Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is a small, landlocked, lower-middle-income Central Asian economy — one of the region's poorest — heavily dependent on remittances from migrants working in Russia and on a single large gold mine.

Mountainous and resource-limited, it has had a more open and turbulent politics than its neighbors, with several revolutions, while relying on agriculture and trade.

Key Sectors

The economy rests on gold mining (the Kumtor mine is central), agriculture and livestock, remittances, and re-export trade, with abundant but underused hydropower potential.