Kyrgyz Republic: Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Kyrgyz Republic's imports of goods and services (% of GDP) fell 17.73 percentage points on 2024 (from 83.33% to 65.6%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.44 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.24 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 22.99 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.73 percentage points in 2025. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 18% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Kyrgyz Republic had the 32nd highest value of the 137 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Kyrgyz Republic in the 2025 ranking

• Latvia — 28th of 137: 67.15%
• Libya — 29th of 137: 65.95%
• Montenegro — 30th of 137: 65.71%
• Malaysia — 32nd of 137: 65.43%
• Namibia — 33rd of 137: 63.9%
• Mongolia — 34th of 137: 62.64%

What this measures

Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Limitations: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 36 values

Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Albania — 42.52% (2025)
• Armenia — 53.61% (2025)
• Austria — 52.32% (2025)
• Azerbaijan — 36.81% (2025)
• Belarus — 57.03% (2025)
• Belgium — 77.47% (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 54.12% (2025)
• Bulgaria — 51.78% (2025)
• Croatia — 53.01% (2025)
• Cyprus — 91.92% (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Kyrgyz Republic

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 5.29% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$723.69 million (2021)
• Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$1.06 million (2021)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$11.42 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 943.11 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,555 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 128,435 (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 241.37 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

What is Kyrgyz Republic's imports of goods and services (% of GDP)?

65.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 16.06 percentage points from 49.53% in 1990. The highest value was 95.49% in 2023 and the lowest 36.65% in 1991.

How does Kyrgyz Republic rank?

32nd highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (% of GDP) unusual for Kyrgyz Republic?

In 2025, Kyrgyz Republic's imports of goods and services (% of GDP) fell 17.73 percentage points on 2024 (from 83.33% to 65.6%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.44 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.24 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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