Bureau of National Statistics
of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
    Key indicators
    3463 billion
    In January-March 2026, the volume of investments in fixed capital amounted to 3463 billion tenge, which is 6.4% more than in January-March 2025 (in comparable prices).

    At the same time, the increase in the IPV of investments in fixed capital is observed in Zhambyl (by 71.6%), Turkistan (by 71.2%), Ulytau (by 66%), Almaty (by 36.1%), Shygys Kazakhstan (by 23.4%), Batys Kazakhstan (by 22.3%), Abay (by 21.8%), Akmola (by 14.8%) and Pavlodar (by 14.6%) regions.

    Decrease in the IPV of investments in fixed capital was observed in Kostanay by (45%), Shymkent city (32.6%), Zhetisu by (30.4%), Mangystau by (24.6%), Karagandy (by 20.3%) and Aktobe (by 6.5%) regions.

    Dynamics of investment in fixed capital

    A significant share of investments falls on the city of Astana (11.9%), of Almaty (10.8%) and Turkistan (10.2%).

    Indices of the physical volume of investment in fixed capital
      March 2026 to January-March 2026 by
    January-March 2025
    February 2026 March 2025
    Republic of Kazakhstan 135.6 116.1 106.4
    Abay 304.3 142.6 121.8
    Akmola 261.1 165.7 114.8
    Aktobe 106.5 85.9 93.5
    Almaty 148.4 174.7 136.1
    Atyrau 98.3 95.0 100.2
    Batys Kazakhstan 263.8 185.8 122.3
    Zhambyl 130.0 164.1 171.6
    Zhetisu 201.7 84.7 69.6
    Karagandy 151.5 63.6 79.7
    Kostanay 318.0 146.9 55.0
    Kyzylorda 97.4 108.4 108.2
    Mangystau 173.2 116.2 75.4
    Pavlodar 150.1 115.3 114.6
    Soltustik Kazakhstan 202.9 102.4 95.6
    Turkistan 170.8 203.4 171.2
    Ulytau 99.6 115.9 166.0
    Shygys Kazakhstan 150.7 159.3 123.4
    Astana city 87.7 89.3 101.2
    Almaty city 96.3 94.8 102.3
    Shymkent city 102.7 60.9 67.4

    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 enterprises medium-sized enterprises large enterprises
    January-March 2025 3 067 904 987 1 620 270 143 465 412 511 982 222 333
    January-March 2026 3 462 954 863 1 898 981 833 470 635 862 1 093 337 168

    57.5% of the total costs for works on construction and capital repairs of buildings and constructions, 37.5% 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-March 2026 amounted to 2432.2 billion tenge or 70.2% of the total.

    Budget funds accounted for 10.9% of the total investment in fixed capital, while compared with in January-March 2025 in decreased by 46.3%.

    For the banking sector the financing of the real sector of the economy in the total volume of investments in fixed capital takes 7.8%.

    Investments in fixed capitalby source of financing
      January-March 2026 Info: January-March 2025 as a percentage of total
    thousand tenge as a percentage of the total
    Investments in fixed capital 3 462 954 863 100.0 100.0

    including at the expense of funds:

    State budget

    377 129 157 10.9 21.6
    Own funds 2 432 247 176 70.2 67.5
    Bank loans 271 028 521 7.8 3.3

    of them:

    loans from foreign banks

    2 463 476 0.1 0.2
    Other borrowed funds 382 550 009 11.1 7.6

    of them:

    borrowed funds of non-residents

    135 403 687 3.9 2.2

    A main share of investments in fixed capital in January-March 2026 accounted for industry (43.5%) (including mining and quarrying–16.3%, manufacturing industry–14.5%), operations with real estate (20.6%) and transport and warehousing (13.5%).

    Investments in fixed capital by areas of use
      Investments in fixed capital, thousand tenge In % by January-March 2025 Share in the total volume of investments, as a percentage
    Total 3 462 954 863 106.4 100.0

    Including:

    Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

    207 510 407 170.6 6.0
    Industry 1 506 646 268 118.2 43.5

    Including:

    Mining and quarrying

    564 807 842 90.2 16.3
    Manufacturing industry 502 665 049 121.6 14.5
    Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning 360 090 485 250.6 10.4
    Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution 79 082 885 87.6 2.3
    Construction 32 020 926 97.9 0.9
    Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair 87 843 400 128.2 2.5
    Transport and warehousing 468 578 564 107.9 13.5
    Provision of accommodation and food services 50 769 710 147.7 1.5
    Information and communication 95 969 426 201.3 2.8
    Financial and insurance activities 30 280 666 60.7 0.9
    Operations with real estate 714 460 300 107.2 20.6
    Professional scientific and technical activities 13 507 368 120.1 0.4
    Administrative and support services activities 9 567 099 35.4 0.3
    Public administration and defense; compulsory social security 20 198 330 101.5 0.6
    Education 89 255 501 27.5 2.6
    Healthcare and social services for the population 63 747 004 95.6 1.8
    Arts, entertainment and recreation 62 667 037 128.9 1.8
    Provision of other types of services 9 932 896 66.5 0.3
    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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