Uzbekistan

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author: OCHA/ ReliefWeb


Location:
- Central Asia.
- Neighbours: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan.

Climate:
- mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters;
- semiarid grassland in east.

Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:448,978km2
Population*:32.7million
Pop. density*:72.7people/km2
GDP*:35.1EUR billion
GDP/capita*:1,075.4EUR

Currency: So'm
Code: UZS
Since: 1994


Insurance market portfolio
* 2018 estimates
Mandatory ins.*:16%
Voluntary ins.*:84%

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STATISTICS: UZBEKISTAN, 1H2026: The market sees a rise in GWP, paid claims, number of policies and charter capital

Uzbekistan's insurance sector grew by 28.63% y-o-y in the first half of 2026, reaching a total of UZS 8.02 trillion (EUR 583.07 million). Total paid claims amounted to UZS 2.25 trillion (EUR 163.80 million), which is 80.91% more y-o-y in local currency, according to data published by the National Agency for Prospective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAPP).

UZBEKISTAN: The insurance market expands more than 3.5 times in five years

Uzbekistan’s insurance market has expanded by more than 3.5 times over the past five years, Kamoliddin Abdurakhimov, CEO of the Association of Professional Participants in Uzbekistan’s Insurance Market said at the Azerbaijan International Insurance Forum (AIIF) 2026, held on 24-25 June in Baku.




UZBEKISTAN: O‘ZBEKINVEST opens new insurance markets in Scandinavia and Northern Europe to support exports and international investment

O‘ZBEKINVEST, one of the top three non-life insurance companies in Uzbekistan, held a series of talks with the heads of leading Nordic export credit agencies – Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) in Copenhagen, Denmark; Exportkreditnämnden (EKN) in Stockholm, Sweden; and Finnvera in Helsinki, Finland, the insurer said on its website.