Employers, female (% of female employment) in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Employers, female (% of female employment) was 0.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Kyrgyzstan, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Kyrgyzstan recorded 0.2% for employers, female (% of female employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 86.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 1.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2023.
That places Kyrgyzstan 184th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.6% | — |
| 1992 | 0.7% | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 0.6% | -9.8% |
| 1995 | 0.5% | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 0.5% | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 0.5% | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 0.5% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +42.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | +108.0% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -51.5% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -53.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -13.1% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -29.3% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 0.2% | +0.4% |
Kyrgyzstan compared with similar countries
- Kyrgyzstan's 0.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.7%, 12% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kyrgyzstan's 0.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.0%, 10% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, female (% of female employment) in Kyrgyzstan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +108.0% | 0.7% | 1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
More work & labour data for Kyrgyzstan
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.0196 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.0278 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0124 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8283 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.79 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 4,346 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 3,767 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,899 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,831 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 11,730 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in Kyrgyzstan?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in Kyrgyzstan was 0.2% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2023.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 184th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).