Bureau of National Statistics
of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
    Key indicators
    4 895.2 billion
    In January-May 2024, the volume of investments in fixed capital amounted to 4895.2 billion tenge, which is 6.5% less than in January-May 2023 (at comparable prices)

    Decrease in the IPV of investments in fixed capital was observed in Akmola (by 39%), Atyrau (by 34.6%), Abay regions (by 24.7%), Mangystau (by 16%), Aktobe (by 13.1%), Batys Kazakhstan (by 9.3%) and Kostanay (by 3%) regions.

    At the same time, the increase in the IPV of investments in fixed capital is observed in Kyzylorda (by 40.1%), Turkistan (by 23.2%), Zhambyl (by 22.8%), Zhetisu (by 21%) and Soltustik-Kazakhstan (by 20.3%) regions.

    Dynamics of investment in fixed capital

    The significantshare of investments falls on Atyrau region (15.9%).

    Indices of the physical volume of investment in fixed capital
      May 2024 to January-May 2024 by
    January-May 2023
    April 2024 May 2023
    Republic of Kazakhstan 124.6 90.7 93.5
    Abay 125.3 64.0 75.3
    Akmola 125.7 58.6 61.0
    Aktobe 86.0 67.3 86.9
    Almaty 105.8 88.8 102.9
    Atyrau 111.6 65.3 65.4
    Batys Kazakhstan 118.6 76.9 90.7
    Zhambyl 168.4 122.6 122.8
    Zhetisu 135.6 111.1 121.0
    Karagandy 139.6 93.6 108.5
    Kostanay 301.0 132.1 97.0
    Kyzylorda 173.1 187.3 140.1
    Mangystau 105.3 84.9 84.0
    Pavlodar 163.4 80.2 105.3
    Soltustik Kazakhstan 106.9 73.4 120.3
    Turkistan 156.7 120.7 123.2
    Ulytau 77.6 117.9 114.0
    Shygys Kazakhstan 80.9 95.6 104.6
    Astana city 110.8 76.7 106.9
    Almaty city 140.1 126.3 109.8
    Shymkent city 123.0 178.0 117.4

    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 -sizedenterprises large enterprises
    January-May 2023 5 075 694 127 2 465 256 322  304 946 671 2 305 491 134
    January-May 2024 4 895 150 387 2 646 863 410  370 967 822 1 877 319 155

    62.2% of the total costs are for construction and major repairs of buildings and structures, more than 30% of the total amount is for the purchase of machinery, equipment and vehicles.

    The predominant sources of investment financing remain the own funds of economic entities, the volume of which in January-May 2024 amounted to 3654.6 billion tenge or 74.6% of the total.

    Budget funds accounted for 12.1% of the total investment in fixed capital, while compared with Janu-ary-May 2023 decreased by 9.2%.

    For the banking sector, the financing of the real sector of the economy in the total volume of invest-ments in fixed capital takes 3.9%.

    Investments in fixed capital by source of financing
    January-May 2024 For reference: as a percentage of the total
    thousand tenge as a percentage of the total January-May 2023
    Investments in fixed capital 4 895 150 387 100.0 100.0
    including at the expense of funds:
    State budget 591 006 396 12.1 12.4
    Own funds 3 654 601 969 74.6 78.5
    Bank loans 189 698 709 3.9 2.1
    of them:
    loans from foreign banks 43 962 165 0.9 0.0
    Other borrowed funds 459 843 313 9.4 7.0
    of them:
    borrowed funds of non-residents 118 811 151 2.4 2.2

    A main share of investments in fixed capital in January-May 2024 accounted for industry (44.9%) (in-cluding mining and quarrying–26.7%, manufacturing industry–10.5%), operations with real estate (22%), transport and warehousing (14.4%) and agriculture, forestry and fisheries (4%).

    Investments in fixed capital by areas of use
    Investments in fixed capital,
     thousand tenge
    in % by January-May 2023 Share in the total volume of investments,as a percentage
    Total 4 895 150 387 93.5 100.0
    Including:
    Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 197 909 633 69.9 4.0
    Industry 2 199 030 440 82.0 44.9
    Including:
    Minin gandquarrying 1 308 424 070 70.8 26.7
    Manufacturing industry 514 121 867 114.1 10.5
    Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning 262 068 704 104.6 5.4
    Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution 114 415 786 81.6 2.3
    Construction 58 438 610 127.1 1.2
    Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair 121 521 177 96.1 2.5
    Transport and warehousing 704 741 601 127.4 14.4
    Provision of accommodation and food services 47 111 940 93.4 1.0
    Information and communication 90 471 057 229.3 1.8
    Financial and insurance activities 44 155 185 130.4 0.9
    Operations with real estate 1 074 580 469 100.4 22.0
    Professional, scientific and technical activities 26 643 801 77.1 0.5
    Administrative and support services activities 40 984 683 72.1 0.8
    Public administration and defense; compulsory social security 25 425 459 57.5 0.5
    Education 102 544 043 99.2 2.1
    Healthcare and social services for the population 92 988 344 97.1 1.9
    Arts, entertainment and recreation 63 735 093 122.5 1.3
    Provision of other types of services 4 868 827 49.5 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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