Economy of Uzbekistan - Miscellaneous Data

Miscellaneous Data

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

• lowest 10%: 2.8%
• highest 10%: 29.6% (2003)

Distribution of family income - Gini index: 36.8 (2003)

Agriculture - products: cotton, vegetables, fruits, grain; livestock

Industrial production growth rate: 6.2% (2003 est.)

Electricity:

• production: 47.7 TWh (2002)
• consumption: 46.66 TWh (2002)
• exports: 4.5 TWh (2002)
• imports: 6.8 TWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:

• fossil fuel: 88.2%
• hydro: 11.8%
• other: 0% (2001)
• nuclear: 0%

Oil:

• production: 143,300 barrels per day (22,780 m3/d) (2004 est.)
• consumption: 142,000 barrels per day (22,600 m3/d) (2001 est.)
• exports: NA
• imports: NA
• proved reserves: 297,000,000 barrels (47,200,000 m3) (1 January 2002)

Natural gas:

• production: 63.1 billion m³ (2001 est.)
• consumption: 45.2 billion m³ (2001 est.)
• exports: 17.9 billion m³ (2001 est.)
• imports: 0 m³ (2001 est.)
• proved reserves: 937.3 billion m³ (1 January 2002)

Current account balance: $3.045 billion (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities: cotton 17.2%, energy products 13.1%, metals 12.9%, machinery and equipment 10.1%, food products 7.9%, chemical products 5.6%, services 12.1%( 2006)

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment 40.3%, chemical products 15.0%, metals 10.4%, food products 8.1%, energy products 4.3%, services 9.1% (2006)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold: $5.6 billion (Dec. 2007 est.)

Exchange rates: UZS per USD - 1,865 (early 2012)

UZS per EUR - 2,900

Current economy growth (6 months of 2009)

• GDP growth +8,2%
• Volume of industrial production +9.1%
• Volume of agricultural production +4,6%