A press conference was held to analyze the work carried out in 2022 by the Ministry of Digital Technologies

It was attended by First Deputy Minister of Digital Technologies Oleg Pekos, Head of the Strategic Development Department Jahangir Shukurov, Head of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Development Department Murodjon Yuldoshev, as well as employees of the ministry.

By 2021, the volume of information and communication services (communications and information and computer services) reached 17.8 trillion soums. In 2022, this amount increased sharply and reached 22.9 trillion soums.

The volume of services per capita in 2016 amounted to 198 thousand soums, in 2020 - 404.7 thousand soums, in 2021 - 508.5 thousand soums, in 2022 - 642.9 thousand soums.

In 2022, investments were made in the amount of USD 396.1 million.

In 2022, a total of 4.6 million households were able to connect to the Internet. The total number of Internet users in 2020 was 22.5 million. The number of mobile Internet users amounted to 21.4 million people. In 2021, the total number of Internet users was 27.9 million, and the number of mobile Internet users was 26.4 million. By 2022, the total number of Internet users reached 31.1 million people, of which the number of mobile Internet users reached 29.5 million people .

In 2022, 99% of residential areas will be covered by 2G, 87% by 3G and 75% by 4G. In 2022, 170,000 km of fiber-optic communication lines were laid and 80% of the population was covered.

In international ratings, the following indicators are noted:

Mobile internet cost (per GB) in 2020 $1.34 (55th), $0.37 in 2022 (15th);

Wired Internet price: $16 in 2020 (25th), $14.38 in 2022 (19th);

Mobile internet speed: 10.07 Mbps in 2020 (133rd), 13.95 Mbps in 2022 (122nd);

Wired internet speed: 29.92 Mbps in 2020 (95th), 45.03 Mbps in 2022 (89th).

In 2021, 300 (through 100 mobile applications) public services were provided through a single interactive portal of public services, and in 2022 this figure was 370 (+70, through 165 mobile applications). In 2023, it is planned to increase their number by 200 to 570 (265 through mobile applications). As a result, the population saved 36 billion soums, more than 70 applications for documents were cancelled.

The share of e-services was 32 percent (3.1 million) in 2020, 54 percent (8.4 million) in 2021 and 66 percent (12 million) in 2022. In 2023, this figure is planned to be increased to 70 percent (21 million). During this period, traditional services account for 68, 46, 34, 30 percent, respectively.

The number of users of the single portal in 2019 was 77,000, in 2020 - 372,000, in 2021 - 1,000,000, in 2022 - 4,000,000. Compared to 2019, the number of users increased by 52 times. At the same time, about 135 billion soums were saved on travel and paper costs.

A number of activities are being carried out in Uzbekistan to create an ecosystem of digital education, attract the population and youth to this area, and support their interests.

To date, the IT universities of the system, the Tashkent University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad al-Khwarizmi (TATU) and its 6 branches, Inha and Amiti universities in Tashkent, train more than 29,000 highly educated personnel in more than 35 specialties. .

In 2022, the digital university "IT-Park University" was launched in cooperation with the international IT company "EPAM Systems", which trains highly educated personnel in the field of ICT in a fully remote form based on international standards, in order to develop digital education.

In order to improve the digital skills of the population, about 400 new jobs have been created in 205 digital technology training centers across the country, where more than 128,000 students have been trained, including a total of 33,000 civil servants.

As a result of the created conditions and opportunities for representatives of the private sector in the field of IT, the number of private educational resident centers in the IT park in 2022 reached 191 (an increase of 67 compared to 2021 and 180 compared to 2020). 

Ensure the implementation of Decree No. 310 of May 9, 2021 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures to support young professionals with international IT certificates” and increase the potential of young people in the field of IT, and a system of up to 50% reimbursement was introduced to attract interest in IT knowledge costs for obtaining international IT certificates.

In order to improve their knowledge and skills, more than 800 young people applied for an international IT certificate in 2022, and during the reporting period, up to 50% of the costs of these certificates were covered for 500 young people.

In 2019-2022, the number of people educated under the One Million Programmers project exceeded 2.5 million. Including more than 1.7 million people received basic knowledge about digitalization as part of the project