Bureau of National statistics
Agency for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
    Key indicators
    9 764.8 billion
    In January-August 2024, the volume of investments in fixed capital amounted to 9764.8 billion tenge, which is 0.1% more than in January-August 2023 (at comparable prices).

    At the same time, the increase in the IPV of investments in fixed capital is observed in Zhetisu (by 34.6%), Kyzylorda (by 28%), Pavlodar (by 27.1%), Turkistan (by 25.6%), Almaty (by 23.5%) regions.

    Decrease in the IPV of investments in fixed capital was observed in Akmola (by 33.3%), Atyrau (by 29.4%), Mangystau (by 15.4%), Aktobe (by 13%), Abay regions (by 6.2%) and Batys Kazakhstan (by 4.7%) regions.

    Dynamics of investment in fixed capital

    The significantshare of investments falls on Atyrau region (13.5%).

    Indices of the physical volume of investment in fixed capital
      August 2024 to January-August 2024 by January-August 2023
    July 2024 August 2023
    Republic of Kazakhstan 90.8 99.5 100.1
    Abay 61.1 123.5 93.8
    Akmola 69.7 44.3 66.7
    Aktobe 118.8 116.9 87,0
    Almaty 87.9 105.4 123.5
    Atyrau 98.0 90.0 70.6
    Batys Kazakhstan 135.7 116.4 95.3
    Zhambyl 59.8 102.9 101.6
    Zhetisu 58.8 80.1 134.6
    Karagandy 48.6 120.1 117.8
    Kostanay 113.0 118.6 107.0
    Kyzylorda 85.2 84.8 128.0
    Mangystau 95.3 66.7 84.6
    Pavlodar 85.3 113.2 127.1
    Soltustik Kazakhstan 117.4 108.6 113.8
    Turkistan 123.5 112.3 125.6
    Ulytau 65.9 63.7 102.8
    Shygys Kazakhstan 73.1 118.9 113.1
    Astana city 99.1 148.9 119.2
    Almaty city 90.5 96.4 108.7
    Shymkent city 127.3 105.9 112.1

    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-August 2023 9 649 662 871 5 022 705 759 633 489 483 3 993 467 629
    January-August 2024 9 764 792 177 5 630 949 805 822 813 050 3 311 029 322

    65.6% 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-August 2024 amounted to 6621.5 billion tenge or 67.8% of the total.

    Budget funds accounted for 18.5% of the total investment in fixed capital, while compared with Janu-ary-August 2023 increased by 26.2%.

    For the banking sector, the financing of the real sector of the economy in the total volume of invest-ments in fixed capital takes 3.6%.

    Investments in fixed capital by source of financing
      January-August 2024 For reference: as a percentage of the total
    thousand tenge as a percentage of the total January-August 2023
    Investments in fixed capital 9 764 792 177 100.0 100.0
    including at the expense of funds:
    State budget 1 804 447 028 18.5 14.5
    Ownfunds 6 621 520 465 67.8 75.9
    Bankloans 354 762 319 3.6 2.4
    of them:
    loans from foreign banks 96 776 943 1.0 0.0
    Other borrowed funds 984 062 365 10.1 7.2
    of them:
    borrowed funds of non-residents 312 358 261 3.2 2.5

    A main share of investments in fixed capital in January-August 2024 accounted for industry (40.5%) (includ-ing mining and quarrying–22%, manufacturing industry–9.5%), operations with real estate (20%), transport and warehousing (18%) and agriculture, forestry and fisheries (4.7%).

    Investments in fixed capital by areas of use
      Investments in fixed capital,  thousand tenge In % by January-August 2023 Share in the total volume of investments, as a percentage
    Total 9 764 792 177 100.1 100.0
    Including:
    Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 461 168 022 80.0 4.7
    Industry 3 954 447 296 83.3 40.5
    Including:
    Mining and quarrying 2 149 140 117 70.7 22.0
    Manufacturing industry 926 161 202 112.4 9.5
    Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning 573 232 330 95.3 5.9
    Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution 305 913 627 104.9 3.1
    Construction 94 505 329 83.2 1.0
    Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair 208 413 572 91.3 2.1
    Transport and warehousing 1 753 197 308 140.4 18.0
    Provision of accommodation and food services 80 055 596 109.6 0.8
    Information and communication 161 979 923 171.2 1.7
    Financial and insurance activities 80 550 440 117.5 0.8
    Operations with real estate 1 953 768 556 104.4 20.0
    Professional, scientific and technical activities 86 109 186 166.2 0.9
    Administrative and support services activities 105 880 059 104.0 1.1
    Public administration and defense; compulsory social security 61 457 322 74.7 0.6
    Education 414 923 052 166.3 4.2
    Healthcare and social services for the population 182 046 743 104.3 1.9
    Arts, entertainment and recreation 150 564 226 126.0 1.5
    Provision of other types of services 15 725 518 64.4 0.2
    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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