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Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyz Republic has a presidential system of government, adopted in 2021. The current President was elected through elections considered by international observers to be generally free and fair. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, which reports to the President, is responsible for domestic law enforcement and investigates most crimes. The State Committee for National Security investigates certain crimes such as terrorism and corruption and the Prosecutor General’s Office prosecutes all crimes. Civilian authorities at times did not maintain effective control over the security forces. There were credible reports that members of the security forces committed some abuses. While the government took steps to investigate and prosecute or punish officials known to have committed human rights abuses, official impunity remained a problem.

The overall score indicates that there are substantial risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:
  • Serious restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom, incl. censorship
  • Threats of violence targeting minority groups and LGBTQ+ persons
  • Significant restrictions on workers' freedom of association
  • Existence of worst forms of child labor

For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive).

In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them.

For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table.

The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map.

You can find more details on the methodology here.

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Overall Score

43/100

Global Rights Index

30,0/100 (4)

Human Development Index

70,1/100 (0,701)

Kids Rights Index

70,4/100 (0,704)

Children's Rights in the Workplace Index

59,0/100 (4,1)

Global Slavery Index

45,0/100 (55,0)

Trafficking in persons report

62,5/100 (T2)

Global Gender Gap Index

70,0/100 (0,7)

Rule of Law Index

45,0/100 (45,0)

Fragile States Index

37,0/100 (75,6)

Freedom in the World Index

27,0/100 (27,0)

Environmental Performance Index

42,4/100 (42,4)

Corruption Perceptions Index

50,0/100 (50)

Equality Index

13,0/100 (13)