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07/17/2026, 09:04Kyrgyzstan’s economy continues to grow, driven by the real sector. For the period January–June 2026, the country’s GDP reached 960 billion 12.5 million KGS, an increase of 11.9 per cent compared with the same period last year.
Construction was the main driver of growth, with the volume of work completed rising by as much as 69.6%. Against the backdrop of this surge, the construction sector’s share of the economy rose from 6.0% to 8.5%, whilst the combined contribution of goods-producing sectors increased to 33.9%, compared with 29.7% a year earlier.
Manufacturing also maintained double-digit growth rates. Output rose by 12.8 per cent, with the manufacturing sector growing by 15.1 per cent and mining and quarrying by 12.8 per cent. The only segment to show a decline was the production and distribution of electricity, gas and steam, which recorded a fall of 1.2 per cent.
The services sector grew at a noticeably slower rate – 6.0 per cent. Despite this, trade remains the largest sector of the economy, whilst hotels and restaurants recorded the highest growth rates within the services sector, increasing their output by 10.5 per cent.
Due to the faster growth in construction and industry, the structure of the economy has changed: the share of services fell from 54.5 per cent to 50.1 per cent, whilst the contribution of goods-producing sectors, by contrast, increased by almost 4 percentage points.
Thus, in the first half of 2026, Kyrgyzstan’s economic growth was driven primarily by construction and industrial production, whilst the services sector grew at a more moderate pace.
