TASHKENT, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan's GDP was expected to grow by 7.5 percent in 2025, local media reported on Tuesday, citing an analysis by the Center for Economic Research and Reforms of Uzbekistan.
The center has raised its GDP growth forecast for Uzbekistan in 2025 to 7.5 percent, 0.8 percentage points higher than the estimate in June.
Over the first nine months of this year, Uzbekistan's economy grew by 7.6 percent, with stable development in the industrial sector, services, agriculture, construction and foreign trade, it said.
In September, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced that Uzbekistan aims to join the ranks of upper-middle-income countries by 2030. ■
