Bureau of National statistics
Agency for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
    Key indicators
    2 816.3 billion
    In January-March 2024, the volume of investments in fixed capital amounted to 2816.3 billion tenge, which is 0.8% less than in January-March 2023 (at comparable prices)

    Decrease in the IPV of investments in fixed capital was observed in Akmola – by 36.7%, Atyrau - by 29.5%, Abay – by 25.9%, Shygys Kazakhstan – by 10.7%, Aktobe– by 10.5% and Mangystau - by 10.3% regions.

    At the same time, the increase in the IPV of investments in fixed capital is observed in Soltustik Kazakhstan - by 48.8%, Zhetisu – by 42%, Kyzylorda – by 32.8% and Turkistan – by 31% regions, in Astana city – by 30.8%, Zhambyl - by 24.4% and Almaty - by 21.8% regions.

    Dynamics of investment in fixed capital
    as a percentage of the corresponding period of the previous year
    January-March 2024

    The significant share of investments falls on Atyrau region (16.9%).

    Indices of the physical volume of investment in fixed capital
      March 2024 to January-March 2024 by January-March 2023
    February 2024 March 2023
    Republic of Kazakhstan 98.9 86.7 99.2
    Abay 113.4 53.4 74.1
    Akmola 77.1 71.6 63.3
    Aktobe 88.9 77.0 89.5
    Almaty 89.8 95.2 121.8
    Atyrau 87.6 57.8 70.5
    Batys Kazakhstan 57.4 71.2 108.5
    Zhambyl 294.8 132.3 124.4
    Zhetisu 102.7 134.4 142.0
    Karagandy 175.3 132.3 119.4
    Kostanay 69.7 76.8 100.3
    Kyzylorda 86.4 90.9 132.8
    Mangystau 137.1 80.6 89.7
    Pavlodar 125.1 110.2 118.6
    Soltustik Kazakhstan 193.7 164.8 148.8
    Turkistan 110.5 109.8 131.0
    Ulytau 119.0 84.6 100.1
    Shygys Kazakhstan 89.2 63.8 89.3
    Astana city 61.2 91.1 130.8
    Almaty city 83.6 91.6 111.4
    Shymkent city 121.9 115.1 110.9

    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-March 2023 2 741 366 661 1 286 448 562 166 944 490 1 287 973 609
    January-March 2024 2 816 346 964 1 529 809 866 246 053 034 1 040 484 064

    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-March 2024

    The predominant sources of investment financing remain the own funds of economic entities, the volume of which in January-March 2024 amounted to 2171.9 billion tenge or 77.1% of the total.

    Budget funds accounted for 9.1% of the total investment in fixed capital, while compared with January-March 2023 decreased by 13.9%.

    For the banking sector, the financing of the real sector of the economy in the total volume of investments in fixed capital takes 3.5%.

    Investments in fixed capital by source of financing
    January-March 2024 For reference: as a percentage of the total
    thousand tenge as a percentage of the total January-March 2023
    Investments in fixed capital 2 816 346 964 100.0 100.0
    including at the expense of funds:
    state budget 257 310 566 9.1 10.5
    Ownfunds 2 171 863 314 77.1 80.8
    Bankloans 98 521 633 3.5 1.5
    of them:
    loans from foreign banks 14 906 298 0.5 -
    other borrowed funds 288 651 451 10.3 7.2
    of them:
    borrowed funds of non-residents 66 238 767 2.4 2.2

    A main share of investments in fixed capital in January-March 2024 accounted for industry (47%) (includ-ing mining and quarrying – 28.4%, manufacturing industry - 11.2%), operations with real estate (21.5%), transport and warehousing (13.5%) and agriculture, forestry and fisheries (4.4%).

    Investments in fixed capital by areas of use
    Investments in fixed capital,
     thousand tenge
    in % by January-March 2023 Share in the total volume of investments, as a percentage

    Total

    2 816 346 964 99.2 100.0

    Including:

    Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

    122 848 942 81.8 4.4

    Industry

    1 323 620 822 90.7 47.0

    Including:

     

    Mining and quarrying

    799 502 605 76.3 28.4

    Manufacturing industry

    316 246 116 130.2 11.2

    Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning

    150 548 772 147.5 5.3

    Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution

    57 323 316 83.7 2.0

    Construction

    37 462 235 194.3 1.3

    Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair

    67 020 116 85.7 2.4

    Transport and warehousing

    379 968 839 151.2 13.5

    Provision of accommodation and food services

    30 432 829 126.7 1.1

    Information and communication

    43 891 552 174.6 1.6

    Financial and insurance activities

    31 523 146 174.9 1.1

    Operations with real estate

    604 218 176 96.3 21.5

    Professional, scientific and technical activities

    17 775 469 66.5 0.6

    Administrative and support services activities

    15 172 389 73.7 0.5

    Public administration and defense; compulsory social security

    11 077 407 40.4 0.4

    Education

    49 290 000 87.7 1.8

    Healthcare and social services for the population

    51 227 751 81.9 1.8

    Arts, entertainment and recreation

    27 829 195 120.6 1.0

    Provision of other types of services

    2 988 069 102.7 0.1
    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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