Investments in Kyrgyzstan's capital increase by 90.6 percent in Q1 2025

15:28, 16 апреля 2025, Bishkek - 24-kg.com news agency , Artem SUVOROV

The volume of investments in Kyrgyzstan’s fixed capital from all sources of financing for January — March 2025 amounted to 56.8 billion soms, an increase of 90.6 percent. The press service of the Ministry of Economy reported.

The rate of investment growth has accelerated significantly compared to the same period in 2024, when growth was 63.9 percent.

According to the Ministry of Economy, the increase in investment volumes was achieved due to a 2.1-fold increase in domestic sources of financing. At the same time, the volume of external sources of financing for this period, on the contrary, decreased 1.5 times compared to January-March 2024.

The bulk of investments in the first quarter of 2025 (about 93 percent of the total) is aimed at the construction of facilities in the following sectors:

Mining;
Manufacturing;
Information and communications;
Provision (supply) of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning;
Education;
Housing construction.

The ministry notes that the significant capitalization of the economy during the reporting period is due to several key projects and factors:

Increase in the volume of housing construction within the framework of Menin Uyum program;
Construction of a new dry-process clinker production line at Kant Cement Plant OJSC;
Increase in investments by mobile operators in the development and modernization of networks, including the construction of new base stations;
Implementation of the project on construction of a ring road around Issyk-Kul Lake;
Increase in capital investments in the development of urban infrastructure by the Bishkek City Hall;
Increase in investments in the development of the country’s tourism infrastructure.

High volumes of capitalization of the economy contributed to the growth of the construction sector. The total volume of gross construction output for January-March 2025 amounted to 49 billion soms, showing an increase of 69 percent (the increase was 51.1 percent in January-March 2024).