Bureau of National statistics
Agency for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The population of the Kostanay region as of May 1, 2025 amounted to 824.5 thousand people, including 522.4 thousand people (63.4%) – urban, 302.1 thousand people (36.6%) – rural residents.
The natural increase in the population in January-April 2025 amounted to 151 people (in the corresponding period of the previous year – 312 people).
The number of births as January-April 2025 amounted to 2674 people (14.5% less than in January-April 2024), the number of deaths amounted to 2523 people (10.3% less than in January-April 2024).
The balance of migration is negative and amounted to 1238 people (in January-April 2024 – -1609 people), including in external migration – 103 people (119 people), in internal migration – -1341 people (-1728 people).
The number of unemployed in the I quarter of 2025 amounted to 20806 people.
The unemployment rate was 4.6% of the labor force.
The number of persons registered with employment agencies as unemployed as of June 1, 2025 amounted to 9943 people or 2.2% of the labor force.
The average monthly nominal wages accrued to employees (excluding small enterprises engaged in entrepreneurial activities) in the I quarter of 2025 amounted to 358873 tenge, an increase compared to the I quarter of 2024 amounted to 14.6%.
The real wage index in I quarter 2025 was 105.5%.
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 217438 tenge, which is 10.6% higher than in IV quarter 2023, the index of real monetary income for the specified period is 102.8%.
The volume of industrial production in January-May 2025 amounted to 1251896 million tenge in current prices, which is 2.4% less than in in January-May 2024.
In the mining and mine workings industry, production volumes increased by 3.5%. In the manufacturing industry the decrease in production amounted to 4.1%, in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioned – by 0.6%, in water supply; sanitation; waste collection, treatment and disposal, pollution elimination activities – by 10%.
The volume of gross output of agricultural products (services) in January-May 2025 amounted to 70348.1 million tenge or 104.8% by January-May 2024.
The volume of cargo turnover in January-May 2025 amounted to 11770.4 million t-km (taking into account the assessment of the volume of cargo turnover of individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial transportation), or 110.8% compared to January-May 2024.
The volume of passenger traffic – 443.5 million p-km, or 60% by January-May 2024.
The volume of construction works (services) amounted to 75452.4 million tenge or 157.8% compared to January-May 2024.
In January-May 2025, the total area of housing put into operation increased by 2.5% and amounted to 179.5 thousand square meters, of which in multi-apartment buildings – by 13.5% (140 thousand square meters). At the same time, the total area of individual residential buildings put into operation decreased by 22.6% (39.3 thousand square meters).
The volume of investments in fixed capital in January-May 2025 amounted to 214958.2 million tenge or 115.4% by January-May 2024.
The number of registered legal entities as of June 1, 2025 amounted to 14726 units and decreased by 0.8% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year, including 14346 units with less than 100 employees. The number of operating legal entities amounted to 12750 units, including 12373 units - small businesses.
The number of registered small and medium enterprises (legal entities) in the region amounted to 11406 units and decreased by 1% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year.
The volume of gross regional product for January-December 2024 amounted to 4927641.3 million tenge at current prices. Compared to the corresponding period of 2023, real GRP increased by 106.7%. In the structure of GRP, the share of production of goods amounted to 50.8%, services – 47.8%.
The consumer price index in May 2025 compared to December 2024 was 105.8%.
Prices for food products increased by 6.7%, non-food products – by 3.7%, paid services for the population – by 7.1%.
The prices of enterprises producing industrial products in May 2025 compared to December 2024 increased by 3.4
The volume of retail trade in January-May 2025 amounted to 239251.6 million tenge, or 2.3% more than the corresponding period in 2024.
The volume of wholesale trade in January-May 2025 amounted to 392009 million tenge, or 121.2% compared to the corresponding period in 2024.
According to preliminary data, in January-April 2025, mutual trade with the EAEU countries amounted to 425.8 million US dollars and decreased by 18.8% compared to January-April 2024, including exports – 152.8 million US dollars (by 24.2% less), imports – 273 million US dollars (15.4% less).
Vacancies for interviewers under contracts for the provision of paid services for statistical observation Н-060 «Vizitor survey questionnaire»
Vacancies for interviewers under contracts for the provision of paid services for statistical observation T-001 (monthly) «Questionnaire for a sample survey of the employed population».
