CapitalTashkent (Toshkent)
Government typepresidential republic; highly authoritarian
Chief of statePresident Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV (since 14 December 2016)
Natural resourcesnatural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum
Industriestextiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, mining, hydrocarbon extraction, chemicals
Export partnersSwitzerland 34%, Russia 12%, UK 11%, China 7%, Turkey 6% (2023)
Import partnersChina 32%, Russia 17%, Kazakhstan 8%, S. Korea 6%, Turkey 5% (2023)
