Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Kyrgyzstan's #4 import source (world lens). Kyrgyzstan is the EU's #142 goods supplier.
Kyrgyzstan on the world stage
Total imports
$11.9bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$3.7bn
152 partners
#1 import source
China
45.8%
#1 export dest.
United Kingdom
32.4%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Kyrgyzstan and the EU
EU imports from
€147m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€2.2bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #142 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 14.63
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
36
EUR/MWh
Consumer
11
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
163
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
85%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Export-revenue + dam debtMarket model
Vertically integrated state utilities
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
State Agency for Regulation of the Fuel and Energy Sector
A hydro-dependent system with chronic winter deficits covered by expensive imports, below-cost-recovery tariffs that starve investment, and revenue pressure from the Kambarata-1 dam build.
Tracked infrastructure
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
8
2 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
1
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
gold-mining economy (Kumtor)
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
25.3
→ 30.5 by 2050
Fertility
2.78
above replacement
Working-age
62%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
9.2
→ 15.5 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 7.19M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +34% (9.64M)