The Kyrgyz Republic’s economic freedom score is 61.1, making its economy the 85th freest in the 2014 Index. Its score is 1.5 points better than last year, reflecting substantial advancements in investment freedom, monetary freedom, and the control of government spending. The Kyrgyz Republic is ranked 15th out of 42 countries in the Asia–Pacific region.

For policy makers trying to improve their economy’s regulatory environment for business, a good place to start is to find out how it compares with the regulatory environment in other economies. Doing
Business provides an aggregate ranking on the ease of doing business based on indicator sets that measure and benchmark regulations applying to domestic small to medium-size businesses through their life cycle.