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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Kazakhstan economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Kazakhstan best banks and safest banks are also available.
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2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
4.1% | 4.1% | 4.5% | -2.6% | 3.3% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
7.4% | 6.0% | 5.2% | 6.8% | 7.5% |
*Estimate
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
4.9% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
*Estimate
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
19.9% | 20.3% | 19.9% | 26.3% | 25.2% |
*Estimate
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
-5.2% | 1.8% | -0.8% | -7.7% | -3.4% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BBB–
Moody's: Baa2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
28.5% (2015)
0.3% (2015)
0.1% (2015)
Oil and oil products, natural gas, ferrous metals, chemicals, machinery, grain, wool, meat, coal
Machinery and equipment, metal products, foodstuffs
China 15.1%, Russia 12.3%, France 9.2%, Germany 7.9%, Italy 6.7%, Greece 4.1% (2015)
Russia 32.9%, China 25.9%, Germany 4.2% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 10,321 million | USD 8,406 million | USD 4,021 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 2,287 million | USD 3,639 million | USD 616 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD -31.6 million | N/A | USD -1.3 million | USD 1.3 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 35 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 45 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 9 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 18 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 75 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 3 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 119 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 60 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 22 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 75 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 37 out of 190 countries
53 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 68 / Score: 63.61 (Moderately free) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Kazakh (official, Qazaq) 74% (understand spoken language), Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 94.4% (understand spoken language (2009 est.)
Muslim 70.2%, Christian 26.2% (mainly Russian Orthodox), other 0.2%, atheist 2.8%, unspecified 0.5% (2009 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
N/A | 14.866 million | 16.434 million | 17.947 million | 19.331 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
44% | 54% | 56% | 53% |
Total population: 99.8%
Male: 99.8%
Female: 99.8% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
0.1% (2013)
26.3 (2013)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 5 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 24.73% Mobile 156.88% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)