Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.2755 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Kyrgyzstan, 2000–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Kyrgyzstan stood at 0.2755.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 0.3738 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2635, in 2022.
That places Kyrgyzstan 105th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3104 | — |
| 2001 | 0.3016 | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.303 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2871 | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 0.3477 | +21.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3256 | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3738 | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3391 | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3145 | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 0.2987 | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3013 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2784 | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2736 | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.2881 | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 0.2682 | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 0.29 | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 0.2678 | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 0.2733 | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.2769 | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.297 | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2899 | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 0.2879 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2635 | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 0.2719 | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 0.2755 | +1.3% |
Kyrgyzstan compared with similar countries
- Kyrgyzstan's 0.2755 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3528, 78% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Kyrgyzstan's 0.2755 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3202 | 0.2871 | 0.3738 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2815 | 0.2678 | 0.3013 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2777 | 0.2635 | 0.2899 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
More poverty & inequality data for Kyrgyzstan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.8 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,799 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -13.87 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 25.85 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 25.9% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Kyrgyzstan?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Kyrgyzstan was 0.2755 in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3738 in 2006.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2635 in 2022.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 105th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.