Bureau of National statistics
Agency for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
    Key indicators
    18 043.7 billion
    In January-December 2023, the volume of investments in fixed capital amounted to 18043.7 billion tenge, which is 13.7% more than in 2022 (at comparable prices)

    Significant growth was noted in Mangystau region – by 34.3%, Abai region – by 32.7%, Turkistan region – by 26.1%, Shymkent city – by 26%, Pavlodar region – by 25.6%, Almaty city – by 25.3%, Zhambyl region – by 17.3% and Soltustik Kazakhstan region by 17.3%.

    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-December 2023

    The significant share of investments falls on Atyrau region (17.3%).

    Indices of the physical volume of investment in fixed capital
    December 2023 to January-December 2023 by 2022
    November 2023 December 2022
    Republic of Kazakhstan 139.9 109.0 113.7
    Abai 209.3 103.6 132.7
    Akmola 241.6 119.0 107.1
    Aktobe 130,6 103.1 109.5
    Almaty 132.2 96.3 110.7
    Atyrau 163.3 102.2 100.7
    Batys Kazakhstan 160.8 93.9 116.4
    Zhambyl 226.9 131.9 117.3
    Zhetisu 210.4 122.6 115.4
    Karagandy 147.6 94.0 112.2
    Kostanai 267.0 120.0 109.0
    Kyzylorda 120.7 90.1 114.2
    Mangystau 85.6 86.1 134.3
    Pavlodar 151.7 112.3 125.6
    Soltustik Kazakhstan 139,3 95.4 117.3
    Turkistan 128.7 73.3 126.1
    Ulytau 207.5 107.1 114.0
    Shygys Kazakhstan 129.6 146.2 113.9
    Astana city 181.9 114.5 106.6
    Almaty city 80.2 171.9 125.3
    Shymkent city 94.5 166.1 126.0

    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
    2021 13 242 233 420 7 127 645 084 1 128 594 126 4 985 994 210
    2022 15 251 104 090 8 156 215 530 947 478 819 6 147 409 741
    January-December 2023 18 043 687 257 9 836 176 360 1 174 262 818 7 033 248 079

    59.5% 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-December 2023

    The predominant sources of investment financing remain the own funds of economic entities, the volume of which in January-December 2023 amounted to 13279.8 billion tenge or 73.6% of the total.

    The predominant sources of investment financing remain the own funds of economic entities, the volume of which in January-December 2023 amounted to 13279.8 billion tenge or 73.6% of the total.

    For the banking sector, the financing of the real sector of the economy in the total volume of investments in fixed capital takes 2.5%.

    Investments in fixed capital by source of financing
    January-December 2023 For reference: as a percentage of the total
    thousand tenge as a percentage of the total 2022 2021
    Investments in fixed capital 18 043 687 257 100.0 100.0 100.0
    including at the expense of funds:
    state budget 2 850 117 810 15.8 15.5 15.6
    Ownfunds 13 279 782 562 73.6 73.2 70.7
    Bankloans 445 356 629 2.5 3.2 2.6
    of them:
    loans from foreign banks 21 930 223 0.1 0.2 0.5
    other borrowed funds 1 468 430 256 8.1 8.1 11.1
    of them:
    borrowed funds of non-residents 459 926 236 2.5 1.9 2.2

    A main share of investments in fixed capital in January-December 2023 accounted for industry (45.7%) (includ-ing mining and quarrying - 26.3%, manufacturing industry - 9.4%), operations with real estate (17.9%), transport and warehousing (14%) and agriculture, forestry and fisheries (5.4%).

    Investments in fixed capital by areas of use
    Investments in fixed capital, thousand tenge in % by 2022 Share in the total volume of investments, as a percentage
    Total 18 043 687 257 113.7 100.0
    Including:
    Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 981 049 914 110.3 5.4
    Industry 8 241 210 161 107.3 45.7
    Including:
    Mining and quarrying 4 752 850 939 102.4 26.3
    Manufacturing industry 1 704 825 774 103.2 9.4
    Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning 1 184 926 414 138.9 6.6
    Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution 598 606 998 114.3 3.3
    Construction 187 703 274 83.7 1.0
    Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair 489 810 278 132.7 2.7
    Transport and warehousing 2 522 809 512 140.3 14.0
    Provision of accommodation and food services 143 871 116 104.5 0.8
    Information and communication 451 661 728 230.2 2.5
    Financial and insurance activities 119 489 741 95.9 0.7
    Operations with real estate 3 231 217 048 105.5 17.9
    Professional, scientific and technical activities 94 800 185 151.0 0.5
    Administrative and support services activities 160 199 143 102.0 0.9
    Public administration and defense; compulsory social security 178 777 617 104.3 1.0
    Education 448 712 477 115.3 2.5
    Healthcare and social services for the population 409 996 238 151.1 2.3
    Arts, entertainment and recreation 298 630 770 111.4 1.7
    Provision of other types of services 83 747 897 124.8 0.5
    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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