KYRGYZSTAN

Capital Bishkek
Area (km2) 199 900
Total population (thousands, 2017) 6 198
Population density (per km2) 31
National currency Kyrgyz som (KGS)
National statistical office www.stat.kg
National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic
Women in the labour force, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 39%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2017 27%
   hourly wage, 2017 27%
Women in part-time employment
   percentage of employed women ..
Female tertiary students, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 56%
Female victims of homicide, 2011
   percentage of total for both sexes 22%
Women researchers, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 46%
Life expectancy at birth, 2017
   females, years 75.4
   males, years 67.2
Life expectancy at 65, 2017
   females, years 15.8
   males, years 11.0
Total fertility rate, 2017
   average number of children per woman 3.0
Adolescent fertility rate, 2017
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 33.9
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2017
   age in years 22.9
 
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-1.0
1.8
2.1
0.5
-0.5
1.3
Unemployment rate
 (%)
8.3
8.0
7.6
7.2
6.9
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
13.4
14.0
15.0
15.5
14.8
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2018 25 031
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2018 4 081
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2018 31.6
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2018 67.3
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2018 4 067
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   KGS per USD, US=1, 2018 22.747
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 3
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 8
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, 2018 1 494
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 117
   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