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Macro Indicators

Reviews
2 February 2021

National economy may grow by 4% in 2021

The national economy shrank by a record 2.6% in 2020 since the early 2000s, but the extent of the decline could have been more significant. The Government’s anti-crisis


Reviews
8 December 2020

1.4 billion US dollars will be the volume of e-commerce in 2020

Business activity of enterprises is gradually recovering from the decline in April to a multi-year low. The growth of their profitability is promoted both by the transition to


Reviews
2 November 2020

Kazakhstan's foreign trade turnover decreased by 12%

As of September 1, 2020, the total trade turnover of Kazakhstan amounted to 55.6 billion US dollars. At the same time, 29% of sales are in the EU


Reviews
15 September 2020

International financial centres – are the vaccine against recession

The coronavirus outbreak changed the world. If countries initially thought about how to prevent the spread of the virus, now they face an equally significant task-to save their


Reviews
6 July 2020

Capital Day: how has the economy of the Nur-Sultan city changed over 22 years?

Traditionally, on July 6, Kazakhstan celebrates Capital Day. Our capital is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. The Nur-Sultan city has undergone a transformation from


Reviews
22 April 2020

Kazakhstan's economy, while maintaining current oil prices, will lose from 2.3% to 2.7% of GDP per year

But even in this situation, the accumulated international reserves of Kazakhstan will allow supporting the national economy for 15 years. That is, Kazakhstan has great potential to survive


Reviews
7 April 2020

How to increase the profitability of light industry to 900 billion tenge per year?

Now the industry’s profitability is about 45 billion tenge. In the structure of GDP, light industry forms 0.2%, while domestic enterprises cover the consumer market by only 7%.


Reviews
23 March 2020

Expenses of the insurance market of the Kazakhstan increased by 37%, and net profit – by 3%. This may result in loss

In the coming years, insurance companies in Kazakhstan will need quality development. In 2019, their expenses grew faster than incomes, and the growth in net profit for the


Reviews
13 March 2020

20% of SMEs generate more than half of the sector’s profits

As of February 1, 2020, 1.3 million SMEs are operating in Kazakhstan. However, more than 60% of their income is generated by only a fifth of enterprises. That


Reviews
4 March 2020

Profitability of the tourism sector may increase to 200 billion KZT per year

In 2019, the contribution of tourism to the country’s economy amounted to 5.6%, while by 2025 it is planned to increase this figure to 8%. For that purpose,