Officially the Kyrgyz Republic but also known as Kirghizia, Kyrgyzstan shipped US$3.74 billion worth of exported products around the world in 2024.

That dollar amount reflects a 90.4% acceleration from $1.96 billion 5 years earlier in 2020.

Year over year, overall sales of Kyrgyzstan’s exported goods advanced by 10.5% compared to $3.4 billion during 2023.

Kyrgyzstan’s Top Trading Partners

Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked Central Asian nation surrounded by the much larger Kazakhstan to its north, China to its east, Uzbekistan to its west and southwest, and Tajikistan to its southwest.

The latest available country-specific data shows that 94.4% of products exported from the Kyrgyz Republic was bought by importers in: United Kingdom (32.4% of the Kyrgyzstani total), Russia (26.1%), Kazakhstan (10.2%), Uzbekistan (8.8%), Hong Kong (3.5%), mainland China (3.3%), United Arab Emirates (3%), Türkiye (2.7%), Switzerland (1.8%), Afghanistan (1.4%), Belgium (0.7%) and India (0.6%).

From a continental perspective, 64.0% of the Kyrgyz Republic’s exports by value was delivered to European countries while 35.8% was sold to importers in Asia. the Kyrgyz Republic shipped another 0.2% worth of goods to customers located in North America.

Smaller percentages went to buyers in Africa (0.08%), Latin America (0.002%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania’s Australia and New Zealand (0.0002%).

Given Kyrgyzstan’s population of 7.1 million people, its total US$3.74 billion in 2024 exports translates to roughly $530 for every resident in the Central Asian country. That dollar metric exceeds the average $480 per capita one year earlier during 2023.

Kyrgyzstan’s Top 10 Exports

The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Kyrgyzstani global shipments during 2024. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Kyrgyzstan.

1. Gems, precious metals: US$1.4 billion (38.2% of total exports)
2. Mineral fuels including oil: $273.7 million (7.3%)
3. Ores, slag, ash: $233 million (6.2%)
4. Machinery including computers: $205.4 million (5.5%)
5. Footwear: $176.9 million (4.7%)
6. Electrical machinery, equipment: $140.1 million (3.7%)
7. Miscellaneous textiles, worn clothing: $114.4 million (3.1%)
8. Vegetables: $101.9 million (2.7%)
9. Vehicles: $85.6 million (2.3%)
10. Plastics, plastic articles: $69 million (1.8%)

The Kyrgyz Republic’s top 10 export product categories generated just over three-quarters (75.6%) of the overall value of its global shipments.

Miscellaneous textiles and worn clothing represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 1,053% from 2023 to 2024.

In second place for improving export sales was footwear via a 310.3% upturn.

The Kyrgyz Republic’s shipments of mineral fuels including oil posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 36.1%.

The leading decliner among the Kyrgyz Republic’s top 10 export categories was vehicles, thanks to a -37.5% year-over-year drop.

The above listed product categories are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code level.

Drilling down to the more detailed four-digit HTS codes, Kyrgyzstan’s most valuable exported product is unwrought gold (37.6% of the Kyrgyzstani total), precious metal ores and concentrates (5.3%), processed petroleum oils (4.9%), insoles or heel cushions (3.7%), miscellaneous furnishings (2.5%), phone devices including smartphones (2.4%), auxiliary machines (1.8%), dried shelled vegetables (also 1.8%), copper waste and scrap (1.6%), then miscellaneous knitted or crocheted fabrics (1.5%).

Products Generating Kyrgyzstan’s Best Trade Surpluses

The following types of Kyrgyzstani product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports.

In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.

1. Gems, precious metals: US$1.4 billion (Up by 12.3% since 2023)
2. Ores, slag, ash: $228.1 million (Down by -1.2%)
3. Copper: $55.6 million (Down by -27.3%)
4. Vegetables: $50.4 million (Up by 11.9%)
5. Miscellaneous textiles, worn clothing: $44.8 million (Reversing a -$39.2 million deficit)
6. Live animals: $35.9 million (Down by -15.3%)
7. Footwear: $27.6 million (Reversing a -$243.4 million deficit)
8. Dairy, eggs, honey: $23.2 million (Reversing a -$4.67 million deficit)
9. Cotton: $22.2 million (Down by -21.1%)
10. Special woven/tufted fabric, embroidery: $20.3 million (Reversing a -$4.73 million deficit)

Kyrgyzstan has highly positive net exports in the international trade of gold. In turn, these cashflows indicate Kyrgyzstan’s strong competitive advantages under the gems and precious metals product category.

Products Causing Kyrgyzstan’s Worst Trade Deficits

The Kyrgyz Republic incurred an overall -US$8.2 billion trade deficit for 2024 reducing by -10.6% from the -$9.1 billion in red ink one year earlier in 2023.

Below are exports from Kyrgyzstan that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Kyrgyzstan’s goods trail Kyrgyzstani importer spending on foreign products.

1. Machinery including computers: US-$2.9 billion (Up by 20.8% since 2023)
2. Vehicles: -$2.2 billion (Down by -28.6%)
3. Mineral fuels including oil: -$1 billion (Up by 36.6%)
4. Electrical machinery, equipment: -$485.4 million (Down by -0.7%)
5. Iron, steel: -$351 million (Up by 40%)
6. Pharmaceuticals: -$236.2 million (Up by 4%)
7. Plastics, plastic articles: -$177.6 million (Down by -16.8%)
8. Articles of iron or steel: -$163 million (Up by 5.4%)
9. Manmade filaments: -$137.9 million (Up by 0.3%)
10. Manmade staple fibers: -$122.5 million (Up by 1236.8%)

Kyrgyzstan has highly negative net exports and therefore deep international trade deficits for machinery including computers as well as historically cars, trucks and automotive parts or accessories under the related product categories.

Kyrgyzstani Export Companies

Not one Kyrgyzstani corporation ranks among Forbes Global 2000 for 2020.

Wikipedia does list some exporters from Kyrgyzstan. Selected examples are shown below.

• Air Kyrgyzstan (domestic & international airliner)
• Asia Universal Bank (commercial bank)
• Enesay (beverages)
• Shoro (beverages)

 
In macroeconomic terms, Kyrgyzstan’s total exported goods represent 6.5% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2024 ($57.9 billion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 6.5% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2024 compares to 6.6% one year earlier. Those percentages seem to indicate a relatively decreasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Kyrgyzstan’s total economic performance, albeit based on a short timeframe.

Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Kyrgyzstan’s unemployment rate averaged 3.983% in 2024, same as one year earlier according to International Monetary Fund statistics.

The Kyrgyz Republic’s capital city is Bishkek.

See also Kazakhstan’s Top 10 Exports, Crude Oil Exports by Country and Gold Exports by Country

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, Country Profiles, The World Factbook. Accessed on January 17, 2026

Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on January 17, 2026

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on January 17, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on January 17, 2026

Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on January 17, 2026

Wikipedia, Gross domestic product. Accessed on January 17, 2026

Wikipedia, Kyrgyzstan. Accessed on January 17, 2026

Wikipedia, List of Companies of Kyrgyzstan. Accessed on January 17, 2026

Wikipedia, Purchasing power parity. Accessed on January 17, 2026