Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- In 2020, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Uzbekistan in current prices reached 580.2 trillion soums, which is 1.6 % more than in the previous year. 

If we look at the years 2017-2019, we will see that the growth rate of real GDP averaged 5.2 %. However, during the current pandemic, this figure fell to the lowest level for the first time.

If we look at GDP by economic sector in 2020, we can see increases in agriculture, forestry and fisheries by (+ 3.0 %), industry (+ 0.7 %), construction (+ 9.2 %) and services (+ 0.1 %).

At the same time, if we pay attention to the influence of the regions on the GDP growth rate in the current period, high positive growth was noted in Navoi(+ 7.1%), Namangan (+ 4.8 %) and Surkhandarya (+ 4.4 %) regions.