Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — As of 1 January 2025, a total of 688 joint-stock companies have been registered in Uzbekistan, 261 of which, accounting for 37.9%, have state ownership. These figures are reported by the Central Securities Depository of Uzbekistan.

The total volume of the state share amounts to 171.6 trillion soums, which represents 79.9% of all authorized capital.

The majority of state ownership is concentrated in the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which holds 65.9% of this share.

The next largest shares belong to the Reconstruction and Development Fund (25.5%) and the State Assets Management Agency (8.1%).

Foreign investors are involved in 333 joint-stock companies, making up 48.4% of the total.

The total share of foreign investors amounts to 9.9 trillion soums, or 4.6% of all authorized capital.

Hungary leads the investment volume, with 3.1 trillion soums, followed by the United Kingdom (1.9 trillion soums), Kazakhstan (1.4 trillion soums), Turkey (583 billion soums), and Russia (559 billion soums).