!!!Kyrgyzstan: Economy
Kyrgyzstan is a poor, mountainous country with an economy dominated by minerals extraction, agriculture, and reliance on remittances from citizens working abroad. Cotton, wool, and meat are the main agricultural products, although only cotton is exported in any quantity. Other exports include gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, and - in some years - electricity. The country has sought to attract foreign investment to expand its export base, including construction of hydroelectric dams, but a difficult investment climate and an ongoing legal battle with Canadian investors in the nation’s largest gold mine deter potential investors. Remittances from Kyrgyz migrant workers in Russia and Kazakhstan are equivalent to about a quarter of Kyrgyzstan’s GDP. \\  \\ Following independence, Kyrgyzstan rapidly carried out market reforms, such as improving the regulatory system and instituting land reform. Kyrgyzstan was the first Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) country to be accepted into the World Trade Organization. The government has privatized much of its ownership shares in public enterprises. Despite these reforms, the country suffered a severe drop in production in the early 1990s and has again faced slow growth in recent years as the global financial crisis and declining oil prices have damaged economies across Central Asia. \\  \\ Kyrgyz leaders hope the country’s August 2015 accession to the Eurasian Economic Union will bolster trade and investment, but slowing economies in Russia and China, low commodity prices, and currency fluctuations continue to hamper economic growth. The keys to future growth include progress in fighting corruption, improving administrative transparency, restructuring domestic industry, and attracting foreign aid and investment.
!!Economic Facts
||GDP (purchasing power parity)|$21.01 billion (2016 est.) \\ $20.55 billion (2015 est.) \\ $19.87 billion (2014 est.) \\ ''__note__'': data are in 2016 dollars \\ 
||GDP (official exchange rate)|$5.794 billion (2015 est.)
||GDP - real growth rate|2.2% (2016 est.) \\ 3.5% (2015 est.) \\ 4% (2014 est.)
||GDP - per capita (PPP)|$3,500 (2016 est.) \\ $3,400 (2015 est.) \\ $3,400 (2014 est.) \\ ''__note__'': data are in 2016 dollars \\ 
||Gross national saving|18.5% of GDP (2016 est.) \\ 19.3% of GDP (2015 est.) \\ 9.3% of GDP (2014 est.)
||GDP - composition, by end use|''household consumption'': 77.9% \\ ''government consumption'': 18.8% \\ ''investment in fixed capital'': 25.2% \\ ''investment in inventories'': 2.5% \\ ''exports of goods and services'': 30.6% \\ ''imports of goods and services'': -55% (2016 est.) \\ 
||GDP - composition, by sector of origin|''agriculture'': 17.9% \\ ''industry'': 25.9% \\ ''services'': 56.2% (2016 est.) \\ 
||Agriculture - products|cotton, potatoes, vegetables, grapes, fruits and berries; sheep, goats, cattle, wool
||Industries|small machinery, textiles, food processing, cement, shoes, sawn logs, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold, rare earth metals
||Industrial production growth rate|0% (2016 est.)
||Labor force|2.778 million (2016 est.)
||Labor force - by occupation|''agriculture'': 48% \\ ''industry'': 12.5% \\ ''services'': 39.5% (2005 est.) \\ 
||Unemployment rate|8% (2013 est.) \\ 8.1% (2014 est.)
||Population below poverty line|33.7% (2011 est.)
||Household income or consumption by percentage share|''lowest 10%'': 2.8% \\ ''highest 10%'': 27.8% (2009 est.) \\ 
||Distribution of family income - Gini index|33.4 (2007) \\ 29 (2001)
||Budget|''revenues'': $2.04 billion \\ ''expenditures'': $2.354 billion (2016 est.) \\ 
||Taxes and other revenues|35.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
||Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)|-5.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
||Public debt|69.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
||Fiscal year|calendar year
||Inflation rate (consumer prices)|2.9% (2016 est.) \\ 6.5% (2015 est.)
||Central bank discount rate|13.73% (22 December 2011) \\ 2.5% (31 December 2010)
||Commercial bank prime lending rate|23.3% (31 December 2016 est.) \\ 24.25% (31 December 2015 est.)
||Stock of narrow money|$1.179 billion (31 December 2016 est.) \\ $928.2 million (31 December 2015 est.)
||Stock of broad money|$1.333 billion (31 December 2015 est.) \\ $1.399 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
||Stock of domestic credit|$980.7 million (31 December 2016 est.) \\ $831.4 million (31 December 2015 est.)
||Market value of publicly traded shares|$165 million (31 December 2012 est.) \\ $165 million (31 December 2011 est.) \\ $79 million (31 December 2010 est.)
||Current account balance|-$867 million (2016 est.) \\ -$692 million (2015 est.)
||Exports|$1.453 billion (2016 est.) \\ $1.61 billion (2015 est.)
||Exports - commodities|gold, cotton, wool, garments, meat; mercury, uranium, electricity; machinery; shoes
||Exports - partners|Switzerland 26%, Uzbekistan 22.6%, Kazakhstan 20.8%, UAE 4.9%, Turkey 4.5%, Afghanistan 4.5%, Russia 4.2% (2015)
||Imports|$3.146 billion (2016 est.) \\ $3.648 billion (2015 est.)
||Imports - commodities|oil and gas, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
||Imports - partners|China 56.4%, Russia 17.1%, Kazakhstan 9.9% (2015)
||Reserves of foreign exchange and gold|$1.838 billion (31 December 2016 est.) \\ $1.778 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
||Debt - external|$7.728 billion (31 December 2016 est.) \\ $7.37 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
||Stock of direct foreign investment - at home|$4.897 billion (31 December 2016 est.) \\ $4.347 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
||Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad|$331.4 million (31 December 2016 est.) \\ $331.4 million (31 December 2015 est.)
||Exchange rates|soms (KGS) per US dollar - \\ 69.08 (2016 est.) \\ 64.462 (2015 est.) \\ 64.462 (2014 est.) \\ 53.654 (2013 est.) \\ 47.01 (2012 est.)