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Kyrgyz Republic

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Basic Information

Government Type: Parliamentary republic

Capital City: Bishkek

GDP & Economic Information

Macroeconomy & Sovereign Data

Central Bank National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
Currency Soms (KGS)

International Reserves
USD 2.1 billion (2018)

International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
Gross Domestic Product – GDP USD 8.1 billion (2018, estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Intl$ 24.5 billion (2018, estimate)

GDP Data

Real GDP growth 2007 8.4%
2008 7.6%
2009 2.9%
2010 -0.5%
2011 6.0%
2012 -0.1%
2013 10.9%
2014 4.0%
2015 3.9%
2016* 4.3%
2017* 4.7%
2018* 3.5%
*Estimate
GDP per capita – current prices USD 1,268.0 (2018, estimate)
GDP per capita – PPP Intl$ 3,843.6 (2018, estimate)
GDP (PPP) – share of world total 1980 N/A
1990 N/A
2000 0.02%
2010 0.02%
2019* 0.02%
*Estimate
GDP – composition by sector agriculture: 11.6%
industry: 27.5%
services: 49.8%
(2018 estimate)
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP) N/A
Inflation 2015 6.5%
2016 0.4%
2017 3.2%
2018* 1.5%
2019* 1.3%
*Estimate

Inflation & Debt

Inflation 2015 6.5%
2016 0.4%
2017 3.2%
2018* 1.5%
2019* 1.3%
*Estimate
Government Bond Ratings Standard & Poor’s: NR

Moody’s: B2

Standard & Poor’s / Moody’s
Unemployment rate 2015 7.6%
2016 7.2%
2017 6.9%
2018* 6.6%
2019* 6.6%
*Estimate
Household saving rates N/A
Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP) 2015 67.1%
2016 59.1%
2017 58.8%
2018* 56%
2019* 56.3%
*Estimate
Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP) 2015 -2.7%
2016 6.4%
2017 -4.6%
2018* -1.3%
2019* -2.7%
*Estimate
Market value of publicly traded shares N/A
Largest Companies N/A

Import/Export

Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services) 5.9% (2017)

Shares in world total merchandising export 0.004% (2018)

Shares in world total commercial services export 0.008% (2018)

Total exports USD 1.6 billion (2018 estimate)

Export commodities Opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems, and medical herbs

Total imports USD 8.3 billion (2018 estimate)

Import commodities Machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products

Exports – major partners India 56.5%, Pakistan 29.6% (2017)

Imports – major partners China 21%, Iran 20.5%, Pakistan 11.8%, Kazakhstan 11%, Uzbekistan 6.8%, Malaysia 5.3%(2017)

Competitiveness & Trade

Current account balance USD -0.7 billion (2018 estimate)
Current account balance by percentage of GDP -8.7 % (2018 estimate)
FDI inflows 2016 USD 616 million
2017 USD -107 million
2018 USD 47 million
FDI Outflows 2016 USD 0.0 million
2017 USD -29.0 million
2018 USD 1.0 million
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser N/A


United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – World Investment Report
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014 N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015 N/A
Best countries for doing business Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking:

80 out of 190 countries

​Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 42 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 90 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 143 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 7 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 15 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 128 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 117 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 89 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 134 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 78 out of 190 countries
Global competitiveness ranking
96 out of 141 countries

(2019)
Index of Economic Freedom
Ranking: 79 / Score: 62.3 (Moderately free)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)

Population & Geographic Data

Time Zone UTC+6

Total Area 199,951 sq km
Total Population 1990: N/A
2000: 4.88 million
2010: 5.42 million
2015: 5.9 million
2020*: 6.52 million
*Estimate
Urban population as % of total population 1960: 34.2%
1980: 38.6%
2000: 35.3%
2018: 36.4%
Population median age 26.8 years
Population growth rate 1.02% (2018 estimate)
Life expectancy 71.2 years (2018 estimate)
% of population living on less than $3.10 a day 19.6% (last available estimate, 2017)
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)
27.3 (last available estimate, 2017)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Freedom House rating
Partly Free
Political Rights: 5
Civil Liberties: 4 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Total telephone subscribers as % of population Fixed: 5.3% Mobile: 122.6% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)
Internet users as % of total population 38 % (2017)

Language & Religon

Languages Kyrgyz (official) 71.4%, Uzbek 14.4%, Russian (official) 9%, other 5.2% (2009 est.)
Literacy
Total population: 99.5%
Male: 99.6%
Female: 99.4%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
Religions Muslim 90% (majority Sunni), Christian 7% (Russian Orthodox 3%), other 3% (includes Jewish, Buddhist, Baha’i) (2017 est.)

World Rankings

Population 6.52 M
Mercer Cost of living index Bishkek: 206th (2019)
C02 Emissions per capita 1.65 metric tons per capita (2014)

Global Finance Rankings & Awards: Kyrgyz Republic

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Data Sources:

IMF World Economic Outlook

UN World Population Prospects

World Inequality Report

S&P Global Ratings

Moody’s

Fitch Ratings

IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS)

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

CIA The World Factbook

World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Forbes Global 2000

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