrgyzstan -0.589 · Tajikistan 0 · Turkmenistan -0.787
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
16.22
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Uzbekistan: 16.22. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Central Asia
- 26.74 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- Kazakhstan 26.74 · Tajikistan 24.67
02Over time
Which way Uzbekistan is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
UzbekistanWorld median
Uzbekistan rose from 37.17 in 2020 to 56.11 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Uzbekistan World median 2025 56 40.2 2024 53 43.3 2023 44 41.4 2022 45 40.3 2021 40 44.1 2020 37 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
UzbekistanWorld median
Uzbekistan rose from -0.933 in 2000 to -0.617 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Uzbekistan World median 2025 -0.617 0.20 2024 -0.617 0.11 2023 -0.617 0.14 2022 -0.617 0.16 2021 -0.617 0.12 2020 -0.525 0.12 2019 -0.553 0.10 2018 -0.553 -0.05 2017 -0.553 -0.08 2016 -0.553 -0.10 2015 -0.616 -0.17 2014 -0.616 -0.21 2013 -0.616 -0.21 2012 -0.616 -0.25 2011 -0.616 -0.32 2010 -0.665 -0.31 2009 -0.665 -0.50 2008 -0.665 -0.51 2007 -0.665 -0.51 2006 -0.665 -0.55 2005 -0.665 -0.55 2004 -0.933 -0.55 2003 -0.933 -0.55 2002 -0.933 -0.51 2001 -0.933 -0.51 2000 -0.933 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
UzbekistanWorld median
Uzbekistan rose from 10.97 in 2010 to 16.22 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Uzbekistan World median 2024 16.2 25.42 2023 20.1 26.03 2022 26.4 26.04 2021 14.2 29.80 2020 15.5 29.47 2019 8.6 18.36 2018 9.3 20.09 2017 11.2 18.32 2016 13.0 18.15 2015 14.6 19.57 2014 16.6 21.00 2013 14.4 20.50 2012 16.0 19.56 2011 12.1 19.21 2010 11.0 19.88
03In context
Uzbekistan beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Uzbekistan and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kazakhstan | 49th | 0.945 | 56.7 | 1.097 | 26.74 |
| Uzbekistan | 79th | 0.958 | 56.11 | -0.617 | 16.22 |
 Kyrgyzstan | 116th | 0.626 | 33.28 | -0.589 | — |
 Tajikistan | 122nd | 0.294 | 29.08 | 0 | 24.67 |
 Turkmenistan | 172nd | 0.146 | 22.5 | -0.787 | — |
 Afghanistan | 194th | 0.121 | 15.72 | -1.031 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Central Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Uzbekistan in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Uzbekistan is ahead of the world, and behind
20 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Uzbekistan does better than the middle country measured.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.353.9532.35No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 3.95 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 156th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4747.6627.474▼ Worsened since 2014
Uzbekistan: 7.662 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 56th of 118 · derived.
Behind the world median13
Statistics on which Uzbekistan does worse than the middle country measured.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.4820.485▲ Improved since 2013
Uzbekistan: 0.482 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 87th of 170 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6697.3598.66▲ Improved since 2016
Uzbekistan: 97.35 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6549.8851.65▼ Worsened since 2014
Uzbekistan: 49.88 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 55th of 98 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7870.2278.78No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 70.22 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 84th of 140 · derived.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9750.350.975▲ Improved since 2017
Uzbekistan: 0.35 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 79th of 119 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0573.7383.05No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 73.73 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 93rd of 140 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2236.8464.22No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 36.84 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6882.3191.68No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 82.31 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 109th of 140 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-1.4-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Uzbekistan: -1.4 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 137th of 176 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-1.1651.023▲ Improved since 2015
Uzbekistan: -1.165 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 151st of 176 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.393262.39No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 32 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 156th of 181 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-1.8380.505▲ Improved since 2015
Uzbekistan: -1.838 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 164th of 176 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.457.615.45No real change since 2025
Uzbekistan: 7.6 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,4541,254,862141,454Moved since 2020
Uzbekistan: 1,254,862 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,670395,04084,670Moved since 2020
Uzbekistan: 395,040 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,714538,480148,714Moved since 2020
Uzbekistan: 538,480 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6015.3795.601Moved since 2016
Uzbekistan: 5.379 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.960.30.96No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 0.3 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
No current reading for Uzbekistan
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Uzbekistan’s 16 topics
Digital & Technology is Uzbekistan’s 3rd best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Education & Knowledge25th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience58th of 1934/4 keys
- Digital & Technology79th of 1984/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 72nd of 1773/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality67th of 1593/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing86th of 2003/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital93rd of 1963/3 keys
- Food & Agriculture89th of 1844/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 110th of 1824/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation118th of 1764/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 131st of 1944/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 131st of 1833/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 145th of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 132nd of 1772/4 keys
- Energyjoint 144th of 1652/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 166th of 1864/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Uzbekistan can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
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South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
South Korea=1st4/4 keysHighest in Central Asia
Kazakhstan49th4/4 keysThis page
Uzbekistan79th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Uzbekistan on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Uzbekistan rank on digital & technology?
Uzbekistan is placed 79th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Uzbekistan?
0.958 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Uzbekistan?
56.11 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Uzbekistan compare with Afghanistan on digital & technology?
Afghanistan is placed 194th of 198, and Uzbekistan 79th. GovTech Maturity Index: Afghanistan 0.121, Uzbekistan 0.958; Government AI Readiness Index: Afghanistan 15.72, Uzbekistan 56.11; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Afghanistan -1.031, Uzbekistan -0.617.
How have Uzbekistan’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 37.17 in 2020 to 56.11 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -0.933 in 2000 to -0.617 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 10.97 in 2010 to 16.22 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Uzbekistan?
No current reading is published for Uzbekistan on Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 20 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Uzbekistan’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Uzbekistan (banner) — Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Uzbekistan: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/uzbekistan/digital