Uzbekistan’s Statistics Committee announces total income of the population in H1 2019

According to preliminary data, in January-June 2019, the total volume of population’s income amounted to 153.3 trillion soums with the growth rate reaching 121.7%, the State Statistics Committee reported.

In order to eliminate the influence of price factors for calculating the real growth rate of incomes of the population, the consumer price index (CPI) is used - one of the main types of inflation indicator. Due to the change in consumer prices, the growth rate of the aggregate income of the population, compared to the same period last year, was 107.2% in real terms.

In the H1 2019, the total per capita income was 4.6 million soums (nominal growth rate - 119.4%, real growth rate - 105.2%).

The average per capita nominal aggregate income of the population above the average republican value was noted in the city of Tashkent (9276.8 thousand soums), Navoi (7037.4 thousand soums), Bukhara (5682.8 thousand soums), Tashkent (4791.9 thousand soums) and Khorezm (4643.9 thousand soums) regions.

The lowest indicator of the average per capita nominal aggregate income of the population was recorded in the Republic of Karakalpakstan (3348.9 thousand soums), as well as in Namangan (3437.4 thousand soums) and Fergana (3657.4 thousand soums) regions.