In the first half of 2026, approximately 24,200 decisions made by local authorities in Uzbekistan, or about 29% of the total, were not made public, the Anti-Corruption Agency reported.
Between January and June, local government bodies adopted 84,990 documents through the E-qaror system. Of these, 60,749 (71.5%) were disclosed to the public, while 24,241 (28.5%) remained unpublished. In the same period last year, 81,117 documents were adopted, with 55,255 disclosed and 25,862 kept secret.
The monitoring is conducted under a presidential decree (PF-270) introducing new control mechanisms for the development, adoption, and publication of documents in the E-qaror system. The agency noted that overall transparency has improved, but roughly three out of ten documents remain closed to the public.
The most significant improvement was recorded in Tashkent city, where the share of undisclosed decisions dropped from 49% to 36%. In absolute terms, the number of hidden documents nearly halved, decreasing by 1,236 (48%). However, the total number of adopted decisions fell by 28.7%, and the number of published documents decreased by about 10%.
In Fergana region, the share of undisclosed decisions fell from 28% to 22%; in Andijan, from 21% to 16%; in Surkhandarya, from 40% to 35%. Tashkent region saw a decline from 16% to 13%; Syrdarya from 41% to 39%; Kashkadarya from 30% to 28%; and Khorezm from 34% to 32%.
Samarkand region recorded the smallest decline, from 42% to 41%, yet it leads in the absolute number of undisclosed decisions – 2,969 (compared to 2,510 a year earlier).
Negative dynamics were observed in only two regions. In Navoi, the share of closed decisions rose from 41% to 45%, the highest in the country: out of 3,877 adopted documents, 1,761 were not published. In Jizzakh, the figure increased from 23% to 24%.
The agency also examined the concealment of documents related to fund allocation, which carries high corruption risks. During the analyzed period, 692 undisclosed documents were used to allocate 1.5 trillion soums (approximately $125 million) hidden from public scrutiny.
The bulk of these funds – 861.3 billion soums (57%) – went to construction projects under 133 undisclosed decisions. Another 296.5 billion soums (19%) were allocated for procurement of goods, works, and services (141 decisions). Compensation for damages to citizens accounted for 159.6 billion soums (28 decisions), and other purposes received 122.8 billion soums (127 decisions).
The Anti-Corruption Agency stated that it is submitting proposals to authorized bodies to conduct internal investigations and bring to account officials responsible for violations.
Source: www.gazeta.uz