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Topic 02 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Uzbekistan: Economy & Innovation
What does an economy do for the people inside it?
Uzbekistan is placed 118th of 176 countries on economy & innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GDP per Capita (PPP) 11,623 (2025); Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit 12.26 (2025).
Share
Economy & Innovation
118th
of 176 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 11,623GDP per Capita (PPP), 2025GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
- 12.26Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit, 2025Firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)
- 0.22Economic Complexity Index, 2024ECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3)
- 59.66Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2024Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Uzbekistan on economy & innovation — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
11,623
GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
Higher is better
Uzbekistan: 11,623. Across the 185 countries in this edition, values run from 1,067 (Burundi) to 139,593 (Singapore); the world median is 17,265.
- World median
- 17,265
- Best in Central Asia
- 37,851 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- Kazakhstan 37,851 · Kyrgyzstan 7,878 · Tajikistan 5,062 · Turkmenistan 19,314
Key 2 of 4
Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2016–2025 · Uzbekistan’s is from 2024 · CC BY 4.0
12.26
Firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)
Higher is better
Uzbekistan: 12.26. Across the 179 countries at their latest reading, values run from 2.113 (Pakistan) to 88.52 (Israel); the world median is 35.95.
- World median
- 35.95
- Best in Central Asia
- 23.86 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan 21.54 · Kazakhstan 23.86 · Kyrgyzstan 21.47 · Tajikistan 14.7 · Turkmenistan 13.7
Key 3 of 4
Economic Complexity Index
Growth Lab at Harvard University
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC0 1.0
0.22
ECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3)
Higher is better
Ranked 70th of 145 by Growth Lab at Harvard University
Uzbekistan: 0.22. Across the 145 countries in this edition, values run from -3.53 (Chad) to 1.729 (Japan); the world median is 0.131.
- World median
- 0.131
- Best in Central Asia
- 0.363 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan -0.818 · Kazakhstan 0.363 · Kyrgyzstan 0.212 · Tajikistan -1.399 · Turkmenistan -1.202
Key 4 of 4
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
World Bank Group
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
59.66
Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+)
Higher is better
Uzbekistan: 59.66. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 14.83 (Niger) to 99.85 (Iceland); the world median is 72.83.
- World median
- 72.83
- Best in Central Asia
- 87.05 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- Kazakhstan 87.05 · Kyrgyzstan 72.26 · Tajikistan 54.52
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.
GDP per Capita (PPP)
GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) · higher is better
UzbekistanWorld median
Uzbekistan rose from 3,431 in 2000 to 11,623 in 2025; the world median went from 10,589 to 17,265.
Every year’s figures
Year Uzbekistan World median 2025 11,623 17,265 2024 10,997 18,108 2023 10,514 17,686 2022 10,091 16,933 2021 9,706 16,260 2020 9,145 15,631 2019 9,169 16,761 2018 8,743 16,349 2017 8,413 16,129 2016 8,173 15,512 2015 7,792 14,857 2014 7,344 14,475 2013 6,933 14,681 2012 6,525 14,631 2011 6,171 13,916 2010 5,795 14,101 2009 5,472 13,655 2008 5,146 14,030 2007 4,793 13,755 2006 4,440 12,983 2005 4,186 12,023 2004 3,963 11,608 2003 3,734 11,183 2002 3,626 11,144 2001 3,531 10,907 2000 3,431 10,589 Economic Complexity Index
ECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3) · higher is better
UzbekistanWorld median
Uzbekistan rose from -0.326 in 2000 to 0.22 in 2024; the world median went from 0.016 to 0.131.
Every year’s figures
Year Uzbekistan World median 2024 0.220 0.1310 2023 0.205 0.0710 2022 0.019 0.0580 2021 -0.173 0.0010 2020 -0.269 0.0470 2019 -0.530 0.0300 2018 -0.504 -0.0150 2017 -0.402 0.0080 2016 -0.639 -0.0660 2015 -0.714 -0.0600 2014 -0.570 -0.0190 2013 -0.875 0.0140 2012 -0.729 0.0060 2011 -0.972 -0.0140 2010 -0.843 -0.0020 2009 -0.965 0.0990 2008 -0.642 0.0700 2007 -0.674 -0.0080 2006 -0.574 0.0740 2005 -0.504 0.0510 2004 -0.552 0.0505 2003 -0.489 0.0450 2002 -0.403 0.0100 2001 -0.384 0.0470 2000 -0.326 0.0160 Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+) · higher is better
UzbekistanWorld median
Uzbekistan rose from 22.5 in 2011 to 59.66 in 2024; the world median went from 37.03 to 72.83.
Every year’s figures
Year Uzbekistan World median 2024 60 73 2021 44 74 2017 37 59 2014 41 52 2011 23 37
03In context
Uzbekistan beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 176 countries on economy & innovation, never a place within the region.
Uzbekistan and the countries it borders
Standing among all 176; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GDP per Capita (PPP)GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) | Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of CreditFirms with a bank loan or line of credit (%) | Economic Complexity IndexECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3) | Account Ownership at a Financial InstitutionAdults with an account (% of population aged 15+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kazakhstan | 65th | 37,851 | 23.86 | 0.363 | 87.05 |
 Kyrgyzstan | 106th | 7,878 | 21.47 | 0.212 | 72.26 |
| Uzbekistan | 118th | 11,623 | 12.26 | 0.22 | 59.66 |
 Turkmenistan | 130th | 19,314 | 13.7 | -1.202 | — |
 Afghanistan | 131st | — | 21.54 | -0.818 | — |
 Tajikistan | 154th | 5,062 | 14.7 | -1.399 | 54.52 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Central Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 176.
Placed either side on economy & innovation
The countries immediately above and below Uzbekistan in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Uzbekistan is ahead of the world, and behind
55 more statistics filed under economy & innovation, 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 median10
Statistics on which Uzbekistan does better than the middle country measured.
GDP GrowthWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.3967.73.396No real change since 2015
Uzbekistan: 7.7 · world median 3.396 · GDP growth (annual %). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -5.847 to 19.34; higher is better.
Position 12th of 186 · derived.
Firms Competing Against Informal FirmsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 41.8116.8941.81No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 16.89 · world median 41.81 · Firms competing against unregistered or informal firms (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.926 to 90.5; lower is better.
Position 156th of 181 · derived, 1st = worst.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.06121.61107.06▲ Improved since 2012
Uzbekistan: 121.61 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 45th of 194 · derived.
Government AI Readiness IndexOxford Insights · 2025 · world median 40.1956.1140.19▲ Improved since 2020
Uzbekistan: 56.11 · world median 40.19 · AI readiness score (0–100). Oxford Insights, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 12.12 to 88.36; higher is better.
Ranked 62nd of 195 by Oxford Insights.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.08114.43106.08▲ Improved since 2012
Uzbekistan: 114.43 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 63rd of 195 · derived.
Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID)Frederick Solt, University of Iowa · 2023 · world median 3331.133▼ Worsened since 2013
Uzbekistan: 31.1 · world median 33 · Gini index of disposable household income (0–100), SWIID estimate. Frederick Solt, University of Iowa, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 22.3 to 51.2; lower is better.
Position 49th of 79 · derived, 1st = worst.
New Business DensityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 2.1872.7932.187▲ Improved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 2.793 · world median 2.187 · New limited liability companies registered per 1,000 people aged 15–64. World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 26.76; higher is better.
Income Share Held by Richest 10%World Bank Group · 2023 · world median 26.1825.3326.18▼ Worsened since 2021
Uzbekistan: 25.33 · world median 26.18 · Share of national income or consumption held by the richest tenth (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 18.79 to 43.08; lower is better.
Position 35th of 60 · derived, 1st = worst.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.23107.7106.23▲ Improved since 2012
Uzbekistan: 107.7 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 85th of 195 · derived.
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 median21
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.
Researchers per Million InhabitantsUIS · 2024 · world median 701.95639.54701.95No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 639.54 · world median 701.95 · Researchers per million inhabitants (full-time equivalent). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.446 to 18,130; higher is better.
Position 76th of 145 · derived.
Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison)GGDC · 2022 · world median 12,89012,55912,890▲ Improved since 2012
Uzbekistan: 12,559 · world median 12,890 · GDP per capita (2011 international $). Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 596.39 to 149,171; higher is better.
Position 87th of 166 · derived.
Palma RatioWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 1.3321.3591.332▼ Worsened since 2021
Uzbekistan: 1.359 · world median 1.332 · Palma ratio (income share of the richest 10% ÷ share of the poorest 40%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.771 to 4.193; lower is better.
Position 28th of 60 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gini IndexWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 33.7234.5433.72▼ Worsened since 2021
Uzbekistan: 34.54 · world median 33.72 · Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 23 to 54.58; lower is better.
Position 27th of 60 · derived, 1st = worst.
Global Innovation IndexWorld Intellectual Property Organization · 2025 · world median 28.5226.528.52▲ Improved since 2022
Uzbekistan: 26.5 · world median 28.52 · GII score (0–100). World Intellectual Property Organization, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.94 to 65.96; higher is better.
Ranked 79th of 139 by World Intellectual Property Organization.
Productive Capacities IndexUNCTAD · 2022 · world median 46.6742.8446.67▲ Improved since 2012
Uzbekistan: 42.84 · world median 46.67 · Productive Capacities Index (1–100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 17.8 to 71.02; higher is better.
Position 123rd of 195 · derived.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4216.2225.42▼ Worsened since 2014
Uzbekistan: 16.22 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 109th of 170 · derived.
Logistics Performance IndexWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 2.92.62.9▲ Improved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 2.6 · world median 2.9 · LPI score (1–5). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.9 to 4.3; higher is better.
Ranked 88th of 139 by World Bank Group.
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.
Regulatory QualityWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median -0.093-0.52-0.093▲ Improved since 2015
Uzbekistan: -0.52 · world median -0.093 · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -2.106 to 2.113; higher is better.
Position 140th of 209 · derived.
External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)World Bank Group · 2024 · world median 43.9460.5143.94▼ Worsened since 2014
Uzbekistan: 60.51 · world median 43.94 · External debt stocks (% of GNI). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 2.213 to 350.57; lower is better.
Position 34th of 110 · derived, 1st = worst.
Income Share Held by Lowest 20%World Bank Group · 2023 · world median 7.126.387.12▼ Worsened since 2021
Uzbekistan: 6.38 · world median 7.12 · Share of national income held by the poorest fifth (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.24 to 11.07; higher is better.
Position 43rd of 60 · derived.
Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 12,8005,95612,800No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 5,956 · world median 12,800 · Actual individual consumption per capita (PPP, current international $). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 688.7 to 52,654; higher is better.
Position 124th of 173 · derived.
Adjusted Net SavingsWorld Bank Group · 2021 · world median 8.3892.7218.389▼ Worsened since 2011
Uzbekistan: 2.721 · world median 8.389 · Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from -81.62 to 32.18; higher is better.
Position 88th of 118 · derived.
Interest Payments on External DebtWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 1.4512.9641.451▼ Worsened since 2014
Uzbekistan: 2.964 · world median 1.451 · Interest payments on external debt (% of GNI). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.069 to 17.92; lower is better.
Position 20th of 112 · derived, 1st = worst.
Firms with an International Quality CertificationWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 10.43.27210.4No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 3.272 · world median 10.4 · Firms with an internationally recognised quality certification (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 45.77; higher is better.
Research and Development SpendingUIS · 2023 · world median 0.8140.1110.814▼ Worsened since 2013
Uzbekistan: 0.111 · world median 0.814 · Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.006 to 6.346; higher is better.
Position 75th of 84 · derived.
Debt Service on External DebtWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 12.9336.0412.93▼ Worsened since 2014
Uzbekistan: 36.04 · world median 12.93 · Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.285 to 96.2; lower is better.
Position 11th of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
Water-Use EfficiencyFAO · 2023 · world median 16.12.7716.1▲ Improved since 2013
Uzbekistan: 2.77 · world median 16.1 · Value added per cubic metre of freshwater withdrawn (constant US$ per m³). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 1,378; higher is better.
Management Practices IndexWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 52.393952.39No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 39 · world median 52.39 · Management practices index, medium and large firms (0–100). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 28.07 to 69.29; higher is better.
Position 155th of 169 · derived.
No better end24
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 22.9333.2822.93Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 33.28 · world median 22.93 · Gross capital formation (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.679 to 45.27.
Position 11th of 131 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 11.2620.7711.26Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 20.77 · world median 11.26 · Manufacturing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.481 to 43.97.
Position 13th of 132 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23147.42103.23Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 147.42 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 1.70820.471.708Moved since 2011
Uzbekistan: 20.47 · world median 1.708 · Natural resources rents (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.03.
Position 22nd of 180 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Inflation, GDP DeflatorWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.30611.853.306Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 11.85 · world median 3.306 · Annual change in the GDP implicit deflator (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -7.93 to 227.09.
Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 24.6532.5424.65Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 32.54 · world median 24.65 · Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.228 to 75.09.
Position 35th of 158 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 6.57216.566.572Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 16.56 · world median 6.572 · Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.025 to 47.59.
Position 36th of 158 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Gross Savings (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2024 · world median 22.0629.6622.06Moved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 29.66 · world median 22.06 · Gross savings (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -21.13 to 47.82.
Position 34th of 146 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · 2025 · world median 2,24023,7692,240No real change since 2022
Uzbekistan: 23,769 · world median 2,240 · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting). OpenAlex (OurResearch), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 1,094,890.
Foreign Direct Investment InflowsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 1.9683.1571.968Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 3.157 · world median 1.968 · FDI inflows (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -32.97 to 2,221.
Complexity Outlook IndexGrowth Lab at Harvard University · 2024 · world median -0.2250.363-0.225Moved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 0.363 · world median -0.225 · Complexity Outlook Index (standardised; roughly −2.5 to +3). Growth Lab at Harvard University, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -1.682 to 2.878.
Household ConsumptionWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 62.0464.1462.04Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 64.14 · world median 62.04 · Household and NPISH final consumption expenditure (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 25.21 to 133.34.
Position 60th of 131 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.3210.306Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 0.321 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
General Government ConsumptionWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 16.2115.9116.21Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 15.91 · world median 16.21 · General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 5.445 to 38.94.
Position 69th of 132 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1764.3167.17Moved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 64.31 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2350.8911.235Moved since 2017
Uzbekistan: 0.891 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7235.3641.72Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 35.36 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 80th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6026.6569.602Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 6.656 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1712.2396.171No real change since 2014
Uzbekistan: 2.239 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.6857.479.68Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 57.4 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 95th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Statutory Minimum WageILO · 2024 · world median 657.95311.3657.95Moved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 311.3 · world median 657.95 · Statutory minimum wage per month (2021 PPP $). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.038 to 3,804.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3422.0436.34Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 22.04 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 105th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Statutory Corporate Income Tax RateOECD · 2026 · world median 241524Moved since 2016
Uzbekistan: 15 · world median 24 · Combined statutory corporate income tax rate, central and sub-central government (%). OECD, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 36.13.
Price Level of Household ConsumptionGGDC · 2023 · world median 0.5230.2870.523Moved since 2013
Uzbekistan: 0.287 · world median 0.523 · Price level of household consumption (US output price level in 2021 = 1). Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.177 to 65.54.
No current reading for Uzbekistan
Average Monthly Earnings of Employees (last 2022), Business Ready: Operational Efficiency, Business Ready: Public Services, Business Ready: Regulatory Framework, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Container Port Traffic, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, GNI per Capita (PPP) (last 2021), Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products (last 2021), Tax Revenue (% of GDP), Total Factor Productivity Level and World Energy Trilemma 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
Economy & Innovation among Uzbekistan’s 16 topics
Economy & Innovation is Uzbekistan’s 10th 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 economy & innovation
The three countries placed highest of 176, and the leaders Uzbekistan can most readily be measured against.
1
AustriaWestern Europe
1st of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale
2
JapanEastern Asia
2nd of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: JurriaanH · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
GermanyWestern Europe
3rd of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Japan2nd4/4 keysHighest in Central Asia
Kazakhstan65th4/4 keysThis page
Uzbekistan118th4/4 keys
Positions out of 176 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.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Uzbekistan and economy & innovation
On economy & innovation
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On economy & innovation
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita, each from its own publisher and year.
On economy & innovation
Countries in Asia with the highest average salaries 2024
Thirteen Asian countries by gross average monthly wage, each carrying its WORLD rank rather than an Asian one — so the numbers skip, from 11th place to 45th.
08Questions
Uzbekistan on economy & innovation: 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 economy & innovation?
Uzbekistan is placed 118th of 176 countries on Economy & Innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GDP per Capita (PPP), Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit, Economic Complexity Index and Account Ownership at a Financial Institution). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GDP per Capita (PPP) figure for Uzbekistan?
11,623 in 2025 (gDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 17,265.
What is the latest Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit figure for Uzbekistan?
12.26 in 2025 (firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 35.95.
How does Uzbekistan compare with Afghanistan on economy & innovation?
Afghanistan is placed 131st of 176, and Uzbekistan 118th. Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit: Afghanistan 21.54, Uzbekistan 12.26; Economic Complexity Index: Afghanistan -0.818, Uzbekistan 0.22.
How have Uzbekistan’s economy & innovation figures changed?
GDP per Capita (PPP) rose from 3,431 in 2000 to 11,623 in 2025; Economic Complexity Index rose from -0.326 in 2000 to 0.22 in 2024; Account Ownership at a Financial Institution rose from 22.5 in 2011 to 59.66 in 2024.
Which economy & innovation statistics are missing for Uzbekistan?
No current reading is published for Uzbekistan on Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, Business Ready: Operational Efficiency, Business Ready: Public Services, Business Ready: Regulatory Framework, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Container Port Traffic, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, GNI per Capita (PPP), Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership, Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products, Tax Revenue (% of GDP), Total Factor Productivity Level and World Energy Trilemma Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
The total size of an economy is deliberately left out: a very large economy spread over a very large population is not doing more for each person. Growth rates, trade shares and the structure of output (how much is farming, industry or services) are published here as context, because they describe an economy's shape rather than how well it serves people. Jobs and wages have their own topic, Work & Labour.
How the Economy & Innovation 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 economy & innovation method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GDP per Capita (PPP) — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Economic Complexity Index — Growth Lab at Harvard University, CC0 1.0
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
The other 55 statistics on this page come from 13 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
- Austria — chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Japan — JurriaanH, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Germany — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Uzbekistan: Economy & Innovation — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/uzbekistan/economy