Inflation in Uzbekistan came to 0.6% in June 2026, according to a report from the State Committee on Statistics. By comparison, June of last year saw deflation of 0.2%.
Annual inflation accelerated to 6.4%, up from 5.5% in May. In June 2025, this figure stood at 8.7%.
Since the start of the year, consumer prices have risen by 3.3%, compared to 4.2% over January–June of last year. Excluding fruits and vegetables, monthly inflation was significantly higher, at 1.5%. Since the beginning of the year, this figure reached 4.2%, and 6.9% in annual terms.
According to the State Statistics Committee's chart, after annual inflation slowed sharply in May to 5.5%, the figure climbed again in June. Meanwhile, monthly inflation returned to the level seen in January–April, when prices were rising by roughly 0.6–0.7% per month.
The main drivers of June's inflation were electricity and gas tariffs, along with rising prices for coal and fuel. At the same time, the seasonal drop in vegetable and fruit prices helped hold back the overall figure.
Food prices fell by 1.4% over the month but rose 6.3% year-on-year (compared to 6% in June 2025). Non-food goods became 2.3% more expensive over the month and 5.9% more expensive over the year (versus 7.5%). Services rose in price by 1.8% over the month and 7.1% year-on-year (versus 15.8%).
Starting in June, Uzbekistan introduced updated tariffs for electricity and piped gas for households. On average nationwide, electricity prices rose by 9.6% and gas by 10.7%.
According to the State Statistics Committee's calculations, the rise in electricity tariffs contributed 0.22 percentage points to monthly inflation, while gas contributed 0.16 percentage points.
Coal, which was previously sold to the public at regulated prices, saw its price more than double — rising 2.1-fold. This added another 0.48 percentage points to monthly inflation. The committee noted that as of June, coal has been removed from the list of strategic, socially significant goods, and government price regulation on it has been lifted.
In the Jizzakh province, fees for household waste collection were raised. Nationwide, this service became 1.8% more expensive over the month and 29.2% more expensive over the year.
Gasoline prices rose by an average of 3.9% over the month and 16.7% over the year. Specifically, AI-92 grade rose 3.6%, AI-95 rose 6%, and both AI-98 and AI-100 rose 3.9%.
Propane prices rose 11.3% over the month and 41.1% over the year, with the price ceiling set at 7,800 soums per liter. Methane prices rose 8.8% over the month and 10.1% over the year.
Taxi fares increased 1.3% over the month and 6.2% over the year. Rail fares, by contrast, fell 0.3% over the month, while airfares dropped 0.6%. The State Statistics Committee attributed this to shifts in the soum's exchange rate against the euro and Swiss franc, as well as changes in fuel surcharges on certain routes.
Across provinces, no sharp deviations from the national average were recorded.
The highest monthly price growth was seen in the Khorezm province, at 1%. Fergana province posted inflation of 0.9%, while Bukhara, Jizzakh, and Samarkand provinces each recorded 0.7%.
The lowest monthly figure was recorded in Syrdarya province, at 0.3%. In Tashkent, prices rose by 0.4%.
In annual terms, the highest price growth was recorded in Samarkand province (6.8%), Kashkadarya province (6.7%), and Andijan province (6.6%). The lowest figure was in Surkhandarya province, at 5.7%.
In Tashkent, consumer prices rose 6.5% over the year.
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