Climate risk country profile

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COUNTRY OVERVIEW
T
he Republic of Uzbekistan is a landlocked country with a total land area of 447,400 square kilometers, 
situated in the heart of Central Asia, bordering Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and 
Kyrgyzstan. It is the most populous country in Central Asia, with a population of 33.5 million in 2019. The 
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Uzbekistan grew by 5.6% in 2019,
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making it one of the fastest growing 
economies in the world.
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Primary sector products make up most of the country’s exports, with the largest earnings 
coming from metals (gold, copper and zinc), cotton, and natural gas.
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 Strong economic growth has translated into a 
steady reduction in poverty levels, albeit not at the same relative pace as observed globally.
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 In, 2016 the national 
poverty rate was estimated at around 12% (
Table 1
).
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World Bank Open Data (2020). Data Retrieved October 2020. Data Bank: World Development Indicators. URL: 
https://databank.
worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators
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World Bank Group (2020). World Development Indicators. URL: 
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.
KD.ZG?locations=UZ
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OEC (2019). Uzbekistan Exports, Imports and Trade Partners. URL: 
https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/uzb/
]
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World Bank Group (2016). Uzbekistan – Country partnership framework for the period FY16-20 (English). Washington, D.C.: 
World Bank Group. URL: 
http://d
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cuments.worldbank.org/curated/en/537091467993490904/Uzbekistan-Country-partnership-
framework-for-the-period-FY16-20

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CLIMATE RISK COUNTRY PROFILE: UZBEKISTAN
The adaptation priorities identified in Uzbekistan’s 
Third National Communication
 (NC3) to the UNFCCC (2016) 
include support to the understanding of climate change impacts across key sectors such as agriculture, the 
economy, water resource management, population health, disaster risk reduction, and energy. In Uzbekistan’s 
Nationally-Determined Contribution
(2016), additional emphasis is placed on improving the country’s capacity to 
monitor its Green House Gas emissions and on reducing emissions and developing a population and economy 
more resilient to anticipated climate change.
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