Uzbekistan Achieves Record Efficiency with $4.68 Mln National Census
The first population and agricultural census in the modern history of Uzbekistan has been completed at a total cost of $4.68 mln. The most significant economic achievement of the organisational phase was the unprecedentedly low per capita cost of the digital rollout.
Jakhongir Kambarov, head of the department for the organisation and conduct of the population census at the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, announced the financial details. The agency representative stated that the total expenditure equated to a mere 12 cents per person.
This financial efficiency was achieved while successfully recording a total national population of 39,047,321 individuals.
This exceptionally low unit cost firmly establishes Uzbekistan as a global leader in the efficient allocation of state funds for mass demographic campaigns. To put this into perspective, United Nations methodology indicates that the average global cost for a population census in developing countries typically ranges between $1 and $2 per citizen.
The cost-effectiveness of the Uzbek campaign has been primarily attributed to the widespread adoption and implementation of digital tools throughout the data collection process.
