Kyrgyzstan Capital Bishkek
Currency KGS · Kyrgyz som
Language Kyrgyz
Since 1991
ISO KGZ · KG
Watermark portrait: Chinghiz Aitmatov — THE COUNTRY —
Country in Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, formerly known as Kirghizia, is a landlocked country in the eastern regions of Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and China to the east and southeast. Kyrgyzstan's capital and largest city is Bishkek which lies on the northern border with Kazakhstan. Ethnic Kyrgyz make up the majority of the country's over 7.4 million people, followed by significant minorities of Uzbeks and Russians.
Text: Wikipedia — Kyrgyzstan CC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-08-01
Capital Bishkek
Currency Kyrgyz som (KGS)
Official language Kyrgyz
Drives on the Right
Calling code +996
Licence plate code KS
Top-level domain .kg
Independence / founding 1991
Highest point Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m)
Lowest point Kara Darya
Anthem State Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-02 — LAND —
5 of 5 figures unavailable for Kyrgyzstan.
— PEOPLE —
Population
7.3M people
#106 of 216 2025
Population growth
1.7% % per year
#62 of 216 2025
Population density
37 people per km²
#164 of 215 2023
People living in cities
34.7% % of population
#184 of 216 2025
Urban population growth
1.7% % per year
#83 of 216 2025
People living rurally
65.3% % of population
#33 of 216 2025
Population aged 0-14
31.9% % of population
#61 of 216 2025
Population aged 15-64
62.1% % of population
#150 of 216 2025
Population aged 65+
6.0% % of population
#137 of 216 2025
▸ ISSUE 7 MORE Age dependency ratio
61.0% % of working-age population
#67 of 216 2025
Female population
50.6% % of population
#89 of 216 2025
Births per woman
3 births per woman
#74 of 216 2024
Birth rate
19.4 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#78 of 216 2024
Death rate
4.4 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#205 of 216 2024
Net migration
1,815 people (5-year total)
#59 of 216 2025
Migrants living in the country
2.7% % of population
#140 of 215 2024
— MONEY —
GDP
$22.62B current US$
#128 of 211 2025
GDP, purchasing power parity
$67.70B current int'l $
#120 of 199 2025
GDP per person
$3,081 current US$
#161 of 211 2025
GDP per person, purchasing power parity
$9,220 current int'l $
#144 of 199 2025
GDP growth
% per year
2025
GDP per person growth
% per year
2025
Gross national income
$22.37B current US$
#127 of 204 2025
Gross national income per person
$2,800 current US$
#155 of 203 2025
Gross national income per person, PPP
$9,120 current int'l $
#144 of 197 2025
▸ ISSUE 29 MORE Inflation
8.2% % per year
#159 of 190 2025
Inflation (GDP deflator)
12.4% % per year
#185 of 209 2025
Real interest rate
12.6% %
#14 of 134 2024
Lending interest rate
19.8% %
#14 of 134 2024
Government debt
38.7% % of GDP
#17 of 63 2024
Government revenue
30.4% % of GDP
#49 of 149 2024
Government spending
23.7% % of GDP
#89 of 149 2023
Government consumption
12.2% % of GDP
#136 of 181 2025
Household consumption
93.3% % of GDP
#14 of 181 2025
Investment (gross capital formation)
28.0% % of GDP
#46 of 178 2025
Fixed investment
25.8% % of GDP
#47 of 173 2025
Gross savings
11.9% % of GDP
#144 of 168 2024
Foreign investment inflows
$255.3M current US$
#135 of 201 2024
Foreign investment inflows
1.4% % of GDP
#128 of 198 2024
Foreign investment outflows
0.1% % of GDP
#129 of 179 2024
Current account balance
% of GDP
2024
Foreign reserves
$5.09B current US$
#103 of 177 2024
External debt
$11.69B current US$
#56 of 121 2024
Income inequality (Gini)
28 0-100
#18 of 147 2024
People below the poverty line
2.2% % of population
#78 of 147 2024
Income share held by richest 10%
22.9% %
#21 of 147 2024
Income share held by poorest 10%
%
2024
Money sent home by workers abroad
$3.20B current US$
#58 of 186 2024
Foreign aid received
2.9% % of GNI
#62 of 137 2023
Exchange rate
87 local currency per US$
#72 of 211 2024
Agriculture's share of the economy
8.0% % of GDP
#84 of 199 2025
Industry's share of the economy
26.5% % of GDP
#73 of 202 2025
Manufacturing's share of the economy
13.7% % of GDP
#53 of 195 2025
Services' share of the economy
51.2% % of GDP
#139 of 202 2025
1 of 39 figures unavailable for Kyrgyzstan.
— TRADE —
Exports
26.8% % of GDP
#123 of 187 2025
Imports
65.6% % of GDP
#46 of 187 2025
Trade balance
-38.8% % of GDP
#174 of 187 2025
Total trade (openness)
69.9% % of GDP
#70 of 205 2025
Goods exported
$2.85B current US$
#134 of 207 2025
Goods imported
$12.97B current US$
#106 of 207 2025
Services exported
$3.32B current US$
#108 of 191 2024
Services imported
$3.43B current US$
#107 of 191 2024
Goods and services exported
$8.45B current US$
#118 of 191 2024
▸ ISSUE 3 MORE Goods and services imported
$15.10B current US$
#106 of 191 2024
High-tech share of exports
10.7% % of manufactured exports
#61 of 179 2024
Terms of trade
119 index
#51 of 206 2024
— HEALTH —
Life expectancy
72.4 yrs years
#132 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, women
76.6 yrs years
#123 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, men
68.4 yrs years
#144 of 216 2024
Infant deaths
14.8 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#111 of 196 2024
Deaths under age 5
16.8 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#109 of 196 2024
Maternal deaths
42 per 100,000 live births
#93 of 194 2023
Health spending
4.5% % of GDP
#138 of 193 2023
Health spending per person
$97 current US$
#145 of 193 2023
Physicians
1.6 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#100 of 187 2023
▸ ISSUE 10 MORE Nurses and midwives
4.1 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#95 of 196 2023
Hospital beds
3.7 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#46 of 157 2023
Access to clean drinking water
94.9% % of population
#133 of 214 2024
Access to basic sanitation
98.5% % of population
#66 of 213 2024
Suicide rate
7 per 100,000 people
#84 of 185 2021
Adults who smoke
22.2% % of adults
#101 of 166 2024
HIV prevalence
0.3% % aged 15-49
#66 of 153 2024
Tuberculosis cases
128 per 100,000 people
#155 of 208 2024
Undernourishment
5.1% % of population
#80 of 168 2023
Children vaccinated against measles
96.0% % of children 12-23 months
#51 of 193 2024
— LEARNING —
Education spending
6.8% % of GDP
#15 of 190 2023
Education spending
19.6% % of government spending
#21 of 189 2024
Adult literacy
99.2% % aged 15+
not enough data to rank 2009
Youth literacy
99.8% % aged 15-24
not enough data to rank 2009
Primary school enrolment
99.0% % gross
#112 of 200 2025
Secondary school enrolment
91.7% % gross
#95 of 188 2025
University enrolment
53.9% % gross
#76 of 167 2025
Primary school completion
95.3% % of relevant age group
#84 of 180 2025
Pupils per teacher, primary school
25 pupils per teacher
#111 of 160 2018
▸ ISSUE 1 MORE Years of compulsory education
10.0 yrs years
#100 of 197 2025
— WORK —
Unemployment
3.5% % of labour force
#58 of 186 2025
Youth unemployment
8.2% % of labour force aged 15-24
#52 of 186 2025
Labour force participation
57.4% % aged 15+
#126 of 186 2025
Women in the labour force
44.1% % of women aged 15+
#139 of 186 2025
Men in the labour force
71.4% % of men aged 15+
#82 of 186 2025
Labour force
2.9M people
#115 of 186 2025
Working in agriculture
15.4% % of employment
#92 of 186 2025
Working in industry
26.8% % of employment
#29 of 186 2025
Working in services
57.7% % of employment
#99 of 186 2025
▸ ISSUE 3 MORE Self-employed
30.5% % of employment
#98 of 186 2025
Labour force with advanced education
75.7% % of labour force
not enough data to rank 2013
Employed
55.3% % aged 15+
#111 of 186 2025
— CONNECTED —
People online
92.0% % of population
#48 of 207 2024
Mobile phone subscriptions
107 per 100 people
#129 of 210 2024
Fixed broadband subscriptions
8 per 100 people
#127 of 208 2024
Fixed telephone lines
2 per 100 people
#154 of 213 2024
Access to electricity
100.0% % of population
#57 of 214 2024
Access to clean cooking fuel
79.6% % of population
#114 of 189 2023
Electricity used per person
2,069 kWh per person
#84 of 149 2023
Energy used per person
591 kg oil equivalent per person
#114 of 149 2023
Air passengers carried
804,478 passengers
#104 of 165 2023
▸ ISSUE 7 MORE Air freight
1 million tonne-km
#122 of 163 2023
Rail network
route-km
2021
Rail passengers
million passenger-km
2021
Research and development spending
% of GDP
2024
Patent applications by residents
83 count
#73 of 142 2021
Scientific journal articles published
327 count
#114 of 197 2023
Tourists arriving
8.5M count
#25 of 194 2019
2 of 18 figures unavailable for Kyrgyzstan.
— NATURE —
12 of 12 figures unavailable for Kyrgyzstan.
— STATE —
7 of 7 figures unavailable for Kyrgyzstan.