Uzbekistan Targets $5 Billion in AI Exports by 2030, Leveraging Young Workforce and Energy

Uzbekistan has set an ambitious goal of exporting at least $5 billion (€4.3 billion) in IT and artificial intelligence services by 2030, as the Central Asian nation seeks to transform AI from a policy priority into a full-fledged economic sector. Annual IT exports have surged from under $1 million (€850,000) in 2017 to nearly $1 billion (€850 million), according to Sherzod Shermatov, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Digital Technologies. He told Euronews on the sidelines of the Tashkent International Investment Forum that the next phase depends on skills, investment, and the ability to integrate AI across businesses and public services.