Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) reached 1,755.5 trillion soums at current prices in January-September 2026, increasing by 8.3% in real terms compared with the same period in 2025, according to the National Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan.
The preliminary data were published on 30 October 2026. Figures for January-September 2022–2025 have been revised to reflect the results of the population and agricultural censuses. For comparison, GDP totalled 1,494.9 trillion soums in the first nine months of 2025, with growth of 8.0%, and 1,224.4 trillion soums in the same period of 2024, when the economy expanded by 6.1%.
The GDP deflator for January-September 2026 was 108.4% compared with the same period a year earlier. The highest rates were recorded in industry, at 112.1%, and other service activities, at 109.7%. Below the national average were agriculture, forestry and fishing (107.8%); trade and accommodation and food services (106.4%); construction (105.5%); and transportation and storage, information and communication (103.1%).
Gross value added across all sectors accounted for 95.9% of GDP and increased by 8.3%, contributing 7.9 percentage points to overall GDP growth. Net taxes on products accounted for the remaining 4.1% of GDP, rising by 8.4% and contributing 0.4 percentage points to growth.
Industry generated 450.4 trillion soums in value added, increasing by 8.1%, while trade and accommodation and food services accounted for 247.1 trillion soums, up 15.1%. Each sector contributed 2.0 percentage points to GDP growth. Transportation and storage, information and communication generated 135.4 trillion soums, rising by 18.1% and contributing 1.4 percentage points. Construction reached 140.2 trillion soums, up 12.5%, and contributed 1.0 percentage point.
Other service activities added 448.5 trillion soums, increasing by 3.2% and contributing 0.8 percentage points to GDP growth. Agriculture, forestry and fishing generated 261.7 trillion soums, up 4.6%, contributing 0.7 percentage points.
Compared with January-September 2025, industry's share of the economy increased from 26.0% to 26.8%, while construction's share rose from 8.2% to 8.3%. The share of services declined from 49.6% to 49.4%, while agriculture, forestry and fishing fell from 16.2% to 15.5%.
Industrial value added increased by 8.1% to 450.4 trillion soums. Growth was driven mainly by manufacturing, where value added rose by 8.6% to 373.1 trillion soums. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply grew by 10.1% to 29.8 trillion soums. Mining and quarrying increased by 3.1% to 44.4 trillion soums, while water supply, sewerage, waste collection and disposal rose by 1.6% to 3.1 trillion soums.
Construction value added totalled 140.2 trillion soums, with the volume of construction work increasing by 12.5%. Construction of buildings and structures grew by 6.6%, civil engineering works by 29.0% and specialised construction activities by 33.1%.
The share of buildings and structures in the construction sector declined from 75.3% to 71.3%. Civil engineering's share increased from 16.2% to 18.1%, while specialised construction activities rose from 8.5% to 10.6%.
Value added in the services sector reached 831.0 trillion soums, up 8.9% year on year. The fastest growth was recorded in information and communication services, which expanded by 21.6%, followed by trade at 17.3% and transportation and storage at 16.1%. Accommodation and food services grew by 11.2%, while other services increased by 3.2%.
Retail trade, excluding motor vehicle sales, accounted for the largest share of trade value added at 48.3%, compared with 48.9% a year earlier. Wholesale trade accounted for 40.1%, down from 40.3%, while wholesale and retail trade in motor vehicles and their repair represented 11.6%, compared with 10.8%.
Transportation and storage accounted for 5.0% of GDP. Road transport represented the largest share of value added in this sector, at 57.4%, compared with 55.0% a year earlier. Supporting transport activities accounted for 18.1%, air transport for 8.7%, rail transport for 8.5% and pipeline transport for 7.3%.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing grew by 4.6%. Forestry increased by 5.0%, while crop and livestock production expanded by 4.6%.
GDP per capita reached 44.6923 million soums, representing a 6.4% increase in real terms compared with the first nine months of 2025, when it stood at 38.7468 million soums.
Information and communication technology (ICT) services accounted for 2.7% of the economy, compared with 2.5% in 2025 and 2.3% in 2024. The sector's value added reached 45.5 trillion soums, up from 35.8 trillion soums a year earlier and 23.7 trillion soums in 2024.
Computer programming, consultancy and related services accounted for 54.0% of ICT value added. Communication services represented 29.2%, data hosting and processing and web portals 10.0%, software publishing 4.2%, and computer and communication equipment repair 2.6%.
Small businesses generated 904.8 trillion soums in value added, accounting for 53.8% of the economy's total. Services represented 46.7% of this amount, agriculture, forestry and fishing 27.0%, industry 14.6% and construction 11.7%.
Small businesses accounted for 93.2% of value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 75.4% in construction, 50.9% in services and 29.4% in industry.
The share of the non-observed economy, which includes household and individual activities as well as the shadow economy, stood at 21.8% of GDP, down from 23.9% a year earlier.
By sector, the non-observed economy accounted for 57.6% of value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 23.8% in services, 8.3% in construction and 4.9% in industry.
