According to the State Statistics Committee, the figure increased by 0.8 percent compared to the same period last year.

Labor force by provinces:

Samarkand - 2.1 million people;
Fergana - 2 million people;
Tashkent city - 1.9 million people;
Kashkadarya - 1.8 million people;
Andijan - 1.7 million people;
Tashkent region - 1.6 million people;
Namangan - 1.5 million people;
Surkhandarya - 1.4 million people;
Karakalpakstan - 1 million people;
Bukhara - 1 million people;
Khorezm - 1 million people;
Jizzakh - 788 thousand people;
Navoi - 569 thousand people;
Syrdarya - 486 thousand people.