Is your pay rise beating inflation in Uzbekistan?
Prices in Uzbekistan rose 6.2% in the year to August 2026. A pay rise below that leaves you worse off than before.
soʻm1,000 of last year’s pay now goes as far as soʻm941.39.
Measured on the Consumer Price Index, published by the International Monetary Fund.
Pay Rise Calculator
Enter a salary and an offer and this will say what the offer is worth once the prices between those dates are taken off it.
What each offer is worth over a year
Prices rose 6.2% in the twelve months to August 2026. Measured against that, this is what soʻm1,000 of salary becomes under each offer, and what that money actually buys. Anything under soʻm1,000 in the last column is a cut however it is described.
| Offer | soʻm1,000 becomes | Which really buys |
|---|---|---|
| 1% | soʻm1,010.00 | soʻm950.80 |
| 2% | soʻm1,020.00 | soʻm960.21 |
| 3% | soʻm1,030.00 | soʻm969.63 |
| 4% | soʻm1,040.00 | soʻm979.04 |
| 5% | soʻm1,050.00 | soʻm988.46 |
| 6% | soʻm1,060.00 | soʻm997.87 |
| 6.2%level | soʻm1,062.26 | soʻm1,000.00 |
| 8% | soʻm1,080.00 | soʻm1,016.70 |
| 10% | soʻm1,100.00 | soʻm1,035.53 |
The marked row is the offer that leaves you level over those twelve months. The last column is what each amount buys measured against prices a year earlier, so it can be compared with the soʻm1,000 you started from. For a gap that is not a year, use the calculator above.
What it took to stand still, year by year
Inflation in Uzbekistan for each of the last ten years, and what a salary left alone was worth by the end of each of them. 2018 took the most, at 17.5%; 2016 took the least, at 8.1%.
| Year | Inflation | soʻm1,000 fell to |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8.1% | soʻm924.81 |
| 2017 | 13.9% | soʻm878.15 |
| 2018 | 17.5% | soʻm850.89 |
| 2019 | 14.5% | soʻm873.17 |
| 2020 | 12.9% | soʻm885.99 |
| 2021 | 10.8% | soʻm902.13 |
| 2022 | 11.4% | soʻm897.29 |
| 2023 | 10.0% | soʻm909.45 |
| 2024 | 9.6% | soʻm912.17 |
| 2025 | 8.8% | soʻm919.15 |
Inflation in a year is that year's average price level against the previous year's, which is the figure Uzbekistan's own statisticians publish.
Two things this does not account for
Tax. Every figure here is gross. A rise is taxed, so what reaches your account is less than the percentage suggests, and where thresholds are frozen a rise can move you into a higher band and take a larger share than the year before. A rise that beats inflation before tax can still leave you worse off after it.
Your own prices. Inflation is an average across everything a typical household buys. If your rent rose, or you drive a long way to work, or you heat a large house, your own figure is higher than the published one and the pay rise you need is bigger.