KYRGYZSTAN

Capital Bishkek
Area (km2) 199 900
Total population (thousands, 2021) 6 692
Population density (per km2) 33
National currency Kyrgyz som (KGS)
National statistical office www.stat.kg
National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic
Women in the labour force, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 38%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 25%
   hourly wage, 2021 25%
Women in part-time employment
   percentage of employed women ..
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 53%
Female victims of homicide, 2011
   percentage of total for both sexes 22%
Women researchers, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 60%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 76.1
   males, years 67.9
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 16.6
   males, years 11.5
Total fertility rate, 2019
   average number of children per woman 3.3
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 35.7
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2019
   age in years 22.6
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
2.5
0.1
3.8
1.7
2.9
3.8
Unemployment rate
 (%)
5.5
5.8
5.3
4.9
4.1
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
12.8
11.4
11.7
..
..
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 54 738
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 8 021
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 43.4
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 84.2
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 8 362
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   KGS per USD, US=1, 2023 24.366
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 3
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 8

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2012 417
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 1996 140
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2022 1 642
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2022 103
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2012 76
      million tonne-kilometres, 2012 923
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2012 7 943
      million tonne-kilometres, 2012 1 143