Bureau of National Statistics
of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The population of Aktobe region as of May 1, 2026 amounted to 957,4 thousand people, including 731,8 thousand people (76,4%) - urban, 225,6 thousand people (23,6%) - rural residents.
The natural increase in the population in January- April 2026 amounted to 2996 people (in the corresponding period of the previous year - 3255 people).
The number of births as January-April 2026 amounted to 4790 people (5,1% less than in January-April 2025), the number of deaths amounted to 1794 people (0,1% more than in January-April 2025).
The balance of migration is negative and amounted to – -1553 people (in January- April 2025 -1367 people), including in external migration - a negative balance of 117 (118), in internal - negative – -1670 people (-1485).
The number of unemployed in the I quarter of 2026 amounted to 23,4 thousand people.
The unemployment rate was 4,7 % of the labor force.
The number of persons registered with employment agencies as unemployed as of June 1, 2026 amounted to 20426 people, or 4,1% of the labor force.
The average monthly nominal wages accrued to employees (excluding small enterprises engaged in entrepreneurial activities) in the I quarter of 2026 amounted to 420239 tenge, an increase compared to the I quarter of 2025 amounted to 9%. The real wage index in I quarter 2026 was 97,8%.
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-Мау 2026 amounted to 1269455,8 million tenge in current prices, which is 0,4% less than in January-Мау 2025.
In the mining industry, production volumes increased by 2,7%. In manufacturing, there was a decrease of 3,8% , while electricity, gas, steam, hot water, and air conditioning supplies decrease of 1,4%, and water supply, waste collection, treatment, and disposal, and pollution control activities grew by 15,3%.
The volume of gross output of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products (services) in January-May 2026 amounted to 93336,5 million tenge, or 101,6% by January-May 2025.
The volume of cargo turnover in January-May 2026 amounted to 15872,7 million tkm (taking into account the assessment of the volume of cargo turnover of individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial transportation), or 94% compared to January-May 2025.
The volume of passenger traffic – 1481,9 million pkm, or 103,2 % by January-May 2025.
The volume of construction works (services) amounted to 92265,8 million tenge or 106,4% compared to January-May 2025.
In January-May 2026, the total area of housing put into operation increased by 3% and amounted to 325,1 thousand square meters, of which housing in individual residential buildings increased by 1,9% (202,9 thousand square meters in multi-apartment residential buildings – by 4,8% (122,2 thousand square meters).
The volume of investments in fixed assets in January-May 2026 amounted to 340113,7 million tenge or 100,3% of January-May 2025.
The number of registered legal entities as of June 1, 2026 amounted to 19240 units and decreased by 0.3% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year, including 18850 units with less than 100 employees. The number of operating legal entities amounted to 15805 units, including 15415 units - small businesses. The number of registered small and medium enterprises (legal entities) in the region amounted to 16348 units and decreased by 0.4% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year.
The volume of gross regional product for January-December 2025 amounted to 5693380 million tenge at current prices. Compared to the corresponding period last year, real GRP increased by 5,1%. In the structure of GRP, the share of production of goods amounted to 45,6%, services – 51,2%.
The consumer price index in May 2026 compared to December 2025 was 103,6%.
Prices for food products increased by 3%, non-food products – by 3,9%, paid services for the population – by 4%.
The prices of enterprises producing industrial products in May 2026 compared to December 2025 increased by 3,4%.
The volume of retail trade in January-May 2026 amounted to 359832,9 million tenge, or 4,4% more than the corresponding period in 2025.
The volume of wholesale trade in January-May 2026 amounted to 686699,9 million tenge, or 100,6% compared to the corresponding period in 2025.
According to preliminary data, in January-April 2026, mutual trade with the EAEU countries amounted to 259,1 million US dollars and less by 0,6% compared to January-April 2025, including exports – 55,8 million US dollars (by 3,2% less), imports – 203,4 million US dollars (by 0,2% more).
