
Kyrgyzstan: Trade balance, percent of GDP
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| Kyrgyzstan |
Trade balance as percent of GDP |
|---|---|
| Latest value | -38.78 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1990 - 2025 |
| Average | -25.19 |
| Min - Max | -58.60 - -0.30 |
| Source | The World Bank |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2025 is -38.78 percent, a decline from -36.56 percent in 2024. In comparison, the world average is -3.51 percent, based on data from 135 countries. Historically, the average for Kyrgyzstan from 1990 to 2025 is -25.19 percent. The minimum value, -58.6 percent, was reached in 2023 while the maximum of -0.3 percent was recorded in 2001.
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| Recent values | Kyrgyzstan: Trade balance, percent of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -38.78 |
| 2024 | -36.56 |
| 2023 | -58.60 |
| 2022 | -41.11 |
| 2021 | -28.65 |
| 2020 | -19.83 |
| 2019 | -27.48 |
| 2018 | -35.67 |
The trade balance for Kyrgyzstan and other countries is calculated as the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services, as percent of GDP. A positive number means trade surplus and a negative number means trade deficit.
Definition: The balance of international trade in goods and services is the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services. 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.
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| Related indicators | Latest | Reference | Measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 118.60 | 2024 | percent |
| Trade openness | 92.41 | 2025 | percent |
| Financial openness | 0.341 | 2022 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 26.81 | 2025 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 6.07 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | -35.78 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 65.60 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 14.84 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 1.41 | 2024 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 0.64 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | -1.24 | 2016 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | -22.64 | 2024 | percent |
| Current account, in dollars | -4.11 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | -38.78 | 2025 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | -6.64 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 5.09 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 17.60 | 2024 | percent |
| Remittances | 3,197.22 | 2024 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | 2,976.37 | 2024 | million USD |
| External debt | 69.07 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 14.69 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 34.88 | 2024 | percent |
| External debt in foreign currencies | 98.86 | 2024 | percent |