Uzbekistan to Launch Unified Social Registry for Citizens in February 2026

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — From 1 February 2026, Uzbekistan will implement a unified social registry, integrated on the basis of the “Unified Social Security Registry” and the Registry of Low-Income Families.

Presidential Decree No. PF–258 dated 26 December 2025 aims at a fundamental improvement of the system for providing state social support measures.

The social registry is maintained within the information system “Unified National Social Security” and is intended to identify families and individuals eligible for state social support, as well as to assess their socio-economic status.

Families will be classified into three categories: “family under state support,” “low-income family,” and “family at risk of poverty.”

The categories are defined as follows:

Family under state support — family members are unable to work or have limited work capacity, and the average per capita income is below the minimum subsistence level.

Low-income family — family members are capable of working, but the per capita income remains below the minimum subsistence level.

Family at risk of poverty — per capita income ranges from 1 to 1.5 times the minimum subsistence level, including families reclassified from previous categories and those recognized as “in difficult life circumstances” upon recommendation by the local mahalla.

The decree establishes the procedure for the payment of child allowances and financial assistance for each category:

Family under state support — social support is provided regardless of employment status, without additional application, with an annual review of the socio-economic situation.

Low-income family — benefits are initially granted for six months conditional on the official employment of capable members; after employment registration, payments continue uninterrupted.

Family at risk of poverty — benefits are granted for six months. The amount of support depends on per capita income: 75 % of the established amount for incomes from 1 to 1.25 times the minimum subsistence level, and 50 % for incomes from 1.25 to 1.5 times.

The introduction of a unified social registry will allow centralized accounting of socially vulnerable populations and optimize the system of state payments, ensuring more transparent and targeted distribution of social assistance.