Citing Uzbekistan’s Agency for Statistics, UzDaily reported on January 20 that the growth rate of the total income of the population of Uzbekistan in 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, in real terms made up 4.6% and reached 728.8 trillion soums.
According to the Agency, the nominal growth rate of total income was 15% in 2023 compared to 2022.
In 2023, the average per capita nominal total income of the population was higher than the national average in Tashkent – 44.43 million soums, Navoi – 31.44 million soums, Bukhara – 23.48 million soums, Tashkent – 20.73 million soums and Khorezm – 20.07 million soums regions.
Last year, the lowest per capita nominal total income of the population was recorded in the Republic of Karakalpakstan – 14.57 million soums, Namangan – 15.07 million soums and Ferghana – 15.71 million soums regions.
The real growth rate of total per capita income in 2023 was 2.4%; in 2022, the same figure was recorded at 7.3%.
The highest rate of real growth rates of per capita total income was recorded in Tashkent (7.6%), Navoi (5.7%), Syrdarya and Andijan (4.4%), and Jizzakh (4.3%) regions.
A decrease in the real growth rate of per capita total income was noted in Khorezm (-6.4%), Surkhandarya (-0.8%), Samarkand (-0.5%), Bukhara (-0.4%) and Namangan (-0 .3%) areas.
According to UzDaily, the significant growth in the total income of the population is mainly facilitated by significant changes in income from self-employment, which accounts for 34.3%, income of employees – 29.7%, and income from transfers – 26.7%.
