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To which language should you translate to localize in Uzbekistan?
What the 150 top websites do
Of the top 150 website (Global by design ranking):
- 34/150 translate into Russian.
- 22/150 translate into English.
- 9/150 translate into O’zbek.
If you need others information, below you can find a selection of economic/social/cultural data
Overview
Language
Official language
Uzbek 85%
T-index
0.078%
T-Index ranks countries according to their potential for online sales.
Actual languages
Russian 5.4%. The Tajik language is the third most spoken language in Uzbekistan since the Tajiks comprise of 4.0% of the country’s population.
Other languages
5.6% (Bukhari, Crimean Tatar, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Korean Turkish, and Arabic).
English
Very low proficiency (EF) – 93 of 113 countries/regions in the world- 19/23 position in Asia.
Demography
Capital: Tashkent
Currency: Uzbekistani soʻm
Population: 35.64 mln
Population density: 79/km2
Economy
GDP: 80.39 billion USD (2022)
GDP per capita: 2,255.2 USD (2022)
Exports: $14.7 billion (2021)
Statistics
Internet users: 76.6% penetration, 26.74 million
Unemployment rate: 6% (2022)
Urbanisation: 50% (2022)
Literacy: 100% (2022)
Conventions
Numbering system
Arabic numerals with comma as decimal separator and space as thousands separator.
Date format: yyyy-mm-dd / dd-mm-yyyy
Time: 24h time system
Country code: 0033
Language data sources: Worldatlas/Britannica//EF/Wikipedia; Demography data sources: IMF/Worldometers; Conventions data source: Wikipedia; Economy data sources: WTO/OEC/CIA/Esomar/Datareportal; Statistics data sources: Datareportal/WorldBank/UN/UNESCO/CEIC/IMF/Culturalatlas/Commisceoglobal
Facts and data
Economy
Imports
$24.4 billion (2021). Packaged Medicaments ($1.04B), Motor vehicles; parts and accessories (8701 to 8705) ($1.01B), Cars ($656M), Refined Petroleum ($608M), and Wheat ($535M), importing mostly from China ($5.63B), Russia ($5.12B), Kazakhstan ($2.47B), South Korea ($1.92B), and Turkey ($1.87B).
Financial inclusion factors (over 15 years of age)
• 44.1% have an account with a financial institution
• 3.8% have a credit card
Ease of doing business
Ease of conducting business is medium (rated 69.9 out of 100). Ranked 19th out of 24 European & Central Asian countries. Ranked 69th out of 190 countries worldwide (2023, World Bank).
Exports
$14.7 billion (2021). Gold ($4.53B), Non-Retail Pure Cotton Yarn ($1.61B), Refined Copper ($741M), Petroleum Gas ($722M), and Radioactive Chemicals ($407M), exporting mostly to Switzerland ($2.4B), China ($1.94B), United Kingdom ($1.88B), Russia ($1.71B), and Turkey ($1.68B).
In 2021, Uzbekistan was the world’s biggest exporter of Silk Waste ($36.1M).
Main local online stores
Arbauz led online sales in 2016 with 11% value share, broad product variety and strong promotional campaigns. Other popular e-commerce websites include OLX, AliExpress and Amazon.
Economic freedom
‘Mostly not free’ (rated 56.5 out of 100). Ranked 23rd out of 39 Asian-Pacific countries. Ranked 109th out of 186 countries worldwide (2023, Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal).
Global Innovation Index
Ranked 3rd out of 18 Central & Southern Asian countries, and 82nd out of 132 worldwide.
The Global Innovation Index captures the innovation
ecosystem performance of 132 economies and tracks the most recent global innovation trends.
Economy data sources: WTO/OEC/CIA/Esomar/Datareportal
Service Imports (2018)
Service Exports
Source: OEC
Source: Our World in Data
Historical Data Trade Imports
The following section uses historical trade data imports from partners of Uzbekistan.
Historical Data Trade Exports
The following section uses historical trade data exports from partners of Uzbekistan.
Source: OEC
Source: OEC
The Top Export Opportunities for Uzbekistan by Relatedness
Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product by showing only products that Uzbekistan is not specialized in.
Uzbekistan's Most Complex Exports
The Product Complexity Index (PCI) measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.
Source: OEC
Uzbekistan's Most Specialized Products
Specialization is measured using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), an index that takes the ratio between Uzbekistan observed and expected exports in each product.
Source: OEC
Market Growth Imports (2018)
This score represents the likelihood that the given country will start importing that product in the next few years. It forecasts the opening of a new specific market.
Market Growth Exports (2018)
This score represents the likelihood that the given country will start exporting that product in the next few years. It forecasts the opening of a new specific market.
Source: OEC
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Source: OEC
T-index
Reach most of the online purchasing power
T-Index ranks countries according to their potential for online sales. It estimates the market share of each country in relation to global e-commerce.
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Media language Uzbek, English, Russian.
Information channels
Uzbekistan has one of Central Asia’s biggest media markets. TV is the most popular medium and the state broadcaster operates the main national networks. Russian TV is widely watched. Media freedom has declined after some limited improvement following the death in 2016 of former President Islam Karimov. The run-up to the 2021 presidential election saw tightened controls over internet content and increased pressure on critical voices. News is mainly consumed online, especially by younger Uzbeks, but sensitive content is often blocked. Opposition and other critical websites are based abroad.
The press
Khalq Sozi (People’s Word) – state-run daily in Uzbek; its sister title in Russian is Narodnoye Slovo
Pravda Vostoka (Truth of the East) – state-owned, Russian-language daily
Hurriyat (Freedom) – weekly, describes itself as independent
Television
National Television and Radio Company – state-run, operates multiple national and regional networks including flagship Ozbekistan and Uzbekistan 24 news TV
UzReport TV – private news channel
Radio
National Television and Radio Company – state-run, services include flagship network Ozbekiston, youth network Yoshlar
Oriat FM – private
Uzbegim Taronasi – private
Radio Grand – private
News agency
Uzbekistan National News Agency – state-run, pages in English
UzReport – private news agency
Daryo.uz – news site
Kun.uz – news site
UzDaily – business news, pages in English
Media data source: BBC
Internet Data
Internet users
76.6% penetration, 26.74 million
Share of web traffic by device
69.89% mobile phones, 29.37% computers (laptops and desktops), 0.74% tablet devices.
Median speed of mobile Internet connection
14.55 Mbps
Median speed of fixed Internet connection
45.17 Mbps
Mobile connection as a percentage of total population: 91.2%
Percentage of mobile connections that are broadband (3G-5G): 85.9%
Most popular web search engines
Google (78.63%), Yandex (19.86%), Bing (0.84%), DuckduckGo (0.18%), Yahoo! (0.15%), Other (0.35%).
Most used social media
Instagram (48.74%), Facebook (17.68%), Pinterest (12.67%), YouTube (10.71%), Twitter (6.66%), VKontakte (1.73%), reddit (0.61%), other (1.19%).
Internet data sources: Datareportal/Statcounter
Social statistics
Life expectancy
71 yrs (2021)
Corruption perceptions Index
Uzbekistan scored 31 out of 100, ranked 126 out of 180 countries worldwide.
Current health expenditure
6.75% of GDP
CO2 emissions
3.4 metric tons per capita
Current education expenditure
97.6% of total expenditure in public institutions.
World Happiness Index
Uzbekistan ranked 53 out of 146 countries, with a score of 6.063.
Social statistics sources: WorldBank/UN/UNESCO/CEIC/IMF
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