Bishkek, July 17, 2024 . / Kabar / . Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Akylbek Zhaparov participated in the meeting of the board of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce on the results of the first half of the year.
"This year will be the beginning of big changes. In other words, we hope that we will have the same great success as the East Asian countries known as Asian tigers. If their success is known as 'leap of the tiger', we want to take it further by doing 'leap of the leopard'."
This is evidenced by the opinion of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who said that if earlier Kyrgyzstan was like a sleeping beauty, now it resembles a rushing horse," he said.
During his speech, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers focused on economic indicators.
"Kyrgyzstan's economic growth is showing steady development - the average GDP growth rate in 2023 was 7%, and in the first quarter of 2024, economic growth accelerated to 8.8%. According to the National Statistical Committee, in the first half of 2024, economic growth amounted to 8.1%, and excluding the Kumtor mine - 9.9%, the volume of GDP amounted to more than KGS 559 billion.
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