The increase in the volume of construction works in January 2023 compared to January 2022 is due to the construction and repair of non-residential buildings (39.1%) and structures (by 14.4%).

By types of construction works (services) performed in January 2023 for a large share of suburban works on the construction of non-residential buildings (27.6%) and residential buildings (13.1%).

In the regional context, an increase in the volume of construction work was observed in 15 regions of the republic. The largest growth was noted in Soltustik Kazakhstan (by 1.2 times), Akmola (by 1.1 times), Almaty (by 57.4%), Ulytau (by 40.7%), Aktobe (by 38.4%), Kyzylorda (by 35.9%), Zhambyl (by 35.5%), Atyrau (by 29.6%), Mangystau (by 28.8%) regions.

In January 2023, the total area of new facilities put into operation amounted to 1121.6 thousand square meters

The total area of housing commissioned increased by 39.6% compared to January 2022 and amounted to 1 017 thousand sq.m., of which 626 thousand sq.m. - multi-apartment and 390 thousand sq.m. are - individual houses. Most of the housing – 955.8 thousand sq.m. or 94% was put into operation by private developers, of which the population is 393.5 thousand square meters, which is 38.7% of the total volume of commissioning.

In the field of education and healthcare, in January 2023, 1 general education schools for 484 student places was put into operation. 1 preschool institutions for 30 places.

Construction and installation work – construction work on the construction of buildings and structures, expansion, reconstruction and technical re-equipment; work on the installation of power, technological and other equipment.

Construction object – a separate building or structure with all related equipment, inventory, tools, galleries, flyovers, internal engineering networks and communications, for the construction (reconstruction, expansion) of which an independent object estimate is compiled.

Construction organizations include all general construction and specialized organizations, including repair and construction organizations. The main activity of construction organizations is to perform work under contracts with customers related to the type of economic activity "Construction" in accordance with the state "General Classifier of types of Economic Activities (GCTEA).

The volume of construction work includes the cost of construction work performed by enterprises engaged in construction activities under concluded construction contracts, which includes construction of new facilities, major and current repairs, reconstruction, modernization of residential and non-residential buildings, engineering structures.

The index of the physical volume of construction works (services) is determined by the ratio of the volumes of completed construction works of the analyzed period to the previous period in actual prices, taking into account the deflator (price index).

The total area of a residential building (residential building) is calculated as the sum of the total areas of all dwellings and the areas of all non-residential premises, as well as the areas of parts of a residential building that are common property.

More detailed methodological explanations are available at the following links:

• Methodology for the formation of construction statistics indicators

• Methodology for determining the gross output for the industry "Construction"