Uzbekistan hits $160bn GDP target four years early

Uzbekistan is experiencing an economic boom, with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announcing at the Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF) on June 17 that the country will hit its $160bn GDP target this year — four years ahead of the original 2030 goal. The government has reset the target to $200bn by 2030, with a longer-term ambition of $240bn by the end of the next decade. The forum was packed with business partners, regional dignitaries, and foreign investors witnessing the transformation under Mirziyoyev's decade in office.