Uzbekistan new indd

Region
Migrants
Percentage of Mi-
grants % Total Popu-
lation
Total Population
Urban Population
Samarkand
140
16,9
3365,3
1309,3
Kashkadarya
137
16,5
2813,8
1218
Khorezm
96
11,6
1645,3
547
Andijan
84
10,1
2744,8
1448,3
Ferghana
79
9,5
3316,8
1897,4
Surhandarya
73
8,8
2248,3
816,5
Bukhara
51
6,2
1723,5
650,7
Namangan
47
5,7
2448,8
1565,2
Karakalpakstan
40
4,8
1704,4
843
Jizzakh
29
3,5
1200,2
572,4
Tashkent region
17
2,1
2689,7
1325,9
Syrdarya
15
1,8
747,6
308
Tashkent city
11
1,3
2339,6
2339,6
Navoi
10
1,2
886,5
428,1
Total
829
100
29874,6
15269,4
Source: GIZ 2013 Survey

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Farrukh Irnazarov
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According to the survey, about 4 percent of 
households cannot cover basic food expenses, while 
22 percent cannot afford new clothing and utilities. 
The largest chunk represents those households that 
can cover basic necessities but not appliances—about 
53 percent. Only 1 percent of households can be de-
fined as ‘rich’ in the sense they can afford a new house 
and automobile.
In Uzbekistan the percent of the population liv-
ing below the poverty line is still significant: About 
16 percent, 75 percent of whom live in rural areas.
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Therefore, the productive and rational spending of 
received remittances is crucial both for the economic 
development at macro and household welfare at mi-
cro levels. However, as we can see in Figure 3, after 
food and housing the main spending category per-
tains to traditional rites, even before clothing, educa-
tion, and health.
Traditional ceremonies include—but are not 
limited to—weddings. Knowing the average cost of a 
Table 2. Remittances per Household and Household Member