Bureau of National Statistics
of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The population of Aktobe region as of March 1, 2026 amounted to 956,8 thousand people, including 730,7 thousand people (76,4% ) - urban, 226,1 thousand people (23,6%) - rural residents.
The natural increase in the population in January-February 2026 amounted to 1561 people (in the corresponding period of the previous year - 1622 people).
The number of births as January-February 2026 amounted to 2397 people (2,7% less than in January- February 2025), the number of deaths amounted to 836 people (0,8% less than in January-February 2025).
The balance of migration is negative and amounted to – -746 people (in January-February 2025 -610 people), including in external migration - a negative balance of 89 (44), in internal - negative – -835 people (-654).
The number of unemployed in the IV quarter of 2025 amounted to 22,9 thousand people.
The unemployment rate was 4,7 % of the labor force.
The number of persons registered with employment agencies as unemployed as of April 1, 2026 amounted to 21186 people, or 4,3% of the labor force.
The average monthly nominal wages accrued to employees (excluding small enterprises engaged in entrepreneurial activities) in the IV quarter of 2025 amounted to 438484 tenge, an increase compared to the IV quarter of 2024 amounted to 7,9%. The real wage index in IV quarter 2025 was 95,5%.
In the IV quarter of 2025 the average per capita nominal cash income of the population of the region, according to the estimate, amounted to 229459 tenge, which is 9,9% higher than in IV quarter 2024, a decrease in the real cash income for the specified period is 2,7%.
The volume of industrial production in January-Мarch 2026 amounted to 7266337,4 million tenge in current prices, which is 2,2% more than in January-Мarch 2025.
In the mining industry, production volumes increased by 3,1%. In manufacturing, there was a grew by 0,7% , while electricity, gas, steam, hot water, and air conditioning supplies grew by 1,5%, and water supply, waste collection, treatment, and disposal, and pollution control activities grew by 28,9%.
The volume of gross output of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products (services) in January-March 2026 amounted to 52290,7 million tenge, or 101,5% by January-March 2025.
The volume of cargo turnover in January-March 2026 amounted to 10194,6 million tkm (taking into account the assessment of the volume of cargo turnover of individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial transportation), or 101,1% compared to January- March 2025.
The volume of passenger traffic – 844,9 million pkm, or 98,4% by January-March 2025.
The volume of construction works (services) amounted to 45853,3 million tenge or 109,3% compared to January-March 2025.
In January-Мarch 2026, the total area of housing put into operation increased by 3,3% and amounted to 205,9 thousand square meters, of which 18% (160 thousand sguare meters) was in individual residential buildings. However, the total area of multi-apartment residential buildings commissioned decreased – by 28% (46 thousand square meters).
The volume of investments in fixed assets in January-March 2026 amounted to 153219,6 million tenge or 93,5% of January-March 2025.
The number of registered legal entities as of April 1, 2026 amounted to 19198 units and decreased by 0,3% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year, including 18792 units with less than 100 employees. The number of operating legal entities amounted to 15858 units, including 15452 units - small businesses. The number of registered small and medium enterprises (legal entities) in the region amounted to 16306 units and decreased by 0,4% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year.
The volume of gross regional product for January-September 2025 amounted to 4087087,7 million tenge at current prices. Compared to the last year previous period, real GRP increased by 3,9%. In the structure of GRP, the share of production of goods amounted to 37,2%, services – 59,5%.
The consumer price index in March 2026 compared to December 2025 was 102,7%.
Prices for food products increased by 2,3%, non-food products – by 2,8%, paid services for the population – by 3,2%.
The prices of enterprises producing industrial products in March 2026 compared to December 2025 decreased by 3,2%.
The volume of retail trade in January-March 2026 amounted to 214523,1 million tenge, or 2,9% more than the corresponding period in 2025.
The volume of wholesale trade in January-March 2026 amounted to 346410,1 million tenge, or 103,1% compared to the corresponding period in 2025.
According to preliminary data, in January-February 2026, mutual trade with the EAEU countries amounted to 106 million US dollars and less by 10,2% compared to January-February 2025, including exports – 24,1 million US dollars (by 4,5% less), imports – 81,9 million US dollars (by 11,8% less).
