TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, January 20. Volume of gross domestic product (GDP) of Uzbekistan amounted to 1.06 trillion soums ($623.5 billion) in 2023, Trend reports.
As per data of Statistics Agency, this figure increased by 6 percent year-on-year.
The growth of industry sector amounted to 6.0 percent and positive contribution to GDP growth is estimated at the level of 1.5 percentage points.
GDP per capital amounted to 28.9 million soums ($2,323). This indicator grew by 4.07 million soums ($327).
Growth in the industrial sector is estimated at 6 percent - 655.8 trillion soums ($52.7 billion). In the total volume of industrial production, the share of manufacturing industry amounted to 84.4 percent, mining and quarrying - 8.4 percent, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning - 6.7 percent, water supply, sewerage, waste collection and utilization - 0.5 percent.
Meanwhile, the World Bank, in its "Global Economic Prospects " report, published forecasts for GDP growth in Uzbekistan for 2024.
According to the bank's forecasts, Uzbekistan's GDP will grow by 5.5 percent in 2024. Earlier in June 2023, the bank predicted growth of Uzbekistan's economy at 5.4 percent in 2024.