Nearly half of Uzbekistan's population works in "shadow" labor market
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Only 5.8 million people are officially employed in Uzbekistan, which is 44 percent of the country's active population, the press service of the State Tax Committee of Uzbekistan said in a statement on Sept. 19.
According to the ministry, the number of active (able-bodied) population of Uzbekistan is 13.2 million people, which in turn makes up 40 percent of the country's total population (32.9 million people).
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