According to the National Statistics Committee, a total of 6,398 people moved from Uzbekistan to foreign countries for permanent residence between January and September 2026, compared with 14,666 during the same period in 2023.
The downward trend has continued over the past two years. Some 8,374 people emigrated during the first nine months of 2024, while the figure stood at 7,585 in the same period of 2025.
The longer-term figures also point to a substantial decline in emigration.
In 2016, a total of 28,069 people left Uzbekistan to settle abroad. The annual figure subsequently fell to 20,772 in 2017, 17,579 in 2018 and 13,229 in 2019.
Emigration increased slightly to 13,648 in 2020 before rising to 20,140 in 2021. It then dropped to 8,790 in 2022, climbed to 17,336 in 2023 and declined again to 10,842 in 2024 and 10,117 in 2025.
The figures were considerably higher in the early 2010s. According to the statistics agency, 44,420 people left Uzbekistan in 2010, followed by 50,816 in 2011. The annual totals stood at 45,447 in 2012, 38,589 in 2013, 42,228 in 2014 and 31,765 in 2015.
