Nearly 1.4 million citizens of Uzbekistan are working in almost 40 countries. This was reported in an analysis published by the Central Bank on August 14.
The largest number of labor migrants is in Russia — 834,200. In Kazakhstan, 84,400; in Turkey, 72,100; in South Korea, 46,400 Uzbeks are working. In European countries, 258,000 citizens are working. Another 97,700 migrants are accounted for in other countries.
Of the Uzbeks working abroad, 398,900, or 28.6 percent, are women. The share of young people is 28.9 percent, or 402,100.
According to the Central Bank, the destinations of Uzbek labor migrants have also been changing in recent years. While the share of CIS countries has decreased by 29 percent, the direction to European countries has increased by 42 percent, and to East Asia by 26 percent.
According to the Migration Agency, Uzbekistan currently has 48 agreements on external labor migration with 23 countries. In 2025–2026, 18 intergovernmental and interagency agreements were signed with 14 countries.
In addition, cooperation has been established with more than 325 large employers and recruiting companies in 36 countries. Germany, Britain, Italy, Spain, Sweden, France, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, the USA and Japan were noted as promising destinations.
In these countries, it is planned to attract Uzbeks to trade and services, medicine, transport and logistics, agriculture, industry, construction, welding, metalworking, oil and gas, and mining sectors.
