{"id":12603,"date":"2025-11-13T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/bez-kategorii\/unemployment-in-uzbekistan-has-decreased\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T13:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:50:16","slug":"unemployment-in-uzbekistan-has-decreased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/unemployment-in-uzbekistan-has-decreased\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment in Uzbekistan has decreased"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Why is this important<\/h3>\n<p>Unemployment of 4.9% is at least 12 years old, a result of economic growth, job creation, and a decrease in labor migration. 760 thousand unemployed are a low level for 37.8 million people. <\/p>\n<h3>What happened<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Unemployment is 4.9% (-0.8 p.p.), the lowest since 2013;<\/li>\n<li>Labor resources \u2014 20.35 million (+1.9%), employment \u2014 14.81 million (+4.1%);<\/li>\n<li>Unemployed 760 thousand (4.9%);<\/li>\n<li>The peak in 2020 was 10.5%, followed by a decrease to 4.9%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Indicators<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Population:<\/strong> 37.8 million.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Labor resources:<\/strong> 20.35 million (+1.9%) \u2014 people of working age (16-60 years old).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economically active:<\/strong> 15.57 million \u2014 working or seeking work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Employed:<\/strong> 14.81 million (+4.1%).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unemployed:<\/strong> 760 thousand (4.9%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Employment structure<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Officially: <\/strong>8 million (55%) \u2014 with a labor contract, taxes, social package.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Informal sector:<\/strong> 4.8 million (33%) \u2014 without contracts, taxes (trade, services, construction).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abroad: <\/strong>1.8 million (12%) \u2014 labor migrants in Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Korea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reduction drivers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Economic growth:<\/strong> +6% of GDP \u2014 creation of jobs in construction (New Tashkent, new buildings), services (tourism, HoReCa, IT), production (localization).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Investments:<\/strong> $10+ billion annually \u2014 new plants, factories, infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decrease in migration:<\/strong> 1.8 million abroad \u2014 part returned due to increased salaries (+19% in Uzbekistan).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Youth programs:<\/strong> internships, training, support for entrepreneurship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Context<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4.9% \u2014 healthy level:<\/strong> full employment is considered at 3-5% unemployment. Uzbekistan has reached the lower border. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Pandemic 2020: <\/strong>10.5% \u2014 peak due to border closures, job cuts, and economic stagnation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recovery:<\/strong> consistent decline from 10.5% to 4.9% over 5 years due to economic growth, investments, and reforms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Informal sector 33%:<\/strong> high share \u2014 the problem of lack of social protection, taxes. The government is working on legalization. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Labor migration of 1.8 million:<\/strong> decreases due to salary increases in Uzbekistan, but remains significant (transfers of $13.9 billion for 9 months).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unemployment decreased to 4.9%. 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