# Uzbekistan - Link: https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/ - Published: 2026-05-22T22:16:25-05:00 - Author: Preeti Sinha National Blueprint · One of 195 # Uzbekistan Central Asia’s most populous nation, 37 million strong and growing 7.8% in 2026 on IMF projections, where the World Bank financed $1.1 billion of reforms in 2023 and 2024 and $150 million for rural infrastructure in June 2026. Perfect Nations values what Uzbekistan owns and raises capital against it, through** innovative financing for development (FfD)** and **super intelligence (SI)**. Uzbekistan at a glance * **37.1m**PeopleWorld Bank * _Furthest from reach · Education_**32.4%**of children in Uzbekistan cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school[World Bank, 2021](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=UZ) * **5**Instruments and investments on record[Capital already committed](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/#bp-register) [Work with us](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/#bp-studio)[Read the Letter to Uzbekistan](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/#bp-letter) What we do for Uzbekistan ## Assets. Capital. Solutions. Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations. 1. [01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The People to The Farmland.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/#bp-assets) 2. [02CapitalThe laurels5 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/#bp-capital) 3. [03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Education is furthest from reach today.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/#bp-pc) **The whole logo:** a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance. [01](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/#bp-do)**Assets** · The cup· Sovereign Assets ## Five assets no balance sheet counts. Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Uzbekistan toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen. * **37.1m**Citizens, 2025 * ### The People * 31.3% are under fifteen: the largest young workforce in Central Asia. * **14.4%**Of GDP sent home by citizens abroad, 2025 * ### The Diaspora * Uzbeks working abroad send home a seventh of the economy. * **8.5%**Of GDP from mineral rents, 2021 * ### The Minerals * Gold, copper and uranium: mineral rents worth 8.5% of the economy. * **11.9%**Of GDP from oil and gas rents, 2021 * ### The Oil and Gas * Gas that heats the nation and feeds its chemicals industry. * **58.1%**Of the land in agriculture, 2023 * ### The Farmland * Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest. [Every figure, with its source](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/#bp-sources) [The Sovereign Assets ledger](https://perfectnations.com/sovereign-assets/) [02](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/#bp-do)**Capital** · The laurels· Capital Architecture ## Reform at speed, financed by its partners. Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Uzbekistan owns, every line sourced. [Capital Architecture](https://perfectnations.com/capital-architecture/) The record in figures * **$1.1bn**Two Inclusive and Resilient Market Economy Development Policy Operations, December 2023 and October 2024[World Bank, 2024](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P501037) * **$150M**Second phase of the Rural Infrastructure Development Program, June 2026 [World Bank, 2026](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/17/uzbekistan-second-phase-of-the-rural-infrastructure-development-program) * **14.4%**Remittances received from citizens abroad, share of GDP, 2025[World Bank, 2025](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS?locations=UZ) * **28.6%**General government gross debt, share of GDP, 2025[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/UZB) Capital already committed * MultilateralApprovedRural Infrastructure Development Program, second phase$150M * World Bank · June 2026 * Better living standards for 1.2 million people and access to jobs. * World Bank * [Source](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/17/uzbekistan-second-phase-of-the-rural-infrastructure-development-program) * MultilateralApprovedAccess to finance for 7,000 businesses$105M * World Bank · December 2025 * Finance for small and medium firms to grow and create jobs: $100 million and $5 million. * World Bank * [Source](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/12/15/improved-access-to-finance-to-help-7000-businesses-in-uzbekistan-grow-and-create-jobs) * MultilateralApprovedFirst Inclusive and Resilient Market Economy DPO$800M * World Bank · Approved 7 December 2023 * Budget support for market reforms. * World Bank * [Source](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P180470) * MultilateralApprovedSecond Inclusive and Resilient Market Economy DPO$300M * World Bank · Approved 3 October 2024 * Budget support for market reforms. * World Bank * [Source](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P501037) * MultilateralApprovedInnovative Social Protection System for Inclusion of Vulnerable People$100M * World Bank · Approved 24 May 2024 * Social protection for vulnerable families. * World Bank * [Source](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P504420) ### The Uzbekistan Newswire [The Solutions Wire](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-wire) ![Dilnoza Karimova, Nation Steward of Uzbekistan](https://perfectnations.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/11/Dilnoza-Karimova-Nation-Steward-of-Uzbekistan-150x150.png) **Dilnoza Karimova**Nation Steward of Uzbekistan · SI ResearcherLast updated 11 November 2026 * 11 Nov 2026[**ADB approves $60M loan to strengthen Uzbekistan’s livestock sector**](https://www.trend.az/casia/uzbekistan/4245103.html) Trend * 30 Jun 2026[**Uzbekistan to Improve the Quality of Primary Education for 2 Million Children and Future Jobs Access with World Bank Support**](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/30/uzbekistan-to-improve-the-quality-of-primary-education-for-2-million-children-and-future-jobs-access) World Bank * 17 Jun 2026[**Enhanced Rural Infrastructure in Uzbekistan to Improve Living Standards for 1.2 Million People and Expand Access to Jobs**](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/17/uzbekistan-second-phase-of-the-rural-infrastructure-development-program) World Bank * 16 Mar 2026[**Uzbekistan Improves Gas Network to Benefit Households and Businesses**](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/03/16/uzbekistan-improves-gas-network-to-benefit-households-and-businesses) World Bank ## Already working in Uzbekistan. Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Uzbekistan, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations. [Suggest an enterprise](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=An%20enterprise%20already%20at%20work%20in%20Uzbekistan) * ### The first firms and social enterprises at work in Uzbekistan are being gathered. * Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source. [03](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/#bp-do)**Solutions** · The seven stars · Perfect Capita ## Perfect Uzbekistan, _star by star._ **Perfect Capita** is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Uzbekistan in its own prices. [How Perfect Capita works](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/) **67.6** Education · furthest from reach67.6% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school[World Bank, 2021](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=UZ) Tap a star for its figure and source. The price of Perfect Uzbekistan To be set with Uzbekistan, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Uzbekistan, each year. Read more * Food**75.6%**Not food insecure; 24.4% are moderately or severely food insecure [FAO, 2023](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=UZ) * Water**81.9%**Safely managed drinking water[WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS?locations=UZ) * Shelter**74.6%**Safely managed sanitation; 7.1% of city dwellers live in slums [WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.SMSS.ZS?locations=UZ) * Energy**94%**94% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricity[World Bank, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS?locations=UZ) * Education**67.6**67.6% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school [World Bank, 2021](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=UZ) * Health**79**WHO service coverage index[WHO, 2023](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/universal-health-coverage-index?country=~UZB) * Livelihood**94.2%**Above the national poverty line; 5.8% live below it[World Bank, 2025](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC?locations=UZ) Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Uzbekistan. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. [The strict measures](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/#pq-measures) Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$ 8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source. ### Solutions for Perfect Uzbekistan [All Solutions](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-solutions) * **The Solution for Uzbekistan**Education * ### Finance learning, not only classrooms. - **01****The challenge**32.4% Of children in Uzbekistan cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school. [World Bank, 2021](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=UZ) - **02****The deal** - Program-for-Results, proved in Tanzania, 2021: $588M for primary school learning. [World Bank, project P169380](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P169380) - **03****What Perfect Nations advises**Nations where education is furthest from reach should borrow on a Program-for-Results basis, releasing each tranche only when pupils reach an agreed learning level, verified independently. With super intelligence, reading levels can be tracked school by school, so that every child who falls behind is reached in time. * Co-design it in**The ReDesign Studio**[The three mandates](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/#bp-mandates) Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsUzbekistan ## Dear Uzbekistan, You are Central Asia’s most populous nation and you are reforming quickly, and your partners are financing schools, roads and firms. Read more A third of your children cannot yet read a simple text by the end of primary school. The World Bank is now helping you improve primary education for two million children; make every one of them a reader. “Two million children in better primary schools: make every one a reader.” Yours in design,**Preeti Sinha**President and CEO, Perfect Nations Work with us · The ReDesign Studio ## The Perfect Uzbekistan _ReDesign Studio_ One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Uzbekistan, taken as far toward market as you choose. Read more For the Government of Uzbekistan, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins. 1. **01**Identify the assets 2. **02**Estimate Perfect Capita 3. **03**Co-design the capital architecture 4. **04**Launch the instruments 1. Mandate 013 hours 2. ### The Nation Briefing 3. A private session for the people who decide. 4. You leave withThe gap, named and sized 5. Read more 6. a. **01**The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through. b. **02**Education, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained. c. **03**The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted. d. **04**The path to market, outlined. 7. [Request a Nation Briefing](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=briefing&country=Uzbekistan) 8. Mandate 023 days 9. ### The Blueprint Lab 10. Your team and ours, working the blueprint together. 11. You leave withThe structure, drawn 12. Read more 13. a. **01**The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data. b. **02**Each of the seven standards costed in local prices. c. **03**One financing structure, drawn with your team. d. **04**A term sheet and the partners to approach. 14. [Plan a Blueprint Lab](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=lab&country=Uzbekistan) 15. Mandate 03End to end 16. ### The Sovereign Mandate 17. Led personally by the President and CEO. 18. You leave withA structure ready for market 19. Read more 20. a. **01**A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified. b. **02**Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan. c. **03**The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing. d. **04**Taken to investors and development partners, through to close. 21. [Discuss a Sovereign Mandate](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=commission&country=Uzbekistan) ### Co-design it with us Where the people of Uzbekistan and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in. * Writings * #### Write Perfect Uzbekistan into being. * Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Uzbekistan, published with your name. * [Submit your writing](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Writing%20for%20Perfect%20Uzbekistan&body=Your%20name%2C%20or%20a%20pen%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0ATitle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AYour%20vision%20of%20Perfect%20Uzbekistan%2C%20and%20the%20economic%20solutions%20to%20achieve%20it%20%28up%20to%201%2C500%20words%29%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20confirm%20that%20this%20is%20my%20own%20original%20writing%2C%20and%20I%20give%20Perfect%20Nations%20permission%20to%20publish%20it%20with%20credit%20to%20me.%0D%0A) * Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon * #### The local leaders already building Perfect Uzbekistan. * Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Uzbekistan already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?” * [Nominate yourself](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=uzbekistan&topic=nominate-self) [Suggest a guest](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=uzbekistan&topic=guest) * Co-designers * #### Join the community. * Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a **Co-designer of Perfect Uzbekistan**. * [Become a Co-designer](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/uzbekistan/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Becoming%20a%20Co-designer%20of%20Perfect%20Uzbekistan&body=Your%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0AHow%20you%20would%20like%20to%20contribute%20%28writing%2C%20a%20voice%20for%20the%20podcast%2C%20an%20enterprise%2C%20your%20expertise%29%3A%0D%0A) The Uzbekistan ReDesign Studio is open ## Design Perfect Uzbekistan with us. Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply. [Enter the ReDesign Studio](https://perfectnations.com/design-studio/)[Write to us](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=uzbekistan) [All 195 nations](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/) Sources 1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking. 2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023. 3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026. 4. World Bank press releases of 15 December 2025, 16 March, 17 and 30 June 2026; World Bank projects P180470, P501037 and P504420.