Central Asia
Uzbekistan
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Uzbekistan's #3 import source (world lens). Uzbekistan is the EU's #107 goods supplier.
Uzbekistan on the world stage
Total imports
$35.3bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$19.7bn
149 partners
#1 import source
China
29.2%
#1 export dest.
Areas, nes
46.6%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Uzbekistan and the EU
EU imports from
€1.0bn
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€4.5bn
0.2% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #107 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 4.38
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
65
EUR/MWh
Consumer
43
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
1121
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
10%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Single buyer (reforming)
Direct PPA
Prohibited
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
No independent regulator (Ministry of Energy)
A gas-depleting single-buyer system in rapid but incomplete reform: Uzenergosotish procures all power under long-term PPAs, tariffs are rising toward cost-recovery but still subsidised, and the planned wholesale market…
Tracked infrastructure
58 gas plants
13.1 GW · 3 building
12 coal plants
2.5 GW
0 wind farms
capacity n/a · 2 building
5 solar farms
1.4 GW · 6 building
7 hydro plants
1.5 GW · 2 building
4 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
8
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
2
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Other mine, Copper, Gold
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
Uzhydromet network (59 water bodies, 108 gauges) +…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
27
→ 28.2 by 2050
Fertility
3.49
above replacement
Working-age
63%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
9.3
→ 16.5 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 36.4M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +43% (52.2M)