Uzbekistan Diagnostic Assessing Progress and Challenges in

To ensure energy system resilience diversification of supply sources is important
. 
This could best be done through increasing the share of renewable generation and 
enhanced regional trade, and through efficiency improvements in industry and 
agriculture.

Reducing dependence on gas for electricity generation by 
converting gas-fired thermal 
plants to coal-fired or constructing new coal-fired power
, as has been suggested, 
would cause significant negative externalities
and lock the country into reliance on 
highly polluting fuels for decades. 
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Uzbekistan’s high energy intensity aggravates the problem of unreliable supplies.
At 280 kg of oil equivalent per thousand dollars GDP (constant 2011 PPP), Uzbekistan 
was the 9th most energy-intensive country worldwide in 2013, according to World Bank 
data. The average lower middle-income country reading was 115 kg in 2013. 
Uzbekistan’s 3 main export products
accounted for 36 per cent of total exports 
in 2012-16 (Trademap mirror statistics) 
Economic complexity index
: 97th out 
of 124 countries
Electricity losses
are estimated to equal 
about 20 per cent of net generation.

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Uzbekistan ranks 147th in the trade 
freedom component of the 2017 
Heritage 
Foundation’s 
economic 
freedom index.
FDI inflows were 
133
and 
96
million 
dollars in 201
6
and 201
7
, respectively, 
according to Unctad data.
118
th
out of 160 countries on World 
Bank Logistics Performance Index 2016. 
Cost of trading across borders: ranked 
165th (index number) out of 190 
countries
Broadband penetration: 48%