Over the past five years, the tariffs for services provided to the population of Kyrgyzstan has significantly increased, with the steepest rise recorded in Naryn region — a total increase of 60.8 percent. The official statistics says.
Analysis of data for the past five years shows regional differences in the dynamics of prices for specific services:
- Bishkek: the largest increase was registered for pre-school and primary education services (+89.9 percent) and funeral services (+63.2 percent).
- Issyk-Kul region: services for organizing cultural events are leading in price growth (+68.5 percent).
- Jalal-Abad region: the maximum increase was recorded for hotel services (2.2 times) and services on current maintenance and repair of housing (2 times).
- Naryn region: record growth was shown by tariffs for maintenance and repair of personal transport (3.5 times), hairdressing services (2.3 times) and catering services (1.9 times).
- Osh: outpatient services (2.2 times), shoe repair (almost 2 times), as well as cleaning, mending and clothing rental (+74.6 percent) rose in price the most.
- Talas region: the highest growth was registered for road passenger transportation services (+87.6 percent).
At the same time, a decrease in tariffs for some services was also recorded:
- Shoe repair became cheaper in Batken (-3 percent) and Chui (-6.6 percent) regions;
- Services for current maintenance and repair of housing decreased in price in Issyk-Kul (-2.8 percent) and Chui (-2.3 percent) regions;
- Hotel services became more affordable in Issyk-Kul region (-1.8 percent).
