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AN ECONOMIC REPORTOFUZBEKISTAN

The International High School @ Lafayette

Economics

Mr. Joel

Shahlo Sharopova

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POPULATION & CURRENCY

28,160,361 people live inUzbekistan

The currency is

Uzbekistani Som. (1USD = 1,755.00 UZS)

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NATURAL RESOURCES & GEOGRAPHY

Uzbekistan is a doubly landlockedcountry (has no direct links toocean). The total area of Uzbekistanis 447,000 square km. 80% ofUzbekistan is desert topography.

Uzbekistan is the worlds seventh-largest gold producer, mining about80 tons per year. Gold and cottonmake up 20% of total exports.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Uzbekistan has a mid-level infrastructure.

In 2008, 98% of urban and 81% of rural population had accessto clean water.

In 2007, 16.9 out of every 100 people had access to and usethe Internet.

In 2009, 59 out of every 100 people used mobile phones.

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GDP & GDP PER CAPITA

In 2009, the gross domesticproduct of Uzbekistan was28,160,361 US$

The GDP per capita wasnearly 1,384US$.

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EXPORTS

In 2009, exports made up 31%of Uzbekistans GDP.

Major exportable items are

gold, cotton, manufactures, andtextiles.

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IMPORTS

Uzbekistan imports mostlymetal, chemicals, andfoodstuffs.

For imports, Uzbekistan

depends on Germany, SouthKorea, US and Kazakhstan.

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TRADE BALANCE & CURRENCY EVALUATION

In 2006, Uzbekistan had a2 billon US$ trade surplus.

The same year the inflationrate was 6.8%. Uzbekistanneeds to monitor itsinflation rate for consumersto be still able to purchasesome goods.

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SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS

The life expectancy for an Uzbek is 68 years.

According to the OECD, Uzbeks have a lowermiddle income.

As of 2007, Uzbeks had an unemployment rateof 0.8%.

87% of primary school aged Uzbeks wereenrolled in school in 2009.

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THE ENVIRONMENT

Despite Uzbekistans rich and varied natural environment,some factors such as the heavy use of agrochemicals andchronic lack of water treatment plants have caused health andenvironmental problems.

As of 2007, Uzbekistan had 4.3 metric tons per capita CO2emission.

Because of diversion of the rivers Amu Darya and Syr Daryafor cotton cultivation and other purposes, Aral Sea shrunk andlost 2/3 of its size as of 1960s.

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PREDICTION

According to the trade surplus and not very highinflation rate, a long term economic growth is expectedin Uzbekistan.

However, some environmental issues and unfairdistribution of wealth among people will slow down thegrowth of economy.

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SOURCES

Exports and Imports of Uzbekistan

http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/uzbekistan/export-import.html

Uzbekistan Data

http://data.worldbank.org/uzbekistan

Economy of Uzbekistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Uzbekistan

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