Uzbekistan
Government debt in Uzbekistan
Government debt in Uzbekistan: 13.8% of GDP in 1997 and 28.6% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 28.6% of GDP
- Since 1997
- +14.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 132 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 25.1% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 25.1% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 40.4% of GDP in 2001, the lowest 5.4% of GDP in 2014.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 28.6 |
| 2024 | 30.9 |
| 2023 | 30.7 |
| 2022 | 29.2 |
| 2021 | 30.2 |
| 2020 | 31.9 |
| 2019 | 24.3 |
| 2018 | 16.7 |
| 2017 | 17.3 |
| 2016 | 7.2 |
| 2015 | 5.9 |
| 2014 | 5.4 |
| 2013 | 5.5 |
| 2012 | 6.1 |
| 2011 | 5.7 |
| 2010 | 5.9 |
| 2009 | 6.6 |
| 2008 | 7.5 |
| 2007 | 8.6 |
| 2006 | 12.2 |
| 2005 | 18.9 |
| 2004 | 24.2 |
| 2003 | 28.3 |
| 2002 | 37.5 |
| 2001 | 40.4 |
| 2000 | 26.5 |
| 1999 | 16.6 |
| 1998 | 16.2 |
| 1997 | 13.8 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 27.6 |
| 2027 | 26.4 |
| 2028 | 25.6 |
| 2029 | 25 |
| 2030 | 25 |
| 2031 | 25.1 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollars$1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per person$45 in 2018
- Military share of state spending11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnel68,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports68 million TIV in 2016