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million dollars. soums, the volume of investments per capita amounted to 30.2 thousand
soums (table 1.2.2 ).
Today there are 23 free economic zones and 348 small industrial zones in our
country. 453 projects worth a total of $2.6 billion have been implemented in free economic
zones and about 36 thousand jobs have been created. 1,497 projects worth 5 trillion soums
have been launched in small industrial zones, providing employment to more than 36
thousand people.
However, there are still many opportunities in these areas. To this end, the head of our
state adopted a decision “On measures for the further development of the engineering and
communication infrastructure of special economic and small industrial zones.” According to
the decision, in 2021, 1 trillion 600 billion soums will be allocated to improve the
infrastructure of free economic and small industrial zones.
In particular, it is planned to allocate 584 billion soums in 17 free economic zones, as
well as 395 billion soums for 145 small industrial zones for the construction of additional
networks of electricity, gas supply, drinking water supply and sanitation, as well as roads.
In 2000, the population of Uzbekistan was 24487.7 thousand people, in 2005 - 26021.3
thousand people, and by 2015 - 31575.3 thousand people. From 2000 to 2005, the population
increased by 1.06 times, and the volume of investments per capita during the same period
changed by 4 times (121.0 30.2). The high importance of investments for economic
development can be observed in the example of GDP created in value terms.
In 2010, the total volume of capital investments for the development of the country's
economy amounted to 15338698.0 million dollars. in soums, the largest share by region went
to the city of Tashkent (21.6 percent), followed by the Bukhara region (13.5 percent). This is
explained by the investment potential of the regions, the availability of resources (subsoil),
the development of infrastructure, as well as the high investment attractiveness of the region.
development , resolving issues related to preventing sharp differences between the
incomes of the population living in the regions at the macro- and mesoeconomic level is one
of the main tasks of state authorities and local governments. . Let's say, in 2000 , the average
investment per capita in the republic was 30.2 thousand soums, and the number of regions
below this indicator was 11 (Table 1.2.2 ). In the other three administrative regions (Tashkent
city, Kashkadarya and Navoi regions) it is clear that this indicator significantly exceeds the
average for the republic.
"In addition to its own, income that directly goes to the state budget is also high in
these regions.
In 2020, the average value of total income that directly goes to the state budget
amounted to 16,788.8 thousand sum and in the regions, the following provinces exceeded this
indicator: Navoi region - 48,347.9 thousand sum; Tashkent region - 20,929.1 thousand sum;
Tashkent city - 33,082.2 thousand sum. It should be noted that the situation was completely
different in 2010 according to these indicators.

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