Uzbekistan creates 748,670 new jobs in Jan-Sep

He said that about 60.3% of new jobs were created in rural areas. The largest number of jobs was created in Ferghana region (73,680 jobs), Samarkand region (72,650) and Tashkent region (70,550).

Avezov underlined that some 60,500 new jobs were created in industry, 51,700 jobs – in service sector and 35,000 – in agriculture. About 16,500 new jobs were created due to rehabilitation of idle enterprises.

Over 213,500 new jobs were created by the small businesses due to loans of commercial banks, 176,000 – due to development of outwork and 112,800 units – due to development of farms.

According to the ministry, about 230,000 unemployed received jobs in nine months of 2015. At the same time, some 7,300 people were attracted to paid public works.