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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Kyrgyzstan: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Kyrgyzstan is placed 116th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.626 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 33.28 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
116th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Kyrgyzstan on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.626
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Kyrgyzstan: 0.626. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Central Asia
- 0.958 Uzbekistan
- Land neighbours
- China 0.651 · Kazakhstan 0.945 · Tajikistan 0.294 · Uzbekistan 0.958
33.28
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 119th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Kyrgyzstan: 33.28. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Central Asia
- 56.7 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- China 76.27 · Kazakhstan 56.7 · Tajikistan 29.08 · Uzbekistan 56.11
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
-0.589
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Kyrgyzstan: -0.589. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Central Asia
- 1.097 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- China 3.226 · Kazakhstan 1.097 · Tajikistan 0 · Uzbekistan -0.617
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Kyrgyzstan, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Central Asia
- 26.74 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- China 50.47 · Kazakhstan 26.74 · Tajikistan 24.67 · Uzbekistan 16.22
02Over time
Which way Kyrgyzstan is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
KyrgyzstanWorld median
Kyrgyzstan fell from 35.81 in 2020 to 33.28 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Kyrgyzstan World median 2025 33.3 40.2 2024 36.6 43.3 2023 34.1 41.4 2022 33.9 40.3 2021 37.6 44.1 2020 35.8 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
KyrgyzstanWorld median
Kyrgyzstan rose from -1.564 in 2000 to -0.589 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Kyrgyzstan World median 2025 -0.6 0.20 2024 -0.9 0.11 2023 -0.9 0.14 2022 -0.9 0.16 2021 -0.9 0.12 2020 -0.9 0.12 2019 -0.9 0.10 2018 -0.9 -0.05 2017 -0.9 -0.08 2016 -0.9 -0.10 2015 -0.9 -0.17 2014 -1.3 -0.21 2013 -1.3 -0.21 2012 -1.6 -0.25 2011 -1.6 -0.32 2010 -1.6 -0.31 2009 -1.6 -0.50 2008 -1.6 -0.51 2007 -1.6 -0.51 2006 -1.6 -0.55 2005 -1.6 -0.55 2004 -1.6 -0.55 2003 -1.6 -0.55 2002 -1.6 -0.51 2001 -1.6 -0.51 2000 -1.6 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
KyrgyzstanWorld median
Kyrgyzstan fell from 37.24 in 2010 to 15.56 in 2021; the world median went from 19.88 to 29.8.
Every year’s figures
Year Kyrgyzstan World median 2024 — 25.42 2023 — 26.03 2022 — 26.04 2021 16 29.80 2020 21 29.47 2019 — 18.36 2018 13 20.09 2017 17 18.32 2016 19 18.15 2015 14 19.57 2014 — 21.00 2013 — 20.50 2012 — 19.56 2011 27 19.21 2010 37 19.88
03In context
Kyrgyzstan beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Kyrgyzstan and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China | =23rd | 0.651 | 76.27 | 3.226 | 50.47 |
 Kazakhstan | 49th | 0.945 | 56.7 | 1.097 | 26.74 |
 Uzbekistan | 79th | 0.958 | 56.11 | -0.617 | 16.22 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 116th | 0.626 | 33.28 | -0.589 | — |
 Tajikistan | 122nd | 0.294 | 29.08 | 0 | 24.67 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Central Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
- Kazakhstan49th
- Uzbekistan79th
- Kyrgyzstan116th
- Tajikistan122nd
Turkmenistan172nd
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Kyrgyzstan in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Kyrgyzstan is ahead of the world, and behind
19 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median9
Statistics on which Kyrgyzstan does better than the middle country measured.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7889.7678.78No earlier reading
Kyrgyzstan: 89.76 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 20th of 140 · derived.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6895.9891.68No earlier reading
Kyrgyzstan: 95.98 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 32nd of 140 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0592.0383.05No earlier reading
Kyrgyzstan: 92.03 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 33rd of 140 · derived.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6567.4651.65▲ Improved since 2014
Kyrgyzstan: 67.46 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 25th of 98 · derived.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9752.760.975▲ Improved since 2014
Kyrgyzstan: 2.76 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 40th of 119 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47410.597.474▲ Improved since 2014
Kyrgyzstan: 10.59 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 40th of 118 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3968.162.39No earlier reading
Kyrgyzstan: 68.1 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 70th of 181 · derived.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3530.5132.35No earlier reading
Kyrgyzstan: 30.51 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 88th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2267.564.22No earlier reading
Kyrgyzstan: 67.5 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Behind the world median5
Statistics on which Kyrgyzstan does worse than the middle country measured.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0230.7021.023▼ Worsened since 2015
Kyrgyzstan: 0.702 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 100th of 176 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.3870.485No real change since 2013
Kyrgyzstan: 0.387 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 109th of 170 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-0.6850.505▼ Worsened since 2015
Kyrgyzstan: -0.685 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 127th of 176 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-1.283-0.114▼ Worsened since 2015
Kyrgyzstan: -1.283 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 134th of 176 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.451015.45No real change since 2025
Kyrgyzstan: 10 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,454415,407141,454Moved since 2020
Kyrgyzstan: 415,407 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,670121,50784,670Moved since 2020
Kyrgyzstan: 121,507 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,714139,345148,714Moved since 2020
Kyrgyzstan: 139,345 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6013.9825.601Moved since 2015
Kyrgyzstan: 3.982 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.960.350.96No earlier reading
Kyrgyzstan: 0.35 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
No current reading for Kyrgyzstan
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports (last 2021) and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching (last 2017). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Kyrgyzstan’s 16 topics
Digital & Technology is Kyrgyzstan’s 8th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Energy15th of 1652/3 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 38th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience50th of 1934/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality42nd of 1593/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 83rd of 2004/4 keys
- Gender & Equality93rd of 1834/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital112th of 1963/3 keys
- Digital & Technology116th of 1983/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation106th of 1764/4 keys
- Peace & Security110th of 1774/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade120th of 1772/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties135th of 1984/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 125th of 1824/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions137th of 1944/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture133rd of 1844/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability147th of 1863/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Kyrgyzstan can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
South Korea=1st4/4 keysHighest in Central Asia
Kazakhstan49th4/4 keysThis page
Kyrgyzstan116th3/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Kyrgyzstan on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Kyrgyzstan rank on digital & technology?
Kyrgyzstan is placed 116th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index and Government Cyber Security Capacity). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Kyrgyzstan?
0.626 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Kyrgyzstan?
33.28 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Kyrgyzstan compare with China on digital & technology?
China is placed joint 23rd of 198, and Kyrgyzstan 116th. GovTech Maturity Index: China 0.651, Kyrgyzstan 0.626; Government AI Readiness Index: China 76.27, Kyrgyzstan 33.28; Government Cyber Security Capacity: China 3.226, Kyrgyzstan -0.589.
How have Kyrgyzstan’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index fell from 35.81 in 2020 to 33.28 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -1.564 in 2000 to -0.589 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports fell from 37.24 in 2010 to 15.56 in 2021.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Kyrgyzstan?
No current reading is published for Kyrgyzstan on Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 19 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Kyrgyzstan’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Kyrgyzstan (banner) — Bruno Rijsman, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Kyrgyzstan: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/kyrgyzstan/digital