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ABSTRACT 

The article describes the socio-demographic situation in the Fergana Valley, the number of young 
people in it, the type of employment, the problems faced by young people. 

 

KEYWORDS  

valley, youth, migration, entrepreneurship, micro-firm, enterprise. 
 
 
 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
Andijan, Namangan and Fergana regions of 
the Republic of Uzbekistan are located in the 
Fogan Valley. These regions are second only to 
Tashkent in terms of population density [1]. 1 
km2 - Adnijon - 723.3 people, Fergana - 552.2 
people, Namangan - 375.8 people (as of 
October 1, 2019) [2]. 

Andijan region: located in the eastern part of 
the Fergana Valley. Founded on March 6, 1941. 
Area 4.2 thousand km2. In Andijan region 
there are 14 rural districts, 5 cities and 95 rural 
gatherings (2000). The center is the city of 
Andijan. The permanent population of the 

Andijan region as of January 1, 2018 was 3,011.7 
thousand people, which is 49.2 thousand 
people or 2% more than at the beginning of 
the year. Of these, 1630.5 thousand people 
live in urban areas (54.1% of the total 
population) and 1318.1 thousand people - in 
rural areas (45.9%) [4]. Of the total population, 
935 794 children are children aged 0-15, 1,012 
208 children aged 16-34, 88 7020 people aged 
35-59 and 231 857 people aged 60-85 and older 
[5]. The general average age of the population 
is 27.7 years, of which the average age of 
women is 28.2 years, of men - 27.1 years [6]. 

Social And Demographic Situation Of Uzbekistna (On The Example Of The 

Regions Of The Ferghana Valley) 
 

Sardorbek Jamoliddinovich Mirzakhalov 
Basic doctoral student, Namangan State University, Uzbekistan 

 



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THE MAIN PART 

The figures show that the majority of the 
population is made up of adults and working-
age youth. One of the problems facing young 
people in the region is unemployment. As of 
the end of December 2017, the number of 
people registered with employment offices as 
job seekers was 5,121,000, which is 10 times 
more than in the same period in 2016 
(0.42,000). 

According to the methodology for registering 
unemployed people in need of employment, 
approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the 
Republic of Uzbekistan on May 24, 2007 No. 
106, the number of unemployed in January-
December 2017 amounted to 84.9 thousand 
people, and the unemployment rate relative 
to the economically active population was 6.0 
percent [ 8]. 

As a unique solution for youth employment in 
the Andijan region, as well as in other regions 
of the country, is the support of small 
business and private entrepreneurship. 

As of January 1, 2018, the total number of 
registered small businesses (businesses) was 
21,631 people. In January-December 2017, 
72.0% of the gross regional product (77.5% in 
January-December 2016) was produced by 
small businesses. In January-December 2017, 
small businesses employed: 

- 1114.9 thousand people (84.5% of those 
employed in the economy), including 732 
thousand employed as individual 
entrepreneurs, 193.9 thousand 
enterprises and microfirms; 

- The volume of industrial production 
amounted to 4,551.4 billion rubles. soums 
(34.4% of total industrial production) or 
the growth rate against January-
December 2016 amounted to 101.0%; 

- 7392.1 billion rubles. Sum, the growth rate 
was 101.1% (99.7% of the gross output of 
agriculture, forestry and fisheries) [9]. 

Andijan region differs from other regions of 
the republic in culture, social significance and 
potential. The republic is one of the leading 
regions in terms of industrial and cultural 
development. It supplies 2.6% oil to the 
country, 8.3% cotton, 8.7% cotton fiber and 
8.7% vegetable oil (2000; against the plan). 
There are industries based on natural 
resources, agricultural raw materials, as well 
as enterprises that produce consumer goods. 
Entrepreneurship is well developed in the 
region. To support this, 2 billion. Loans were 
issued for over 3.4 million soums. Foreign 
investments were attracted in the amount of 
US dollars (2000). In 1995-2000, 23.5 billion 
soums were invested in the regional economy. 
UZS [10] The city of Andijan, Asaka and 
Shakhrikhan districts of the Andijan region are 
small industrial zones [11]. 

Namangan region: formed on March 11, 1941 
(annexed to the Andijan and Fergana regions 
on January 25, 1960. Reorganized on 
December 18, 1967). Namangan region is 
located in the east of the republic, in the 
northwestern part of the Fergana Valley, on 
the slopes of the Tien Shan ridge - Kurama and 
Chatkal. 

The total population was 2,752,880 people. Of 
these, 840,067 children aged 0-15 years, 
940,744 children aged 16-34 years, 776,122 
children aged 35-59 years and 195947 children 
aged 60-85 years and older [12]. The overall 
average age of the population is 27.2 years, 
including 27.6 for women and 26.7 for men. 

In Namangan region, as in other regions of the 
country, there is a problem of youth 
unemployment. The presence of unemployed 
among the economically active population is a 
vivid example of this. For example, if we 
analyze the statistics for 2000-2018, then in 
2000 the total number of economically active 
population of the Namangan region was 611.9 
thousand people, 609.0 thousand people 
were economically employed, 2.9 thousand 
people were unemployed, which is 0.5% of the 
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indicators in 2018 will amount to 1162.6 
thousand people, of which 1051.5 thousand 
people are economically employed, 111.1 
thousand people are unemployed, which is 
9.6% of the total number of employed [14]. 
Comparative analysis shows that the number 
of unemployed increased by 9.01% 
(researcher). 

Namangan region has its own folk crafts and 
many years of historical experience, based on 
the experience of Andijan in solving the 
problems of unemployment through trade, 
folk crafts, floriculture, greenhouse business, 
gardening, trade, intensive farming and other 
types of entrepreneurship. In order to support 
entrepreneurship, on June 8, 2020, the 
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan 
signed Decree No. PP-4742 "On measures to 
simplify state regulation of entrepreneurial 
activity and self-employment" [15]. 

In the decree, the self-employed population 
and business entities received many benefits 
and opportunities. For example, family 
businesses have received tax breaks. They are 
now eligible to pay value added tax at a 
reduced rate of 50% of the prescribed amount, 
subject to the following conditions: 

- is engaged in activities provided for the 
self-employed; 

- if the number of participants is at least 3 
[16]. 

Namangan region occupies one of the leading 
places in the industrial and cultural 
development of the republic. The main 
industries of the region: mechanical 
engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, 
cotton, food industry. There are over 170 
industrial enterprises in Namangan region. 
From the largest industrial enterprises - 
mechanical engineering, car repair, brick, oil, 
cotton ginning, food (winery, brewery, 
Namangan soft drinks, Rohat, 
Namangankonserva, Shirinlik, 
Kosonsoykonserva enterprises), chemistry, 
leading an enterprise of the production 

association "Electroterm", a silk factory, a 
factory of art products, etc. There are 3402 
small, 249 companies, 76 joint ventures. 
Among them: "Navruz" Uzbekistan-Canada, 
"Shahi-Sozana", "Nestle-Uzbekistan", "Shams 
LTD", "Hip", "Akhangar", "Chust-knife", 
"Namanganshina", "Kosonsoy-Tekmen", 
"Popfen", "Silk Road", "Kasmir Deri", 
"Namangan Paper", "Yanis IV", Uzbek-Russian 
enterprises "Chemtosh", "Shifo", Uzbek-
Chinese JV "Channa-Textile", Uzbekistan-
Turkey " Kosonsoytextile "and others [17]. 

The FEZ "Kosonsoy-farm" (Free Economic 
Zone) operates in the Namangan region. FEZ 
is exempt from the following fees: 

- land tax; 
- corporate income tax; 
- property tax for legal entities; 
- Single tax payment for micro-enterprises 

and small businesses; 
- customs duties on equipment, raw 

materials, materials and components 
imported for their own production needs. 

- Customs duties on building materials not 
produced in the country and imported 
under projects, according to the lists 
approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of 
the Republic of Uzbekistan. 

The administration of the Namangan region is 
taking a number of measures to provide jobs 
for young people. In particular, the Higher 
School of Folk Crafts, Architecture and Design 
was established by order of the khokim 
Khairulla Bozorov. A large exhibition "New 
items of folk crafts, architecture and design" is 
planned. A regional governor's competition is 
announced for projects with innovative 
solutions in folk crafts, architecture and 
design, and the winning projects are 
purchased from the author for practical 
application [19]. Such efforts by the governor 
will surely bear fruit in the future. 

The administrative-territorial structure of the 
Fergana region began on January 15, 1938. The 
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kilometers, or 1.53% of the territory of our 
country, located in the southern part of the 
Fergana Valley. The administrative center of 
the region is the city of Fergana. 

The total population was 3 683 300 people. Of 
these, 1,090,108 children aged 0 to 15 years, 
1,233,910 children aged 16 to 34 years, 
1,070,782 children aged 35 to 59 years and 
298,500 children aged 60 to 85 years and 
older [21]. The average age of the population 
is 28, including 28.3 for women and 27.4 for 
men. 

CONCLUSION 

In the Fergana Valley, the number of young 
people aged 14-30 is increasing from year to 
year (Appendix 1) [23]. As the number of 
young people grew, so did the various 
problems associated with them. Young people 
are most affected by the problem of 
unemployment. Many young people tried to 
become independent, expanding their 
financial opportunities through 
entrepreneurship, but were forced to 
emigrate abroad, unable to find start-up 
capital for entrepreneurship. The migration 
process was temporary, and they worked 
mainly until the initial capital was found to 
start a business, especially a family one. 
Currently, youth entrepreneurship is 
supported by state and non-state 
organizations. The Youth Union of Uzbekistan, 
the Women's Association, local authorities, 
heads of regional sectors, the Future of Youth 
Foundation and other organizations help 
young people find start-up capital through 
entrepreneurship. 

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