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 218.4 thou sand people, including 173.7 thousand people (79.5%) - urban, 44.7 thousand people (20.5%) - rural residents.
The natural increase in the population in January-March 2026 amounted to 332 people (in the corresponding period of the previous year – 414 people).
The number of births as January-March 2026 amounted to 738 people (14.1% less than in January-March 2025), the number of deaths amounted to 406 people (8.8% less than in January-March 2025).
The balance of migration is negative and amounted to -961 people (in January-March 2025 – -824 people), including in external migration – 15 people (-13), in internal – -976 people (-811).
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 2359 people, or 2.4% 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 I quarter 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-April 2026 amounted to 691 165.9 million tenge in current prices, which is 15.7% more than in January-April 2025.
In the mining industry, production volumes increased by 18%, in the manufacturing industry -increased by 12.9%, in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and conditioned air there was by 5.9%, in water supply, collection, processing and waste disposal, pollution elimination activities -volumes increased by 2.2%.
The volume of gross output of agriculture, forestry and fisheries products (services) in January-April 2026 amounted to 15 061.6 million tenge, or 0.4% less then in January-April 2025.
The volume of cargo turnover in January- April 2026 amounted to 4 343.5 million t-km (taking into account the assessment of the volume of cargo turnover of individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial tran sportation), or 94.8% compared to January- April 2026.
The volume of passenger traffic – 264.7 million p-km, or 91.6% by January- April 2026.
The volume of construction works (services) amounted to 69 442.8 million tenge, or 372% compared to January-April 2025.
In January-April 2026, the total area of housing put into operation increased by 8.7% and amounted to 18.8 thousand square meters.
The volume of investments in fixed capital in January-April 2026 amounted to 93 934.9 million tenge, or 258% by January-April 2025.
The number of registered legal entities as May 1, 2026 amounted to 2890 units and decreased by 1.6%, the corresponding period last year, including 2795 units with less than 100 employees. The number of operating legal entities amounted to 2615 units, including 2520 units - small businesses. The number of registered small and medium enterprises (legal entities) in the region amounted to 1971 units and decreased by 0.7% 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 April 2026 compared to December 2025 was 104.8%.
In April 2026 compared to December 2025 was prices for food products increased by 6.4%, non-food products – by 4.2%, paid services forthe population – by 2.9%.
The prices of enterprises producing industrial products in April 2026 compared to December 2025 increased 1.7%.
The volume of retail trade January- April 2026 amounted to 39 799.3 million tenge, or 1.3% more than the corresponding period in 2025.
The volume of wholesale trade in January- April 2026 amounted to 37 998.7 million tenge, or 1.6% more than amounted to the more period in 2025.
According to preliminary data, in January-March 2026, mutual trade with the EAEU countries amounted to 8.3 million US dollars and decreased to 20.4% compared to January- March 2025, including exports – 1.2 million US dollars (by 54% less), imports –7.1 million US dollars (9.6% less).
