National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Name of department
Department of Price Statistics
Responsible officer name
Xaynazarov Shovkat Kamiljanovich
For communication
+99871 202 80 38
Email
m.umarov@stat.uz
Primary source of information
Form of statistical observation
Note
since 2018, calculations have been made using fixed weights; Since January 2021, the CPI is calculated according to the Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purposes-2018
Calculation methodology (briefly)
One of the most important indicators of inflation, which measures the overall change in the cost of a fixed set of goods and services purchased by the average consumer, i.e. characterizes the change in the total amount of consumer expenditures of the population in a certain period of time with a constant amount of goods and services consumed. The consumer price index averages the movement of prices for the entire variety of goods and services throughout the country.