Bureau of National statistics
Agency for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
    Key indicators
    15 292.5 billion tenge
    In January-November 2023, the volume of investments in fixed capital amounted to 15292.5 billion tenge, which is 14.6% more than in January-November 2022 (at comparable prices)

    Significant growth was noted in Mangystau region – by 44%, Turkistan region – by 41.1%, Abai region – by 40.8%, Pavlodar region – by 28.2%, Soltustik Kazakhstan region 22.3%, Batys Kazakhstan region – by 22.2% and Shymkent city – by 21.3%.

    Dynamics of investment in fixed capital

    Since August 2021, the volume of investments has been steadily increasing positively in comparison with the corresponding period last year.

    as a percentage of the corresponding period of the previous year
    January-November 2023

    The significant share of investments falls on Atyrau region (17.6%).

    Indices of the physical volume of investment in fixed capital
    November 2023 to January-November 2023 by January-November 2022
    October 2023 November 2022
    Republic of Kazakhstan 115.5 131.5 114.6
    Abai 69.1 115.3 140.8
    Akmola 81.0 84.6 105.4
    Aktobe 104.4 137.3 111.3
    Almaty 102.5 141.7 114.2
    Atyrau 109.3 117.0 100.4
    Batys Kazakhstan 111.8 122.2 122.2
    Zhambyl 91.9 143.5 114.6
    Zhetisu 131.4 83.6 113.5
    Karagandy 115.8 114.2 116.3
    Kostanai 96.0 104.7 107.2
    Kyzylorda 66.8 73.1 118.4
    Mangystau 115.0 145.7 144.0
    Pavlodar 97.3 129.1 128.2
    Soltustik Kazakhstan 111.4 136.9 122.3
    Turkistan 106.8 139.8 141.1
    Ulytau 91.0 78.5 115.5
    Shygys Kazakhstan 135.7 169.3 109.3
    Astana city 121.2 116.1 104.7
    Almaty city 194.3 234.9 119.9
    Shymkent city 134.3 116.9 121.3

    About half of the national volume of capital investments is carried out by large and medium-sized enterprises.

    Investments in fixed capital by enterprise dimension
    thousand tenge
      Mastered investments in fixed capital Including
    small businesses medium -sized enterprises large enterprises
    January-November 2021 11 252 093 669 6 184 135 935 911 407 857 4 156 549 877
    January-November 2022 12 670 713 137 6 869 400 271 616 409 254 5 184 903 612
    January-November 2023 15 292 484 053 8 209 967 299 979 035 102 6 103 481 652

    59.6% of the total costs are for construction and major repairs of buildings and structures, more than a quarter of the total amount is for the purchase of machinery, equipment and vehicles.

    Index of elements of physical volume of the technological structure of investments in fixed capital
    as a percentage of the corresponding period of the previous year
    January-November 2023

    The predominant sources of investment financing remain the own funds of economic entities, the volume of which in January-November 2023 amounted to 11487 billion tenge or 75.1% of the total.

    Budget funds accounted for 14.8% of the total investment in fixed capital, while compared with January-November 2022 increased by 19.5%.

    For the banking sector, the financing of the real sector of the economy in the total volume of investments in fixed capital takes 2.4%.

    Investments in fixed capital by source of financing
    January-November 2023 For reference: as a percentage of the total
    thousand tenge as a percentage of the total January-November 2022 January-November 2021
    Investments in fixed capital 15 292 484 053 100.0 100.0 100.0
    including at the expense of funds:
    state budget 2 265 466 989 14.8 14.4 14.5
    Ownfunds 11 487 034 053 75.1 74.5 71.8
    Bankloans 372 187 400 2.4 2.3 2.6
    of them:
    loans from foreign banks 16 587 699 0.1 0.2 0.6
    other borrowed funds 1 167 795 611 7.7 8.8 11.1
    of them:
    borrowed funds of non-residents 397 167 405 2.6 2.0 2.0

    A main share of investments in fixed capital in January-November 2023 accounted for industry (46.1%) (includ-ing mining and quarrying - 27.6%, manufacturing industry - 9.1%), operations with real estate (18.2%), transport and warehousing (14%) and agriculture, forestry and fisheries (5.6%).

    Investments in fixed capital by areas of use
    Investments in fixed capital, thousand tenge in % by January-November 2022 Share in the total volume of investments, as a percentage
    Total 15 292 484 053 114.6 100.0
    Including:
    Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 854 659 603 111.3 5.6
    Industry 7 051 176 441 108.5 46.1
    Including:
    Mining and quarrying 4 216 817 205 101.4 27.6
    Manufacturing industry 1 394 823 165 104.6 9.1
    Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning 962 205 106 157.0 6.3
    Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution 477 330 971 123.8 3.1
    Construction 164 770 184 88.8 1.1
    Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair 410 553 546 133.8 2.7
    Transport and warehousing 2 136 677 817 158.1 14.0
    Provision of accommodation and food services 120 297 313 104.3 0.8
    Information and communication 373 768 573 284.4 2.4
    Financial and insurance activities 95 033 558 88.9 0.6
    Operations with real estate 2 778 363 621 100.2 18.2
    Professional, scientific and technical activities 77 617 955 162.2 0.5
    Administrative and support services activities 142 449 278 117.2 0.9
    Public administration and defense; compulsory social security 138 922 384 116.2 0.9
    Education 372 410 542 117.0 2.4
    Healthcare and social services for the population 300 004 075 136.2 2.0
    Arts, entertainment and recreation 217 262 540 117.9 1.4
    Provision of other types of services 58 516 460 82.1 0.4
    Glossary

    Investments in fixed capital - investments in order for investors to obtain an economic, social or environmental ef-fect in the case of new construction, as well as expansion, reconstruction and modernization of facilities (which lead to an increase in the initial cost of the facility), the purchase of machinery, equipment, vehicles, for the formation of the main herd, perennial plantings, etc.

    The costs of construction and installation works and capital repairs include the costs of a complex of works on the construction of buildings and structures, expansion, reconstruction, installation of energy, technological and other equip-ment, as well as the costs of capital repairs of non-residential, residential buildings and structures.

    The cost of purchasing machinery and equipment - an element of the technological structure of investments, in-cluding the cost of purchasing machinery, vehicles, equipment.

    Other costs in the volume of investments in fixed capital – the costs of design and survey work, supervision, maintenance of directorates of objects under construction, the costs of cultivated biological costs, as well as the costs of objects created or acquired by organizations used in economic activity for more than one year, having a monetary valua-tion, having the ability to alienate and generating income, but which are not material values.

    The index of the physical volume of investments in fixed capital characterizes the change in investment invest-ments in dynamics, is determined by the ratio of the volume of investments in fixed capital in the reporting and compared period at comparable prices

    Methodological explanations

    Statistical information on investments in fixed capital is formed on the basis of primary statistical data of national statistical observations of economic entities engaged in investment activities (regardless of the number of employees and type of economic activity) and national statistical observations on the commissioning of facilities by individual developers.

    Accounting of investment investments is provided at the place of actual implementation, regardless of the place of registration of the economic entity engaged in investment activities.

    Operational data on investments in fixed capital, formed on a monthly basis, are updated with annual data.

    By types of economic activity, data on investments in fixed capital are formed according to the direction of use (depends on the nature of the direction of investment (end use) and by the type of economic activity of the investor.

    More detailed methodological explanations are available at the following link:

    Methodology for the formation of indicators of investment activity statistics
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