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.
A significant share of investments falls on the city of Astana (11.9%), of Almaty (10.8%) and Turkistan (10.2%).
| March 2026 to |
January-March 2026 by January-March 2025 |
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| 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.
| 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%.
| 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 |
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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 |
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of them: loans from foreign banks |
2 463 476 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Other borrowed funds | 382 550 009 | 11.1 | 7.6 |
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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, 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 |
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Including: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
207 510 407 | 170.6 | 6.0 |
| Industry | 1 506 646 268 | 118.2 | 43.5 |
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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 |
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
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 statisticsStatistical compilation "Investment and construction activities in the Republic of Kazakhstan"