Bureau of National statistics
Agency for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The population of the region as of May 1, 2025 amounted to 713 thousand people, including 391,5 thousand people (54,9% ) - urban, 321,5 thousand people (45,1%) - rural residents.
The natural increase in the population in January-April 2025 amounted to 3353 people (in the corresponding period of the previous year - 4098 people).
The number of births as January - April 2025 amounted to 4469 people (15,6% less than in January- April 2024), the number of deaths amounted to 1116 people (6,6% less than in January- April 2024).
The balance of migration amounted to - -1131 people (in January- April 2024 - -563 people), including in external migration - 130 people (219), in internal - -1261 people (-782).
The number of unemployed in the I quarter of 2025 amounted to 17843 people. The unemployment rate was 4,9% of the labor force. The number of persons registered with employment agencies as unemployed as of June 1, 2025 amounted to 25346 people, or 6,9% of the labor force.
The average monthly nominal wages accrued to employees (excluding small enterprises engaged in entrepreneurial activities) in the I quarter of 2025 amounted to 634234 tenge, an increased compared to the I quarter of 2024 amounted to 5%. The real wage index in I quarter 2025 was 96,1%.
In the IV quarter of 2024 the average per capita nominal cash income of the population of the region, according to the estimate, amounted to 339821 tenge, which is 7.8% higher than in IV quarter 2023, real cash income for the specified period decreased 0.6%.
The volume of industrial production in January-May 2025 amounted to 5701895 million tenge in current prices, or 112.9% compared to January-May 2024.
In the mining industry, production volumes increased by 14.6%, in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and conditioned air there was increased by 17.7%, in the manufacturing industry decreased by – 3.1%, in the supply, collection, processing and waste disposal, pollution elimination activities by 20.3% less.
The volume of gross output of agricultural products (services) in January-May 2025 amounted to 28918.2 million tenge, or 110.4% by January-May 2024.
The volume of cargo turnover in January-may 2025 amounted to 26622,2 million tkm (taking into account the assessment of the volume of cargo turnover of individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial transportation), or 141% compared to January- may 2024.
The volume of passenger traffic – 2588,4 million pkm, or 131,2% by January- may 2024.
The volume of construction works (services) amounted to 152040 million tenge, or 43.2% or than in January-May 2024.
In January-May 2025, the total area of housing put into operation increased by 3.2% and amounted to 189.3 thousand square meters. At the same time, the total area of individual residential buildings put into operation amounted decreased by 14.2% (155.7 thousand square meters).
The volume of investments in fixed capital in January-May 2025 amounted to 501404 million tenge, or 62.1% compared to January-May 2024.
Number of registered legal entities as of June 1, 2025 amounted to 14655 units and increased by 1.0% compared to the corresponding date
of the previous year, including 14266 units with less than 100 employees.The number of operating legal entities amounted to 11559 units,
among which 11170 units are small enterprises.The number of registered small and medium enterprises (legal entities) in the region amounted
to 12599 units and increased by 1.0 % compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
The volume of gross regional product for January- december 2024 amounted to (according to operational data) 15016571.9 million tenge at current prices. Compared to the corresponding period of January-december 2023, real GRP amounted to 93.6%. In the structure of GRP, the share of production of goods amounted to 52,6%, services – 34,9%.
The consumer price index in May 2025 compared to December 2024 was 106.2%.
Prices for paid services for the population increased by 8.6%, food products – 5.8%, non-food products - by 4.5%.
The prices of enterprises producing industrial products in May 2025 compared to December 2024 decreased by 9%.
The volume of retail trade in January-May 2025 amounted to 218889.7 million tenge, or 5,6% more than the corresponding period in 2024.
The volume of wholesale trade in January- May 2025 amounted to 2634230.5million tenge, or 105% compared to the corresponding period in 2024.
According to preliminary data, in January-April 2025, mutual trade with the EAEU countries amounted to 121,7 million US dollars and increased by 16,5% compared to January-April 2024, including exports – 31,1 million US dollars (by 39.9% more), imports –90,6 million US dollars (10,1% more).
