Uzbekistan
29%
8/28
AI Gap Index
3/10
Schools
1/8
Workforce
2/6
Governance
2/4
Access
Schools 3/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 1 National AI Concept in Education under joint development by Ministry of Digital Technologies, Ministry of Preschool and School Education, and UNICEF; not yet a binding curriculum mandate.
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0 No binding AI curriculum law.
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 0 No ethics curriculum requirement in schools.
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 1 Five Million AI Leaders initiative (December 2025, Presidential Decree) targets 150,000 teachers for AI training; government-backed and funded but without a confirmed mandatory certification standard before rollout.
D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 1 State grant quotas for AI university fields increased by 35%; Cyber University established with public funding; Five Million AI Leaders initiative backed by presidential decree and UAE partnership funding.
Workforce 1/8
D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 1 Presidential Decree targets training five million AI specialists by 2030; government-directed training programmes for public sector underway. Not a private employer legal obligation.
D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0 No employer ethics training mandate.
D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0 No pre-redundancy training obligation.
D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 0 No legal rights for workers in AI employment decisions.
Civil Service & Governance 2/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 1 Ministry of Digital Technologies leads AI strategy execution; Presidential Decrees provide governance direction but no independent AI regulator with enforcement powers identified.
D11 Minimum training standard is defined 1 Five Million AI Leaders initiative targets 100,000 civil servants for AI training by 2030; government-directed programme backed by presidential decree, but no defined minimum competency standard.
D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0 No training-specific enforcement mechanism.
Public Access 2/4
D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 1 Cyber University and publicly funded AI degree programmes accessible; Huawei partnership expanding vocational training access.
D15 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 1 Five Million AI Leaders initiative includes a supercomputer cluster partnership with Nvidia and integration of AI into vocational and school infrastructure; partial evidence of infrastructure support.
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Index history
March 21, 2026 8/28 Five Million AI Leaders initiative (December 2025, Presidential Decree) adds teacher training target (dim 4), civil servant training target (dim 11), and digital infrastructure component (dim 15).
March 20, 2026 5/28 Initial scoring: AI strategy via presidential decree; National AI Concept in Education under development; ambitious five-million training target; no binding law.