BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan’s economy grew by 10% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2025, with gross domestic product (GDP) reaching around $13.7 billion, the state statistics committee said on Wednesday.

According to official data, growth was driven by construction, industry, trade and mining. The construction sector expanded by almost 30%, while wholesale and retail trade rose by 11%. Public debt rose to $8.4 billion as of July 31, up $1.9 billion from a year earlier.

Mountainous, mostly Muslim Kyrgyzstan was traditionally dependent on migrants working in Russia, but has experienced rapid economic growth since the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions on Russia rerouted supply chains via third countries.

Azamat Akeneev, chief economic expert at the National Institute for Strat

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