Uzbekistan's gold, foreign exchange reserves grow 46% in 2025 to $60 bln - president

TASHKENT. Dec 26 (Interfax) - Uzbekistan's gold and foreign exchange reserves exceeded $60 billion for the first time in 2025, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in his annual address to the country's parliament on Friday.

On January 1, 2025, the country's gold and foreign exchange reserves amounted to $41.182 billion. They therefore increased 45.7% over the year.

Uzbekistan's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025 exceeded $145 billion, which was a record figure for the country, Mirziyoyev said.

The country's economy is confidently growing despite rising prices for raw materials and financial resources as well as the disruption of production and transport-logistics chains on a global scale, he said.

Exports grew 23% in 2025, and, as expected, amounted to $33.4 billion by the end of the year, he said.

Foreign investment attracted into the economy reached $43.1 billion. The share of total investment in GDP is 31.9%.

"All this will become the basis for the sustainable growth of our economy at a high rate in the coming years," he said.

Previously, Mirziyoyev announced plans to increase the country's GDP to $160 billion by 2030 and per capita income to $4,000.

Uzbekistan's GDP grew 6.5% in 2024 and amounted to $115 billion.