Uzbekistan HiT Summary

After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan experienced a period of severe recession and the economy is only slowly recovering. In 2006, the country recorded a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of $ 2247 (measured in current international $ in purchasing power parity, PPP), which compared to $ 1511 in 1991. Using a poverty headcount of PPP US $ 2 per day, 2% of the population were poor in 2003, while the Gini index in the same year stood at 36.8 (1), indicating a moderate degree of income inequality.