Uzbekistan
Republic of Uzbekistan
- Capital
- Tashkent
- Region
- Central Asia
- Population, 2025
- 37 million
- Currency
- UZS
- Area
- 447,400 km²
Across Uzbekistan's 14 priced cities, one person needs about $647 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $401.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
66out of 100
- Purchasing power25%48
- Safety20%73
- Health care15%64
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%83
- Connectivity10%51
- Cost10%93
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #34
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
25.3
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
5.3
New York = 100
Purchasing power
78.9
New York = 100
One person
$647
A month, rent included
Net salary
$401
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$296
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$3,968
2025
Growth
+7.7%
2025
Unemployment
4.6%
2025
Inflation
8.8%
2025
Life expectancy
72.5 years
2024
Internet users
90%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 12%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 12%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 15%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 12%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 4%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 12%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 72.7
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 27.3
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2021
- 1.4
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #73 worldwide
- 95
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #72 worldwide
- 65
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +9%
Cities in Uzbekistan
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Jizzax | 70 | 24.2 | — | — | — | 179.2K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 2Xiva | 69 | — | — | — | — | 115K | Low confidence |
| 3Chust | 69 | 27.1 | — | — | — | 100.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 4Navoiy | 69 | — | — | — | — | 144.2K | Low confidence |
| 5Urganch | 68 | 20.5 | $161 | $423 | 103.2 | 145K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 6Nukus | 68 | — | — | — | — | 332.5K | Low confidence |
| 7Angren | 67 | 27.1 | — | — | — | 191.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 8Chirchiq | 67 | — | — | — | — | 162.8K | Low confidence |
| 9Termiz | 66 | — | — | — | — | 182.8K | Low confidence |
| 10Olmaliq | 66 | — | — | — | — | 133.4K | Low confidence |
| 11Marg‘ilon | 66 | — | — | — | — | 253.5K | Low confidence |
| 12Qo‘qon | 66 | — | — | — | — | 259.7K | Low confidence |
| 13Bukhara | 66 | 19.5 | $200 | $336 | 78.0 | 280.2K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 14Shahrisabz | 65 | 19.3 | — | $420 | 90.1 | 142.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 15Fergana | 65 | 25.9 | $356 | $607 | 93.0 | 299.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 16Yunusobod | 64 | — | — | — | — | 352K | Low confidence |
| 17Chilanzar | 64 | — | — | — | — | 260.7K | Low confidence |
| 18Sergeli | 64 | — | — | — | — | 105.7K | Low confidence |
| 19Namangan | 63 | 25.3 | $200 | $401 | 78.9 | 713.2K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 20Qarshi | 63 | 24.1 | $275 | $355 | 63.7 | 278.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 21Andijon | 62 | 19.1 | $247 | $301 | 64.5 | 747.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 22Andijan | 62 | 23.4 | $296 | $351 | 62.0 | 747.8K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 23Tashkent | 61 | 29.0 | $605 | $762 | 83.8 | 2M | High confidence, 128 contributors |
| 24Samarkand | 61 | 23.0 | $245 | $304 | 58.9 | 595.2K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 25Urgut | 58 | 27.1 | — | — | — | 65.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 26Beshariq | 53 | — | — | — | — | 96.9K | Low confidence |
| 27Uychi | 53 | — | — | — | — | 29.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 28Shofirkon | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |