Kyrgyzstan GDP Growth Accelerates January–November

Kyrgyzstan’s GDP grew 9.0% year-on-year in January 2026, driven by commodity production, services, and net taxes on products. Goods-producing industries rose 11.8%, with industry up 12.5%, construction 25.7%, and agriculture, forestry, and fishing 3.5%. Within industry, mining grew 37.7%, manufacturing 12.0%, electricity, gas, and steam supply 0.7%, and water, waste, and recycling 13.8%. Services rose 8.9%, led by trade and vehicle repair (+17.4%), transportation and storage (+1.7%), hotels and restaurants (+10.9%), information and communications (+3.8%), and other services (+6.2%). Net taxes on products increased 5.4%. The broad-based expansion across sectors, including agriculture, industry, construction, trade, hotels and restaurants, and transportation and communications, together accounts for 55% of GDP.

Kyrgyzstan’s GDP expanded 11.1% year-on-year in January–December 2025, accelerating from 10.2% growth in January–November but moderating from 11.5% recorded in the same period last year. The expansion was driven by the services sector, which accounts for more than half of the economy, growing 10.9%. Key contributors included wholesale and retail trade and vehicle repair (+20.9%), transportation and storage (+11.7%), and other service activities (+4.8%). The production sectors also posted robust growth at 10.9%, contributing 34.4% of GDP, with notable gains in mining (+10.7%), manufacturing (+9.8%), construction (+21.1%), and agriculture (+2.2%). Meanwhile, net taxes on products rose 12.1% year-on-year, accounting for 14.4% of GDP, further supporting the overall expansion.

Kyrgyzstan’s GDP grew 10.2% year-on-year in January–November 2025, the fastest pace in three months and up from 10.0% for the January–October period. Industrial output increased 10.0% year-on-year, supported by strong gains in pharmaceutical products (up 1.9 times), production of rubber, plastics, and building materials (+34.5%), and production of wood, paper, and printing products (+33.7%). Meanwhile, construction surged 29.0%, wholesale and retail trade rose 9.5%, and agriculture expanded 2.0%.