Batken Region: population, jobs, health, schools, poverty and local budgets
Batken Region is a region (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan, number 5 of 9 by population. Batken Region had an estimated 594.7 thousand residents on 1 January 2025, 5th highest of 9 regions, and about 8.2% of the country's 7.28 million people. It is an official estimate by the National Statistical Committee, not a census count.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Batken Region: The gross regional product of Batken Region (the value of goods and services produced there) was 49,765 million som in 2024, 2nd lowest of 9 regions and 3.1% of Kyrgyzstan's total of 1.58 trillion som.
- Health in Batken Region: Batken Region had 33.5 hospital beds for every 10,000 people in 2024, 2nd highest of 9 regions.
- Education in Batken Region: Batken Region had 262 daytime general secondary schools at the start of the 2025/26 school year (258 in 2023/24).
- Poverty and living standards in Batken Region: 48.1% of people in Batken Region lived below the national poverty line in 2023, the highest of 9 regions; the national poverty rate was 29.8%.
- Government budget and revenue in Batken Region: Local budgets in Batken Region collected 991.5 million som in revenue in January to September 2024, or about 1,667 som per resident (the lowest of 8 regions with figures); all local budgets in Kyrgyzstan together collected 29,933 million som.
Is the population of Batken Region growing?
The population of Batken Region changed by +1.9% between 1 January 2024 (583.4 thousand) and 1 January 2025 (594.7 thousand); the whole country changed by +1.7% over the same year.
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyHow many people live in cities in Batken Region?
31.2% of the people of Batken Region live in towns and cities (185.8 thousand) and 68.8% in villages, on 1 January 2025.
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyWhat is the area of Batken Region?
Batken Region covers 17.0 thousand square kilometres, which gives about 35 people per square kilometre (4th highest of 7 regions).
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (with Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and State Mortgage Company data) · saved copyHow many people moved to or from Batken Region in 2024?
In 2024, 1,358 people moved into Batken Region from other regions of Kyrgyzstan and 3,113 moved out, a net loss of 1,755 people (5th largest net gain of 9 regions for net internal migration).
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyHow many civil servants work in Batken Region?
On 1 January 2025, 682 state civil servants and 747 local self-government employees worked in the public administration of Batken Region (not counting defence, public order and security bodies).
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyHow regions are governed in Kyrgyzstan
Regions (oblast, 7). Presidential envoy/akim appointed by the President. State administration; no elected regional council.
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Other regions of Kyrgyzstan
- Osh Region 1,416,700
- Jalal-Abad Region 1,358,500
- Bishkek City 1,321,900
- Chuy Region 971,300
- Issyk-Kul Region 549,800
- Osh City 473,500
- Naryn Region 314,900
- Talas Region 280,500
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Sources
- National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic: Kyrgyz Republic and regions: quarterly statistical bulletin (data to September 2025), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 adcf5e906865…)
- National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (with Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and State Mortgage Company data): Socio-economic development of the regions of the Kyrgyz Republic, January-December 2024 (poverty, local budgets, mortgages, schools online), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b9352a8366a7…)
- National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic: Statistical Yearbook of the Kyrgyz Republic 2020-2024, section 25: Regions of the Kyrgyz Republic (published 25 December 2025), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 96609efffe64…)
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