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Uzbekistan
 
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Capital: Tashkent
Area size (Land only): 414240 sq. km Slightly larger than Sweden
Time zone: GMT +5
Currency: Soum
Area code: (+) 998
Driving: Right
Climate description: Summers are warm to hot with low humidity. Winters are cold but generally dry and sunny over most of the region.
 

People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
Uzbek is the official language. Russian and Tajik are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2009 27.5 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007 27.3 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 26.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 26.6 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 26.2 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 25.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 25.5 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 25.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 24.7 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
36.4 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Uzbeks form 76 percent of the population. Most prominent minority groups are Russians (5 percent), Tajiks (5 percent), Kazakhs (4 percent), Kyrgyz, Ukrainians, and Turks.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Mostly Sunni Muslim (88 percent). There is a small Christian Orthodox minority.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 36.7 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 36.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 36.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 36.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 36.8 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 36.9 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 37.1 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 37.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1938
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available

Percentage of population under 15
2005 33.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 34.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 34.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 34.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 35.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 36.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002


Average life expectancy
2005 66.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 66.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 66.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 69.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 69.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 69.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
2005 63.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 63.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 63.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 66.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 66.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 66.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female
2005 70.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 69.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 69.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 72.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 72.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 71.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality
2007 36 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006 38 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 57 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 57 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 57 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 52 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 52 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 51 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2007 41 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006 43 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 68 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 69 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006

Births attended by skilled personnel
1997-2005 96 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004 96 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003 96 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 96 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 96 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 96 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality
2005 24 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000 24 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
2005 113 UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 113 UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 111 UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 107 UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 101 UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 95 UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
2000-2007 5 percent U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006 5 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005 8 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004 8 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003 8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 19 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2000 4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population
2003-2005 14 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average 25 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average 26 percent FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.
Population with access to improved water
2006 88 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 82 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 89 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Population with access to improved sanitation
2006 96 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 67 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 57 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Literacy - average
2004 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 99.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 99.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 99.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 99.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
2004 No data available percent
2003 99.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 99.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 99.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 99.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female
2004 No data available percent
2003 98.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 98.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 98.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 98.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones
2007 67 per 1,000 people International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008
2006 67 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2005 67 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2004 67 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2003 67 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2002 66 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2001 66 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2000 67 per 1,000 people ITU 2008

Cellular telephone subscribers
2007 93 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2006 93 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2005 27 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2004 21 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2003 12 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2002 7 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2001 5 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2000 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2008

Internet users
2007 44 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2006 41 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2005 33 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2004 26 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2003 19 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2002 11 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2001 6 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2000 5 per 1,000 people ITU 2008

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)
2008 166 (joint) Transparency International 2008
2007 175 (joint) Transparency International 2007
2006 151 (joint) Transparency International
2005 137 (joint) Transparency International
2004 114 (joint) Transparency International
2003 100 (joint) Transparency International
2002 68 (joint) Transparency International
2001 71 (joint) Transparency International
2000 79 Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
1990-2005 No data available percent
1990-2004 No data available percent
1990-2002 No data available percent
1990-2001 19.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2006 610 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 530 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 460 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 420 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 450 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 560 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 630 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
2007 22.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 17.0 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 14.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 12.0 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 10.1 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 9.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 11.4 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 13.8 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth
2006 7.3  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 7.0  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 7.7  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 4.2  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 4.0  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 4.2  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 3.8  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation
2006 21.5  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 21.4  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 15.6  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 26.8  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 45.4  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 45.2  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 47.3  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
2.8 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
29.6 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians
2000-2004 274 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004 274 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 293 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002 300 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
2007 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004 <0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003 <0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
Sporadic cases of P.vivax reported in some locations of the region.
Source: WHO

TB cases
2007 113 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2006 115 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2005 117 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2004 113 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2003 113 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2002 110 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2001 102 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2000 93 per 100,000 people WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2007 5663 UNHCR
2006 9102 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005 8323 UNHCR
2004 7288 UNHCR
2003 7391 UNHCR
2002 6881 UNHCR
2001 3458 UNHCR
2000 3628 UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
2007 1054 UNHCR
2006 1415 UNHCR
2005 43950 UNHCR
2004 44455 UNHCR
2003 44682 UNHCR
2002 44936 UNHCR
2001 39579 UNHCR
2000 38350 UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
2007 3400 Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008
2005 3400 Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2006

Landmine casualties per year
2007 No data available Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006 No data available Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004 5 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 No data available Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
No
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent (2004)

Percentage of GDP spent on education
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2004 2.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004 2.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002 2.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001 2.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 2.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003


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