In the first half of the year, Uzbekistan's local government bodies failed to publish nearly 24,200 of their adopted decisions — almost 29% of the total, the Anti-Corruption Agency said in a report.
From January through June, local authorities adopted 84,990 documents through the E-Qaror (E-Decision) system. Of these, 60,749 — or 71.5% — were made public. The remaining 28.5%, or 24,241 documents, were not published.
By comparison, in the first half of 2025, local governments adopted 81,117 documents, of which 55,255 were made public and 25,862 were withheld. Over the year, then:
- the total number of adopted documents grew by 3,873, or 4.8%;
- the number of published decisions rose by 5,494, or nearly 10%;
- the number of withheld documents fell by 1,621, or 6.3%;
- their share dropped from 31.9% to 28.5% — a decrease of 3.4 percentage points.
The monitoring is carried out under presidential decree UP-270, which calls for introducing new oversight mechanisms for the drafting, adoption, and publication of local government decisions within the E-Qaror system.
The agency notes that overall transparency among local governments has improved. Even so, nearly three out of every ten documents remain inaccessible to the public.
The most notable improvement was recorded in Tashkent. In the first half of 2025, the capital's city and district administrations withheld 2,571 of 5,228 documents, or 49%; by January–June 2026, that figure had fallen to 1,335 of 3,730, or 36%.
The share of closed decisions thus dropped by 13 percentage points. In absolute terms, the number of withheld documents fell by nearly half — down 1,236, or 48%.
At the same time, the total number of decisions in Tashkent fell by 28.7%, while the number of published documents dropped by about 10%.
In Fergana province, the share of hidden decisions fell from 28% to 22%, a decrease of 6 percentage points, while the number of open documents rose from 5,088 to 6,248 — nearly 23%.
In Andijan province, the figure fell from 21% to 16%; in Surkhandarya, from 40% to 35%.
The share of closed documents fell by 4 percentage points in:
- Namangan province — from 26% to 22%;
- Bukhara province — from 33% to 29%;
- Karakalpakstan — from 35% to 31%.
In Tashkent province, the share of undisclosed decisions fell from 16% to 13%; in Syrdarya, from 41% to 39%; in Kashkadarya, from 30% to 28%; in Khorezm, from 34% to 32%.
Samarkand province saw the smallest improvement — from 42% to 41%. The province nonetheless led the country in the absolute number of hidden decisions: 2,969 documents, up from 2,510 a year earlier.
Only two provinces showed a negative trend.
In Navoi province, the share of closed decisions rose from 41% to 45% — the highest rate in the country. Of 3,877 adopted documents, 1,761 were not published.
The highest shares of hidden decisions within the province were recorded in:
- Navbahor district — 57%;
- Nurota district — 54%;
- the cities of Navoi and Zarafshan — 52% each;
- Uchkuduk district — 49%;
- Khatirchi district — 42%.
In Jizzakh province, the figure rose from 23% to 24%. Among its districts, the highest shares of closed documents were recorded in Dustlik and Yangiabad — 36% each, Bakhmal — 34%, and Farish — 31%.
The Anti-Corruption Agency separately examined decisions related to the allocation of budgetary and other funds, since such documents fall into zones of heightened corruption risk.
This turned up 692 unpublished decisions authorizing roughly 1.52 trillion soums (about $125 million) in spending. The agency stressed that the documents contained no personal data or other information whose disclosure is directly restricted by law.
The bulk of the funds — 861.3 billion soums, or about 57% of the total — went to construction, allocated through 133 hidden documents.
Another 296.5 billion soums, or roughly 19%, was allocated for the procurement of goods, works, and services, based on 141 decisions.
Compensation payments to individuals for damages totaled 159.6 billion soums across 28 documents, while 122.8 billion soums went to other purposes across 127 decisions.
In addition:
- 56 billion soums was allocated for holiday events and gifts — 153 documents;
- 17.3 billion soums for debt repayment — 17 documents;
- 10.7 billion soums for business trips and hosting guests — 93 documents.
The Anti-Corruption Agency said it is referring the matter to the relevant authorities, requesting internal investigations into the officials responsible and consideration of disciplinary action against them.
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