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Uzbekistan:
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Other pages in this profile of Uzbekistan:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard |
Military service age and obligation |
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months (2004) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 18-49: 6,340,220 females age 18-49: 6,432,072 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 18-49: 4,609,621 females age 18-49: 5,383,233 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 324,722 females age 18-49: 317,062 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
2% (2005 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
prolonged drought and cotton monoculture in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan creates water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; field demarcation of the boundaries with Kazakhstan commenced in 2004; border delimitation of 130 km of border with Kyrgyzstan is hampered by serious disputes around enclaves and other areas |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
refugees (country of origin): 39,202 (Tajikistan) IDPs: 3,400 (forced population transfers by government from villages near Tajikistan border) (2006) |
Trafficking in persons |
current situation: Uzbekistan is a source and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for women trafficked to Asia and the Middle East for the purpose of sexual exploitation; women from other Central Asian countries and China are trafficked through Uzbekistan; men are trafficked for purposes of forced labor in the construction and agricultural industries to Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan; men and women are also trafficked within the country tier rating: Tier 3 - Uzbekistan is placed on Tier 3 because it failed to fulfill commitments by the country to take additional steps during 2005, including the adoption of comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation, criminal code amendments to raise trafficking penalties, support to the country's first trafficking shelter, and approval of a national action plan |
Illicit drugs |
transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and small amounts of opium poppy for domestic consumption; poppy cultivation almost wiped out by government crop eradication program; transit point for heroin precursor chemicals bound for Afghanistan |
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