Bureau of National Statistics
of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The population of the region as of May, 2026 amounted to 218.2 thousand people, including 173.6 thousand people (79.6%) - urban, 44.6 thousand people (20.4%) - rural residents.
The natural increase in the population in January-April 2026 amounted to 462 people (in the corresponding period of the previous year – 550 people).
The number of births as January- April 2026 amounted to 1005 people (13.7% less than in January-April 2025), the number of deaths amounted to 543 people (11.4% less than in January-April 2025).
The balance of migration is negative and amounted to -1260 people (in January-April 2025 – -1170 people), including in external migration – 9 people (-16), in internal – -1269 people (-1154).
The number of unemployed in the I quarter of 2026 amounted to 3994 people.
The unemployment rate was 4.1% of the labor force.
The number of persons registered with employment agencies as unemployed as of May 1, 2026 amounted to 2518 people, or 2.6% of the labor force.
The average monthly nominal wages accrued to employees (excluding small enterprises engaged in entrepreneurial activities) in the І quarter of 2026 amounted to 655 995 tenge, an increase compared to the Iquarter of 2025 amounted to 9.5%.
The real wage index in I quarter 2026 was 96.6%.
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 369 772 tenge, which is 16.1% higher than in IV quarter 2024, Rate of increase real cash income for the specified period is 1.9%.
The volume of industrial production in January-May 2026 amounted to 856 484.4 million tenge in current prices, which is 14.6% more than in January-May 2025.
In the mining industry, production volumes increased by 16.8%, in the manufacturing industry -increased by 11.6%, in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and conditioned air there was by 8%, in water supply, collection, processing and waste disposal, pollution elimination activities -volumes increased by 13.4%.
The volume of gross output of agriculture, forestry and fisheries products (services) in January-May 2026 amounted to 19 375.5 million tenge, or 0.3% less then in January-May 2025.
The volume of cargo turnover in January- May 2026 amounted to 5 355.2 million t-km (taking into account the assessment of the volume of cargo turnover of individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial transportation), or 93.4% compared to January- May 2026.
The volume of passenger traffic – 325.6 million p-km, or 89.4% by January- May 2026.
The volume of construction works (services) amounted to 87 522.2 million tenge, or 325% compared to January-May 2025.
In January-May 2026, the total area of housing put into operation decreased by 8.6% and amounted to 20.7 thousand square meters.
The volume of investments in fixed capital in January-May 2026 amounted to 125 424.7 million tenge, or 246.9% by January-May 2025.
The number of registered legal entities as June 1, 2026 amounted to 2898 units and decreased by 1.7%, the corresponding period last year, including 2804 units with less than 100 employees. The number of operating legal entities amounted to 2612 units, including 2518 units - small businesses. The number of registered small and medium enterprises (legal entities) in the region amounted to 1981 units and decreased by 0.6% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year.
The volume of gross regional product for January-December 2025 amounted 2 986 088,7 million tenge at current prices. Compared to the corresponding period of January- December 2024, real GRP increased by 20%. In the structure of GRP, the share of production of goods amounted to 73.2%, services – 25.5%
The consumer price index in May 2026 compared to December 2025 was 105.8%.
In May 2026 compared to December 2025 was prices for food products increased by – 7%, non-food products – by 4.5%, paid services forthe population – by 5.4%.
The prices of enterprises producing industrial products in May 2026 compared to December 2025 decreased 0.3%.
The volume of retail trade January- May 2026 amounted to 49 676 million tenge, or 1.9% more than the corresponding period in 2025.
The volume of wholesale trade in January- May 2026 amounted to 48 477.4 million tenge, or 100% compared to the corresponding period in 2025.
According to preliminary data, in January-April 2026, mutual trade with the EAEU countries amounted to 11.2 million US dollars and decreased to 29.8% compared to January- April 2025, including exports – 1.6 million US dollars (by 39.8% less), imports –9.6 million US dollars (27.9% less).
