Small businesses produce 41.1% of Uzbekistan’s GDP

Share of small businesses in GDP of the country was 40.9% in the first six months of 2009, according to official data.

Small businesses accounted 16.7% of industrial output and employed about 74% of population in the reporting period.

The growth rate of industrial production in small business made up 22.1% in January-June 2010, which is significantly high in average industry figure.