Bureau of National Statistics
of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The population of the region as of April 1, 2026 amounted to 717,3 thousand people, including 393,3 thousand people (54,8% ) - urban, 324 thousand people (45,2%) - rural residents.
The natural increase in the population in January-March 2026 amounted to 2332 people (in the corresponding period of the previous year - 2458 people).
The number of births as January-March 2026 amounted to 3153 people (3,2% less than in January- March 2025), the number of deaths amounted to 821 people (2,5% more than in January-March 2025).
The balance of migration amounted to - -1056 people (in January-March 2025–-759 people), including in external migration - 66 people (89), in internal - -1122 people (-848).
The number of unemployed in the I quarter of 2026 amounted to 18553 people. The unemployment rate was 4,9% of the labor force. The number of persons registered with employment agencies as unemployed as of May 1, 2026 amounted to 19296 people, or 5,2% 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 652950 tenge, an increased compared to the I quarter of 2025 amounted to 3%. The real wage index in I quarter 2026 was 91,8%.
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 297065 tenge, which is 10.5% lower than in IV quarter 2024, real cash income for the specified period decreased 21.2%.
The volume of industrial production in January-April 2026 amounted to 4454471 million tenge in current prices, or 86,1% compared to January-April 2025.
In the mining industry, production volumes decreased by 17,3%, in the manufacturing industry increased by – 11,3%, in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and conditioned air there was increased by 10,1%, in the supply, collection, processing and waste disposal, pollution elimination activities by 22,7% more.
The volume of gross output of agricultural products (services) in January-April 2026 amounted to 26057,5 million tenge, or 101,2% by January-April 2025.
The volume of cargo turnover in January-april 2026 amounted to 19079,2 million tkm (taking into account the assessment of the volume of cargo turnover of individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial transportation), or 89,4% compared to January- april 2025.
The volume of passenger traffic -2057,1 million pkm, or 54,3% by January- april 2025.
The volume of construction works (services) amounted to 123215 million tenge, or 101,9% or than in January-April 2025.
In January- April 2026, the total area of housing put into operation decreased by 9,7% and amounted to 132 thousand square meters. At the same time, the total area of individual residential buildings put into operation amounted decreased by 19,9% (101 thousand square meters).
The volume of investments in fixed capital in January-April 2026 amounted to 408330 million tenge, or 100,7% compared to January-April 2025.
The volume of gross regional product for January-december 2025 amounted to (according to operational data) 16564592,4 million tenge at current prices. Compared to the corresponding period of January-december 2024, real GRP amounted to 108,0%. In the structure of GRP, the share of production of goods amounted to 56.5%, services – 31.3%.
The consumer price index in Aprill 2026 compared to December 2025 was 103.5%.
Prices for paid services for the population increased by 5%, non-food products – 3.6%, food products - by 2.7%.
The prices of enterprises producing industrial products in December 2025 compared to Aprill 2026 accounted for 119%.
The volume of retail trade in January-April 2026 amounted to 202065.6 million tenge, 3.9% more than the corresponding period in 2025.
The volume of wholesale trade in January-April 2026 amounted to 2295447.3 million tenge, or 99.7% compared to the corresponding period in 2025.
According to preliminary data, in January-March 2026, mutual trade with the EAEU countries amounted to 97.7 million US dollars and increased by 8% compared to January-March 2025, including exports – 20.8 million US dollars (by 17% less), imports –76.8 million US dollars (17.6% more).
