Committee news

As of May 1, 2022, the number of operating business entities was 484,935.

At a meeting on measures to improve national statistics chaired by the head of state on June 1 this year, the issue of human resources was raised, and instructions were given to train and improve the skills of all specialists of the statistical system.

On May 30-31 this year, in the conference hall of the Courtyard Marriott hotel in Tashkent, a seminar was held on the topic “Identification of priority tasks in the fight against corruption, the introduction of modern tools for preventing corruption in the country”.

In accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated November 11, 2020 No. 710, a population census is planned to be carried out in 2023 in all regions of the republic.

On June 1, March of this year, a webinar was held at the State Statistics Committee by the Departments for the Development of Information and Communication Technologies and Interactive Public Services, as well as Information Security. It was also attended by employees of the territorial departments of statistics.

On May 31 of this year, in connection with May 31 - World No Tobacco Day, a round table was held at the International Hotel Tashkent on the topic: “Tobacco is a threat to our environment”.

In January-March 2022, the gross value added of construction amounted to 10,329.0 billion soums, which is 1.4 times more than in the corresponding period of 2018.

As of January 1, 2022, the total number of children aged 0-14 was 10 million 518 thousand 483 people.

In January-March 2022, the value added of the industry amounted to 4.4 billion US dollars. The largest contribution to the creation of gross value added in this industry was made by Navoi (22.9 %), Tashkent (20.3 %) regions and the City of Tashkent (17.6 %).

As of May 1, 2022, the share of enterprises and organizations operating in the field of transportation and storage in the total volume of enterprises and organizations amounted to 3.5 percent (548,701).

In the total volume of the ICT services sector, the largest volume is occupied by telecommunications services - 72.8 %, computer programming services, consulting and other related services - 13.2 %, as well as computer and communication equipment repair services - 5.8 %.

In January-April 2022, the highest share in the total volume of services was the share of such regions as the city of Tashkent (39.0%), Tashkent (7.4%), Fergana (6.6%) and Samarkand (6.5%) areas.

As of April 1, 2022, the number of cows in the republic reached 4,675.9 thousand heads.

As of May 1, 2022, the share of enterprises and organizations operating in the field of accommodation and catering services in the total volume of enterprises and organizations amounted to 6.2 percent (548,701 units).

According to the results of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics observations at public catering enterprises (Plov Center) in the central regions of the country, the following average plov prices were recorded: 

In May 2022, goods and services in the consumer market, on average, became more expensive by 1,0 %.

As of January 1, 2022, the average life expectancy of the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan was 73.8 years, which was 73.4 years at the beginning of 2021.

According to preliminary data from sample household surveys for January-March 2022, the share of mobile phone users aged 10 years and over was 97.0%.