Climate | We have mostly mid-latitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east |
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Revenue from forest resources | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0.06% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 4 million tons (2016 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 48.87 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | Syr Darya (shared with Kyrgyzstan [s], Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan [m]) - 3,078 km; Amu Darya river mouth (shared with Tajikistan [s], Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan) - 2,620 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 2.41 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 2.13 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 54.36 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 40.98 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 91.81 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 96.16 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 62.6% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 10.1% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.8% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 51.7% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 7.7% (2018 est.) |
Other | 29.7% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 50.5% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 1.25% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.603 million TASHKENT (capital) (2023). |
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