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Uzbekistan

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INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN · 1 SEPTEMBER 1991
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1991 – present · Independent Uzbekistan
4 EVENTS
1 September 1991 · Uzbekistan declares independence 2 REFS
May 2005 · The Andijan events 1 REF
1865 – 1991 CE · Russian Conquest and Soviet Rule
4 EVENTS
1865 CE · Russia takes Tashkent 2 REFS
1868–1876 CE · Khanates absorbed into Russian Turkestan 2 REFS
1500 – 1865 CE · The Uzbek Khanates
4 EVENTS
c. 1500–1510 CE · Shaybanid Uzbeks conquer Transoxiana 2 REFS
1512 CE · The khanate of Khiva is founded 2 REFS
1220 – 1500 CE · The Mongol Storm and the Empire of Timur
4 EVENTS
1220 CE · Genghis Khan sacks Bukhara and Samarkand 2 REFS
c. 1370 CE · Timur takes power and makes Samarkand his capital 2 REFS
651 – 999 CE · The Arab Conquest and the Samanid Golden Age
4 EVENTS
c. 706–712 CE · Arab conquest of Bukhara and Samarkand 2 REFS
9th–10th centuries CE · Samanid Bukhara, a centre of the Islamic Golden Age 2 REFS
c. 1000 BCE – 651 CE · Sogdiana, Bactria and the Silk Road
4 EVENTS
c. 1000–500 BCE · Sogdiana settled and under Achaemenid rule 2 REFS
329 BCE · Alexander the Great conquers Sogdiana 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Tashkent
Population
30 m
Area
447,400 km²
Region
Central Asia
Languages
Russian, Uzbek
Currency
Uzbekistani soʻm (so'm)
Demonym
Uzbekistani
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$147 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$3,968’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
7.7%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
8.8%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
57.4%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
37 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
72.5 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
51.0%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.5’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
100.0%’22 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
38.6’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
65.4’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
48.5’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
46.6’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
45.7’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
32.6’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
6.7%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
2.81’21 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
13.4’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
99.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
81.9%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
100.0%’22 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
5.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
120.9%’25 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
98.1%’25 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
59.8%’25 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.1%’24 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
640’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
89.5%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
110’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
1.7%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
440,650 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
8.5%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
58.1%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
4.1’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
1.0%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
20.5%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.9%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
8.5%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Gold (mined)
130 t’25 USGS-MCS
Phosphate rock
950 kt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
2.9%’18 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$1.4 B’18 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
68,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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