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Apr 2, 2025
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    In 2024, the poverty rate in Uzbekistan decreased to 8.9%

    Social medium 3 February 2025 1173

    The poverty rate in Uzbekistan at the end of 2024, according to international standards, decreased from 11% to 8.9% (by 3.3 million people or 719 thousand less than in 2023).

    According to the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction, this result was determined based on a study conducted jointly with the World Bank.

    The greatest reduction in poverty:

    · in Bukhara region - from 11.8 percent to 8.7 percent;

    · in Samarkand region - from 10.5% to 7.5%;

    · in Namangan region - from 10.4% to 7.6%.;

    · In the Republic of Karakalpakstan, it was recorded - from 13.6% to 10.8%.

    In 2024, the measures taken to ensure employment, attract entrepreneurship, and improve the efficiency of land use allocated for household plots and agriculture made a significant contribution to reducing poverty in the country.

    As a result, in 2024, real incomes of the population increased by 10.7%, reaching an average of 2.1 million soums per capita per month (at the beginning of the year - 1.7 million soums).

    In particular, the income of the population includes:

    · salary - 42.6 percent (in 2023 - 41.9 percent);

    · income from business activities - 22.9 percent (21.4 percent);

    · pensions, social assistance and subsidies - 18.2% (18.9%);

    · income from agriculture and subsidiary farming - 10.7% (9.8%);

    · money transfers from abroad - 2.0 percent (3.1 percent);

    · other income - 3.6 percent (4.9 percent).

    Household income from wages increased by 12.9% compared to 2023.

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