Experts from the Institute for Macroeconomic and Regional Studies (IMRS) analyzed how Uzbekistan achieved one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2017-2022 – “Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all”.

According to the UN SDG rating, in 2023, Uzbekistan ranked 69th among 166 countries and improved by 8 positions compared to 2022. This has been achieved by increasing the indicators of the 10 Sustainable Development Goals. One of them – the goal “provide quality education for all” – includes 9 tasks and 6 indicators. Positive changes were observed as a result of the growth of the following indicators: a study conducted within the framework of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) showed that the proportion of children aged 3 to 5 years who feel well in terms of health, education, psychological and social well-being is 82.6 percent. This indicator corresponds to the average for the UN member states. In 2018-2022, children’s participation in preparation for primary education improved by 2 times and amounted to 84.2 percent in 2022, including 83.4 percent for girls and 85 percent for boys.

From 2018 to 2022, the proportion of young people and the elderly who are qualified to use information-communication technologies has increased significantly.

When calculating the parity index, which studies well-being in the education system, its increase was noted from 0.92 to 1.03 among households with the lowest income. In 2018-2022, the proportion of schools provided with the necessary conditions for the educational process also increased.

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