Employers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Employers, total (% of total employment) was 1.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Kyrgyzstan recorded 1.5% for employers, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 50.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 3.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2007.
Kyrgyzstan ranks 154th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.7% | — |
| 1992 | 1.8% | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 1.7% | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 1.5% | -9.7% |
| 1995 | 1.3% | -10.4% |
| 1996 | 1.3% | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | +9.9% |
| 1998 | 1.5% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1.5% | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 1.6% | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 1.5% | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 1.4% | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | +50.2% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | +36.8% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | +27.1% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | -36.5% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | -18.9% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 1.5% | -0.4% |
Kyrgyzstan compared with similar countries
- Kyrgyzstan's 1.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.1%, 50% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kyrgyzstan's 1.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.6%, 43% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, total (% of total 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +50.2% | 1.3% | 2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.3% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 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, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan?
- Employers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan was 1.5% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 3.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2007.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 154th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).