Learn how to receive maternity and sickness benefits
Don't lose your income during illness or pregnancy. Maternity and sickness benefits are transferred to your Baraka card. Check the amounts in the Baraka app.
Who is protected by state social insurance?
There are two types of insurance. Find the one that fits you.
Voluntary insurance
Pay a monthly contribution in the Baraka app, for yourself or your spouse. The minimum is 2% of the minimum wage. The longer you pay, the higher your benefit.
- Self-employed people
- Members and heads of dehqan farms
- Owners of household plots and their families
- Individual entrepreneurs and "Hunarmand" members
- Citizens of Uzbekistan working abroad
- Company founders who get income from the company
- Members of a family business
- People who do not work, where the spouse pays
Mandatory insurance
Your employer insures you. You do not need to apply.
- Work under an employment contract
- Work under a service contract
- Do other official work set by law
What benefits are paid?
The amount depends on your average salary and how long you have been insured.
Pregnancy & childbirth benefit
Of your average salary. Paid once, for the whole maternity leave. Comes to the Baraka card since 1 January 2026.
Temporary disability benefit
Paid when you are ill, for up to 180 days a year. Comes to the Baraka card since 1 July 2026.
25–60 months — 85%
61 months or more — 100%
182 days/yr
6–56 months — 60%
57 months or more — 80%
77+ days · −10%
Same percentages
The Social Insurance Fund pays from day 6
The Social Insurance Fund pays from day 6
Calculate your benefit
This is an estimate. Change the numbers to see your amount.
The daily rate is calculated from your average monthly salary. Income tax is deducted. The result is informational; the official amount is determined by the State Social Insurance Fund.
You don't need to apply
The benefit is assigned and paid automatically. You do not need to go anywhere.
- 01Medical consultationAt week 30 of pregnancy, the doctor at the family polyclinic / antenatal clinic where you are observed opens an electronic maternity-leave certificate (126 days; 140 for complicated or multiple births)
- 02Automatic calculationYour data goes to the Social Insurance system by itself. It checks how long you have been insured and calculates the benefit
- 03SMS notificationYou get an SMS with the amount. The same message appears in your my.gov.uz account
- 04One-time paymentThe money comes in one payment to your Baraka card or your other bank card
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