The Central Asian region occupies

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Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. There are other definitions, in particular - according to UNESCO - the region includes Mongolia, Western China, Punjab, northern India and northern Pakistan, northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, areas of Asian Russia south of the taiga zone and five former Soviet republics of Central Asia. We will use a narrower first interpretation of the region and consider the situation in the economies of these post-Soviet Asian republics. To one degree or another, the socio-economic situation, mentality and cultural background in these countries can be called similar.

a modest share of the global economy - about 0.3%. With a population share of about 1% of the world's population, the economy lags behind by about 3 times in terms of GDP.

The new economic role of this region is determined by a number of factors:

the region has many valuable resources, primarily large reserves jiangsu cell phone number list of hydrocarbon raw materials;
Situated in the centre of the Eurasian continent, the region plays an important role in maintaining the security and stability of that part of the continent,
and also due to the presence of a wide transport and communications network, the countries of the region use their full potential as transit states.
For the global economy, the Central Asian region is of interest primarily as a source of raw materials. Oil, gas, coal and metals are currently the most sought-after exported goods, while agricultural products also provide dynamic growth.

According to confirmed data, the total volume of oil reserves in the Central Asian countries reaches 15-31 billion barrels, and the total volume of natural gas reserves is 230-360 trillion cubic meters, which is 7.2% of the world's oil resources and 7% of gas resources. The region ranks 10th in the world in coal production, 19th in electricity generation. It has large reserves of ferrous, non-ferrous and rare metals, and ranks 9th in total gold production (Uzbekistan - 90 tons, Kyrgyzstan -24, Kazakhstan - 18.9).

The Central Asian states have powerful mining, fuel and energy, metallurgy and chemical industries, concentrated primarily in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.