"Uzbekistan — 2030" Strategy: Decree and Goals

Raise preschool education coverage of children to 80 percent

Ensure 100 percent coverage of children by school-readiness groups

Raise the share of preschool education organisations with a regular supply of clean water to 100 percent

Raise the share of preschool education organisations provided with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities under the “Three Star Approach” methodology to 86 percent

Raise the share of general secondary education institutions provided with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities under the “Three Star Approach” methodology to 86 percent

Raise the share of general secondary schools equipped with “electronic whiteboards” to 100 percent

Raise the share of general secondary education institutions using the assessment system of Presidential and specialised schools to 50 percent

Print 1,000 titles of new-generation textbook sets (textbook, workbook, teachers’ guides) in general subjects for general secondary education organisations

Create 1,000 multimedia programmes for tablets based on new-generation textbooks

Raise the annual number of foreign language specialists engaged by general secondary education organisations to 1,000

Double the monthly salaries of teaching staff in preschool and general secondary education institutions (compared with 2023)

Provide continuous professional development for 500,000 staff of preschool and general secondary education institutions

Raise the share of staff trained on state grants in teacher-education programmes for applicants in high-demand fields and remote areas to 17 percent

Raise the share of non-state general secondary education organisations in the general secondary education system to 10 percent

Raise the indicator of improved education quality and upgraded facilities in vocational education institutions to 70 percent

Establish 14 advanced vocational excellence technical colleges

Raise employment of graduates of advanced vocational excellence technical colleges to 60 percent

Raise the share of teaching staff holding a qualification category to 50 percent

Raise vocational education coverage of 9th-grade graduates of general secondary education institutions to 50 percent

Raise the share of professional development courses for technical college managers and staff delivered in distance or blended formats to 30 percent

Raise the share of secondary specialised and vocational education organisations that have passed state accreditation to 80 percent

Raise higher education coverage of graduates of general secondary schools and academic lyceums to at least 50 percent

Raise the share of higher education graduates holding a permanent job for one year to 65 percent

Raise the share of higher education graduates rated positively by employers to 70 percent

Raise the share of general secondary education organisations staffed with teachers holding higher education degrees to 99 percent

Raise the number of internationally accredited higher education programmes to 200

Raise the number of joint degree programmes introduced with foreign universities ranked in the “Top 500” (QS, THE, ARWU) to 50

Get 10 higher education institutions into the world’s most prestigious “Top 1,000” university rankings (QS, THE, ARWU)

Open branches of 2 foreign universities ranked in the “Top 100” (QS, THE, ARWU)

Raise the share of higher and postgraduate education organisations that have passed state accreditation to 90 percent

Improve the effectiveness of research at higher education institutions and raise research capacity to 70 percent

Raise dormitory coverage of higher education students in need of housing to 60 percent

Raise the level of supply of modern educational literature to higher education libraries to 45 percent

Make 100 percent of library holdings available electronically

Increase funding for science to 1 percent of gross domestic product

Raise the number of fundamental research projects funded from the State budget to 400

Raise the number of internationally partnered research projects in fundamental research areas to 200

Raise the number of applied research projects funded from the State budget to 1,600

Raise the number of types of innovative products manufactured by sectoral enterprises to 850

Organise a total of 400 co-funded applied research projects addressing sectoral economic problems

Establish 8 spin-off manufacturing enterprises at higher education institutions in priority areas of the economy

Raise the number of researchers conducting studies in priority areas of research staff training to 12,000

Raise the share of researchers aged up to 39 in the total number of researchers to 61 percent

Bring the country into the world’s top 60 innovative countries by improving Uzbekistan’s position in the Global Innovation Index

Send into space the first Uzbek cosmonaut who is a citizen of our country in the history of independent Uzbekistan

Raise the number of researchers per 1 million population to 2,000

Raise the number of commercialised research developments to 1,000

Raise average life expectancy to 78 years

Raise the share of State budget spending on healthcare to 5 percent of gross domestic product by 2030

Reduce premature mortality (ages 30 — 69) from cardiovascular diseases to 27 percent

Reduce premature mortality (ages 30 — 69) from cancer to 5.2 percent

Ensure 100 percent treatment coverage of patients with diabetes mellitus

Keep premature mortality (ages 30 — 69) from respiratory diseases at no more than 1.5 percent

Keep tuberculosis incidence at no more than 33 per 100,000 population

Detect 50 percent of patients diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, malignant tumours, diabetes and tuberculosis during preventive check-ups

Raise coverage of agreements between family doctors and the population to 90 percent

Increase the average survival of patients on regular haemodialysis in the country to over 13 years

Reduce the birth rate of infants with life-threatening congenital anomalies to 7 (per 100,000 live births)

Reduce maternal mortality to below 9 per 100,000 live births

Provide 100 percent free supply, as indicated, of iodine supplements to children aged 3 — 15 and multivitamins, iron and folic acid to women aged 15 — 35

Raise the rate of exclusive breastfeeding of infants under 6 months to 80 percent

Reduce infant mortality to 6.5 per 1,000 live births

Reduce under-five child mortality to 9 per 1,000 live births

Provide 100 percent of children aged 6 — 23 months with free micronutrient powder, as indicated

Reduce helminthiasis among children aged 2 — 10 by 15 percent

Increase the 5-year survival rate for malignant tumours to over 47.5 percent

Ensure 100 percent treatment coverage of all patients diagnosed with malignant tumours

Keep one-year cancer mortality at no more than 15 percent

Raise the early detection rate of arterial hypertension among adults (aged 40 and over) to 70 percent

Raise the early detection rate of diabetes among adults (aged 40 and over) to 70 percent

Raise the volume of collected blood to 450,000 litres

Provide annual preventive medical check-ups and health improvement for 90 percent of the population aged 55 and over

Raise the share of physically active people among older adults (aged 40 and over) to 50 percent (survey conducted every 5 years)

Keep obesity among people aged 18 — 69 at no more than 23.2 percent (BMI ≥30 kg/m², based on the STEPS survey once every 5 years)

Reduce the share of the population consuming excess salt to 32 percent (survey conducted every 5 years)

Reduce the share of insufficiently physically active adults to 22.4 percent (survey conducted every 5 years)

Keep tobacco use prevalence among people aged 18 — 69 at no more than 14.7 percent (STEPS survey conducted every 5 years)

Reduce the incidence of anaemia to below 3,100 (per 100,000 population)

Raise the level of digitalisation of medical institutions (improving infrastructure, integration, converting medical records to electronic form, building staff capacity) to 100 percent

Raise the level of full implementation of the unified digital health platform to 100 percent

Raise the level of digitalisation of social services to 85 percent

Reduce the average waiting time in social services from application to start of service to 9 days

Raise the number of people provided with a social card to 3 million

Raise the number of types of prosthetic and orthopaedic devices and technical rehabilitation aids provided to persons with disabilities under state guarantee to 50

Raise the level of functional improvement of rehabilitated persons with disabilities in need to 35 percent

Raise inclusive education coverage of children with special educational needs in general schools to 1,000

Provide day care for 4,500 children with disabilities

Integrate into society 1,500 orphans and children left without parental care

Raise coverage of young people by marriage and family-life preparation courses to 80 percent

Raise the share of women in management positions to 35 percent

Raise the share of women in the state civil service to 40 percent

Raise the share of women on the supervisory boards of state-owned enterprises to 9 percent

Raise the number of women actively using information and communication technologies to 500,000

Raise the coverage of women aged 31 — 60 by vocational and entrepreneurship skills training to 3 percent

Raise the number of women in need paired with women business leaders to 100,000

Reduce the share of officially unemployed women to 5 percent

Establish 3,940 centres in mahallas to promote women’s employment and strengthen their health

Raise the number of services provided to the public at family and women’s centres to 60 percent

Raise the number of women lifted out of need through targeted social support to 300,000

Increase the coverage of activities under programmes supporting older people to at least 30 percent

Organise trips for 1.9 million older people to the country’s landmarks, historic cities, ancient monuments, pilgrimage sites and scenic spots

Eliminate “absolute poverty” (based on the current cost of minimum consumer expenditure)

Provide 100 percent of the poor population with poverty-exit services

Reduce the unemployment rate to 4 percent

Raise the share of the private sector in vocational training to 30 percent

Train 2 million citizens in vocations, entrepreneurship skills and foreign languages

Upgrade the qualifications of 1,600 instructors at vocational training centres to international standards

Reimburse, through a voucher system, the costs of training 700,000 unemployed and job-seeking citizens without official income in vocations, entrepreneurship skills and foreign languages

Raise the share of non-state education organisations in the voucher system to 48 percent

Raise the number of young people learning foreign languages free of charge (online) through the “Ibrat Farzandlari” project to 7 million

Raise the number of young people learning modern professions and sciences free of charge (online) with artificial intelligence to 3 million

Raise the total number of young people covered by the “2+6” programme supporting foreign language learning to 100,000

Raise the total number of young people (relative to the population aged 14 — 30) reimbursed for international foreign language exam fees to 90,000

Raise youth participation in intellectual games to 10 percent

Each year, enable up to 500 talented young people and gifted specialists to study at prestigious foreign universities ranked in the Top 300 (QS, THE)

Each year, enable up to 500 talented young people and gifted specialists to study at prestigious foreign universities ranked in the Top 100 (QS, THE)

Reduce youth unemployment to 8 percent

Provide employment for 400,000 young people

Provide jobs in IT for 300,000 young people

Each year, train 50,000 school students in modern professions in high demand on the international IT market

Raise the share of the population engaged in sport to 36 percent

Raise coverage of young people aged 7 — 30 by mass sports events to 60 percent

Build at least 5,000 sports grounds in mahallas for physical education and mass sport

Increase the share of young people training regularly at sports education institutions by 10 percent

Increase the number of general school students regularly engaged in sport by 12 percent

Increase the number of non-state physical education and sports organisations by sport by 50 percent

Raise the number of ranked and titled athletes to 21,000

Raise the share of staff with higher education in the sports sector to 85 percent

Raise the number of research studies on developing the sector to 140

Rank among the 15 strongest countries at the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Qualify for the 2030 FIFA World Cup

Get Uzbekistan’s athletes into the TOP 5 countries in the overall team standings at the next Asian Games in Doha (Qatar) in 2030

Ensure 100 percent of Uzbekistan national team athletes hold the World Anti-Doping Agency’s ADEL platform certificate

Bring Uzbekistan’s list of drugs prohibited in sport into 100 percent conformity with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List

Hold 18,000 systematic outreach events aimed at building resilience to ideological threats among the population, especially young people, and strengthening national values and patriotism

Produce 5,000 modern media products and creative digital outreach materials aimed at ensuring the stability of the social and spiritual environment in society

Raise the share of young people engaged in reading through the “Mutolaa” project to 50 percent

Raise the number of copies of translations of at least 60 titles of Uzbek literature into Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen and Karakalpak in general school libraries to 60,000

Publish volumes 51 — 100 of the 100-volume collection “Monuments of Uzbek Folk Art”

Raise attendance at state theatres to 15 million

Stage more than 600 new productions at state theatres

Send state theatres to 125 (at least 25 per year) international festivals and tours

Raise private sector participation in the theatre sector to 25 percent

Raise attendance at state circuses to 250,000

Raise the annual number of circus performances held in the regions to 440

Attract 62.5 million spectators to cultural events and festivals staged by state concert and entertainment institutions

Raise the number of international festivals and forums in maqom, bakhshi art, dance and theatre to 40

Raise the number of cultural and theatre performances held at tourist sites under an annual calendar to 2,400

Carry out conservation work on 112 cultural heritage sites

Conduct in-depth research on more than 20 elements of intangible cultural heritage

Take measures to submit nominations for a total of 5 tangible cultural heritage sites to UNESCO’s international lists.

Raise annual museum attendance to 7 million

Raise the level of digital registration of museum exhibits to 100 percent

Record and widely promote at least 50 examples of intangible cultural heritage each year

Create 25 publications on the work of talented masters of askiya and comic folk art

Register 2,500 archaeological artefacts in the state catalogue

Raise the level of provision of musical instruments to children’s music and art schools to 100 percent

Raise the share of staff with academic degrees and titles at higher education institutions in culture and the arts to 60 percent

Staff children’s music and art schools with 70 percent of teachers holding higher education degrees

Raise the share of culture and arts institutions established through public-private partnership to 5.8 percent

Raise the annual number of film productions made under state commission to more than 100

Raise the number of the world’s most popular online platforms carrying national films to 11

Raise the production of animated films about national heroes to 20

Raise investment in the film industry (including private and foreign) to 2.5 million dollars

Raise exports of national film products to 1.5 million dollars

Raise the number of prestigious international film festivals to which national films are submitted to 50

Raise gross domestic product to over 240 billion dollars

Raise gross domestic product per capita to over 5,800 dollars

Keep the ratio of public debt to gross domestic product at no more than 50 percent

Ensure average annual growth of fixed capital investment of around 5 — 7 percent

Bring annual inflation to 5 percent by 2030

Keep the consolidated budget deficit at no more than 3 percent of gross domestic product

Raise the share of tax revenues (budget and social tax) in gross domestic product to 17.3 percent by improving tax administration

Keep the share of customs revenues in gross domestic product at no less than 4.4 percent by improving customs administration

Raise the number of first-tier budget fund managers covered by the “programme budgeting” system to 52

Reduce the non-observed economy to 23 percent of gross domestic product

Increase the output of technology products in industry 2.5-fold (compared with 2023)

Increase gold production 1.5-fold (compared with 2024)

Increase copper production 3.5-fold, including a 2-fold increase in copper cathode production (compared with 2024)

Triple silver production (compared with 2024)

Triple uranium production (compared with 2024)

Raise passenger car production to 1 million units, including 200,000 electric vehicles

Create 1.8 million high-income jobs in industry

Raise value added in industry to 60 billion dollars

Carry out geological exploration over 60,000 square kilometres of the country’s territory

Raise the volume of localised products in the mining industry under localisation, industrial cooperation and supplier-mentoring schemes to 2 billion dollars

Raise the level of yarn processing in the textile industry to 100 percent

Raise the share of high value-added products in light industry exports to 65 percent

Raise foreign investment attracted to finance the transition of light industry enterprises to renewable energy to 100 million dollars

Double the output of construction materials and expand the production of new types of energy-efficient materials

Meet 70 percent of demand for medicines through domestic pharmaceutical producers

Increase value added in the leather and footwear industry 5-fold

Triple the output of furniture products

Ensure average annual growth of 5 — 7 percent in foreign investment attracted into the country

Carry out initial (IPO) and/or secondary (SPO) public offerings of shares of 12 state-owned enterprises on international and domestic stock markets

Implement more than 400 strategically important technology and infrastructure investment projects worth a total of 150 billion dollars across sectors and regions

Privatise banks, keeping 4 banks in state ownership

Raise annual lending in the banking and financial system to 720 trillion soums

Raise commercial bank deposit balances to 560 trillion soums

Introduce Islamic finance services at 3 commercial banks, having established the legal framework for Islamic finance

Raise the share of renewable energy sources in total generation (consumption) to 54 percent

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 35 percent from the 2010 level

Raise renewable energy capacity to 25,000 MW

Reduce losses in heating networks to 20 percent

Raise the share of buildings and structures with an assigned energy-efficiency class to 100 percent for those owned by state organisations and 30 percent for those owned by the private sector

Raise energy storage capacity to 4,500 MW

Raise the capacity of new high-efficiency thermal power plants to 22,109 MW

Raise the capacity of hydropower and pumped-storage power plants to 5,370 MW

Raise the share of multi-apartment buildings that have undergone an energy audit to 25 percent

Raise electricity supplied for the needs of the economy and the population to over 120 billion kWh

Raise annual natural gas production to 48.5 billion cubic metres

Raise the number of electricity market participants to 140 to improve the competitive environment

Reduce losses in electricity distribution networks to 9 percent

Install special devices at 100 percent of filling stations allowing consumers to check the quality of petroleum products

Raise investment in geological exploration aimed at increasing hydrocarbon reserves to 35.7 trillion soums

Reduce losses in natural gas networks to 3.8 percent

Raise the volume of transport services to 320 trillion soums

Raise transit cargo through the country to 18.5 million tonnes

Cut freight delivery times on the Samarkand — Karakalpakiya railway section from 10 days to 6 days

Raise the share of electrified railways to 65 percent

Raise the number of flights to 200,000, including 41,000 between the country’s regions

Raise the number of regional flights (not terminating in Tashkent) to 1,560

Build, reconstruct and repair 45,200 kilometres of roads

Build toll roads with a total length of 130 km on the Tashkent — Samarkand, Tashkent — Fergana Valley and other routes

Provide full public transport coverage of cities and districts, raising the number of new buses to 5,000 and electric buses to 2,000

Raise the number of routes operated under gross-cost contracts in Nukus and regional centres to 248

Raise high-speed rail passenger numbers to 3.25 million

Modernise 5 major airports of the country and transfer them to management under public-private partnership

Raise the number of private airlines to 15

Raise the number of aircraft in the national fleet to 180

Raise the number of air passengers served to 24 million

Raise average income per hectare to 5,000 dollars

Raise agricultural exports to 10 billion dollars a year

Raise average cotton yields to 45 — 50 centners per hectare

Raise grain yields to 90 — 100 centners per hectare

Raise the share of cotton and grain area using modern resource-saving technologies to 51 percent

Raise the area of land returned to use to 620,000 hectares

Raise the share of locally produced vegetable, melon and potato seed to 50 percent

Raise the agricultural processing rate to 27 percent

Raise the capacity of agro-logistics centres in the regions to 2.5 million tonnes

Raise the share of intensively farmed vegetable area in total vegetable area to 35 percent

Raise insurance coverage to 50 percent by introducing an agricultural risk insurance mechanism

Raise the share of fodder crops in total sown area to 15 percent

Raise the rate of detection and prompt remedy of violations on agricultural land to 90 percent

Increase the volume of quality-certified agricultural seed by 24 percent

Ensure annual growth of total exports (excluding gold) of 15 percent

Raise the number of exporting companies to 15,000

Raise the share of finished and semi-finished products in exports to 70 percent

Raise the number of companies that have adopted international standards for export to 5,000

Raise the level of harmonisation of national standards with international standards to 80 percent

Adopt 7,865 new international and European standards in their original form (language)

Bring a total of 15 prestigious national brands to foreign markets

Raise the share of the non-state sector in the economy (energy, oil and gas, mining, metallurgy, transport, finance and others) to 85 percent

Raise the share of small business and private entrepreneurship in gross domestic product to 60 percent

Abolish 16 types of state monopoly and bring the private sector into these sectors

Expand the practice of granting strategic mineral deposits to local businesses, and increase fourfold the number of permits for gold, silver, non-ferrous metal, tungsten, coal and non-metallic deposits

Raise the number of products covered by monitoring and control purchases assessing whether consumer goods sold at retail outlets meet quality and safety requirements to 400

Raise the number of goods, financial and digital markets subject to a full competition analysis to 40

Raise the share of small and medium-sized businesses operating for three years or more among active businesses to 60 percent

Raise digital services exports to 5 billion dollars

Raise the number of artificial intelligence leaders to 5 million

Raise international internet connection capacity to 5,000 Gbit/s

Raise coverage by fibre-optic lines and broadband data networks to 99 percent