Situated in Central America, Kyrgyzstan is bound by Kazakhstan on the northwest and north, China on the east and south, and by Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on the south and west. The chief industries are the manufacture of machinery and electronic components, but food processing and light industries are also important.
*Please note that the official currency is the currency of remuneration when employed through WorkMotion in Kyrgyzstan.
Capital : Bishkek | Currency : Лв, Kyrgyzstani Som | Languages spoken : Kyrgyz, Russian |
Population : 6,691,800 (2021 est.) | Minimum wage 2023 : KGS 1970 (monthly) | Cost of Living index : $ (132 of 139 nations) |
Payroll Frequency : Monthly | VAT - standard rate : 12% | GDP - real growth rate : +3.6% (2021 est.) |
The national holidays mentioned below are valid for the year 2023.
The approximate time for sharing the contract with an employee in Kyrgyzstan is 14 business days assuming no special requests or changes to our standard employment contract. Any such requests or changes would need to undergo internal and external review, directly leading to a time delay.
NOTE: This number is subject to change and is only an estimation of the Contract Sharing Time. The estimated Contract Sharing Time begins from the moment that WorkMotion has received all required information from both the client and the employee.
The normal length of working time should not exceed 40 hours per week. By agreement, labor contracts may provide for shorter working hours.
Involvement in overtime work is carried out only at the employer’s proposal, order, or with the written consent of the employee. Working outside of normal working hours should not exceed four hours per day and 20 hours per week. Overtime is paid at least one and a half times for the first two hours, and at least twice for the remaining hours.
The probationary period should not exceed three months, and for heads of organizations and their deputies, chief accountants and their deputies, heads of branches, representative offices and other conditioned structural units of organizations, it should not exceed six months.
If termination is initiated by the employer, the length of the notice period is determined by the termination reason as follows:
| Termination Reason | Notice Required |
| Unsatisfactory results of the probation period | At least 3 days before the end of the probation period |
| Liquidation, employee reduction or changes in the organization | At least 1 month notice is required |
| Position or health related work or insufficient qualifications | At least 2 weeks notice |
An employee has the right to terminate an indefinite-term employment contract or fixed-term employment contract by submitting a written application to the employer two weeks in advance (14 calendar days).
Annual paid basic leave is granted to employees for 28 calendar days. Additional paid annual leave is given to:
There is no statutory sick leave in Kyrgyzstan.
Upon application, an employee is granted additional unpaid leave to take care of a child up to the age of three. By agreement of the parties, parental leave can be granted at any time and for any duration until the child reaches the age of three. Parental leave may be used in whole or in part by the child’s father, grandmother, grandfather, other relative or guardian who is taking care of the child.
Maternity leave for women is granted on their application and on the basis of a medical opinion for 70 calendar days before childbirth and the 56 calendar days after childbirth (in case of difficult childbirth or the birth of two or more children – 70).
Maternity allowance is paid at:
The employer pays for the first 10 days.
The right to receive leave for a certain period of the year convenient for the employee is given to employees whose wife is pregnant or on maternity leave – during that leave.
Employees who adopt a child are granted 110 calendar days of leave from the date of adoption to 70 calendar days from the date of birth of a child up to the age of three years.
Employers grant study leave while maintaining the average salary under the following circumstances:
Based on the employee’s application, the employer is obliged to grant unpaid leave in the following cases:
The Kyrgyzstan State Tax Service regulates the social security contributions in the country. The current contributions are as follows:
| Benefits | Employer Contributions | Employee Contributions |
| Pension | 15%* | 8% |
| Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund | 2% | – |
| Workers’ Health Improvement Fund | 0.25% | – |
| State Cumulative Pension Fund | – | 2% |
| Total | 17.25% | 10% |
*3% in respect of foreigners temporarily residing in Kyrgyzstan.
The employer contributes 2% towards the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund.
There is no minimum qualifying period for cash sickness and maternity benefits. For sickness benefits, a percentage of the insured’s average daily earnings in the three months before incapacity began is paid:
After 10 days, the monthly benefit is 50 times the basic rate.
Employees diagnosed with a work injury or occupational disease receive temporary benefits, permanent disability benefits, or workers’ medical benefits depending on the level of the injury or occupational disease.
There is no employer contribution for unemployment benefits.
The employer contributes 15% towards the public pension whilst the employee contributes 8%.
Old age pension is paid to men of age 63 with at least 25 years of covered employment or women of age 58 with at least 20 years of covered employment.
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