Cost of Living inBishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Kyrgyzstan: $7,049/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 71% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Income Category
GDP per Capita
City Population
Monthly Costs
Rent
Food
Transport
Utilities
Education
Child Education
International and private school tuition + curriculum mix for relocating families.
International & private schools
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Bishkek. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Bishkek is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Kyrgyzstan.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
MixedSolid hospital-bed capacity help, but households still pay a large share themselves.
Public care
LimitedPatients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs weigh on this rating.
Private care
MixedA meaningful tracked hospital and clinic network help, but self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse.
UHC coverage
74/100
2023
Physicians
1.57/1k
2023
Hospital beds
3.73/1k
2023
Out of pocket
42%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
72.4 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
42/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
10.8/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedThere is visible specialty depth help, but price transparency is still sparse.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Kyrgyzstan yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2022 annual wages in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan · Source: ILO ILOSTAT (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
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Short-stay entry
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Bishkek compared with the US?
Your money goes about 3.3x further in Bishkek than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
Is Bishkek cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Bishkek is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 71% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Bishkek.
How does rent in Bishkek compare with New York City?
Rent in Bishkek is about 88% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City).
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Bishkek?
Groceries in Bishkek are about 71% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 73% cheaper than the same benchmark.
About Bishkek
Bishkek is the capital of Kyrgyzstan, a city of about 900,000 on the northern fringe of the Tian Shan mountains in Central Asia. It retains a clearly Soviet planned layout (wide boulevards, low-rise concrete, leafy grids) with the Ala-Too snow line visible from downtown. The economy mixes government, the American University of Central Asia, gold mining administration for Kumtor, and a growing Russian-language remote-worker inflow since 2022. Climate is continental with cold snowy winters and hot dry summers. Russian remains the working language alongside Kyrgyz, English presence is growing but limited. Relocators get genuinely low costs, a 60-day visa-free entry for most Western passports, easy access to high mountain trekking, and a small but real digital-nomad community.
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