Uzbek president says economic data was 'fiction' for years
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President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Friday Uzbekistan had reported inflated economic growth and employment figures for years, describing the amplified numbers as "fiction", and promised more reforms in the Central Asian nation.
The former Soviet republic has reported gross domestic product growth of about eight to 10 percent for a decade, although foreign economists have often questioned the quality and veracity of its data.
Speaking to parliament, Mirziyoyev, elected president a year ago after the death of veteran leader Islam Karimov, said those figures were not real.
"Eight percent (GDP growth) was fiction," he said, adding that this year's growth was seen at 5.5 percent.
