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General Information

Region		Central Asia
Population (000, 2025)		7 295^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		38^a
Capital city		Bishkek
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		1 017.2^c
UN membership date		2 March 1992
Surface area (km2)		199 949^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		97.7^a
National currency		Som (KGS)
Exchange rate (per US$)		87^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	6 752	8 270	13 988^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	5	-7.1	6.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 125.0	1 241.0	1 977.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	15.2	13.6	11.6^b
Economy: Industry^e,g (% of Gross Value Added)	27.3	30	27.2^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e,h (% of GVA)	57.5	56.5	61.1^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	30.4	25.1	23.9^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	22.3	23.7	24.7^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	47.3	51.2	51.5^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	3.3ⁱ	4.6	3.3ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	54.7 / 76.1	53.1 / 77.1	52.8 / 78.6ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	146	166	245^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	102	111	114^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 441	1 864ⁱ	3 740^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	4 068	3 387	11 907^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 627	- 1 523ⁱ	- 8 167^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 052	374	- 5 180^j

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.8	2.5	1.5^a
Urban population (% of total population)	35.8	36.6^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.8^k	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	3.2	3	2.8^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	73.4 / 65.8	72.7 / 65.9	75.6 / 68.4^a
Population age distribution^l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	31.8 / 8.1	32.9 / 8.8	31.9 / 9.7^a
International migrant stock^m (000/% of total pop.)	204.4 / 3.4	199.0 / 3.0	194.8 / 2.7^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	14.3	0.6	28.3^n,d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	22.2	18.2	14.1^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	7.1	4.9^i,o	4.9^i,o,j
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.2	2	1.8^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.6 / 98.5	96.4 / 96.1	98.7 / 98.5^d
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	92.1 / 92.6	96.4 / 96.5	95.3 / 94.4^d
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	82.9 / 78.7	80.3 / 79.7	84.2 / 77.9^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	23.3	19.2^p	22.2^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	30.2ⁱ	72	88.5^i,b
Research & Development expenditure^q (% of GDP)	0.1	0.1	0.1^j
Threatened species (number)	41	43	62^d
Forested area (% of land area)	6.5	6.9	7^j
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	9.8 / 1.6	7.7 / 1.2	10.7 / 1.5^j
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	75	103	114^j
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	28	22	27^j
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	4 000	2 079	6 901^j
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	23.6	23.6	23.6^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	90.6 / 53.7	91.8 / 67.3	91.8 / 67.3^j
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	83.6 / 95.8	85.8 / 96.5	86.3 / 96.5^j
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	12.07	5.93	3.31^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		2024
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		2022
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		Including refugees.
n		Based on new arrivals information in the report of international organizations and UNHCR protection monitoring activities, UNHCR estimates there to be 25,500 people of various origins in Kyrgyzstan who may be in need of international protection
o		Break in the time series.
p		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
q		Excluding private non-profit.