Kazakhstan

KAZEurope & Central AsiaUpper middle incomeCapital: Astana
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75/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Kazakhstan in world space2000–2023
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002023
192 countries · log scale on X world Kazakhstan· trajectory line: 1980 → today
About Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's GDP is $319.77B (2026), with a population of 20.6M, and GDP per capita of $15,527. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 4.8%, inflation at 11.2%, unemployment at 4.6%, government debt at 26.4% of GDP, life expectancy of 74.4 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

Located in the Europe & Central Asia region, this upper middle-income economy is projected to see a GDP growth rate of 4.8% in 2026, with a total GDP of $319.77 billion and a GDP per capita of $15,527.08. The economy is characterized by significant trade activity, with trade accounting for 57.16% of GDP in 2024. Inflation is anticipated to be 11.2% in 2026, while the unemployment rate is expected to be 4.77% in 2025. The capital, Astana, serves as a major economic hub. The population is approximately 20,592,571 as of 2024, with a life expectancy of 74.40 years in 2023. The society benefits from a relatively stable unemployment rate and ongoing economic development, contributing to a moderate standard of living.

Economy30 indicators · 2021–2027 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$3482027 8.8%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)4.2%2027 12.5%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$16,7242027 7.7%IMF
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$1,0312027 5.9%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$49,5392027 4.8%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.45%2027 0.9%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$267.95B2024 13.9%WB
GNI per Capita (USD)$12,0902024 13.1%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$37,5902024 8.6%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)32.1%2024 1.0%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)57.9%2024 2.8%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)3.9%2024 1.5%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)10.8%2024 4.1%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)52.3%2024 1.2%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)27.2%2024 3.4%WB
Gross Savings (% of GNI)28.7%2024 8.2%WB
GDP Deflator (%)9.0%2024 5.6%WB
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$75,8242024 3.1%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)12.4%2024 0.9%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)17.5%2022 3.7%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$6,3632021WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)-0.2%2021WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)6.0%2024 13.7%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.85%2021WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)9.10%2021 93.6%WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)14.84%2021 108.3%WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)2.04%2021WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)26.8%2021 109.0%WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$93.60B2024 10.2%WB
Fiscal & Monetary19 indicators · 2023–2027 · IMF / WB
Trade15 indicators · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)57.2%2024 8.3%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)31.6%2024 8.8%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)25.6%2024 7.6%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$92.07B2024 1.5%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$74.54B2024 2.8%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$82.47B2024 5.0%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$59.13B2024 2.5%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)0.7%2024 68.9%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)-0.7%2024 155.7%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$1.98B2024 65.4%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$240.8M2024 20.7%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.1%2024 28.8%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)42.2%2024 22.6%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-2.7%2024 23.5%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-7.94B2024 14.8%WB
External Debt7 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
External Debt (% of GNI)62.6%2024 14.1%WB
External Debt Stocks (USD)$167.54B2024 2.3%WB
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)17.3%2024 14.6%WB
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$31.66B2024WB
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$1.90B2024 2.8%WB
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.0%2023 10.0%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$79.1M2023 5.9%WB
Finance12 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
Business Environment1 indicator · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)152024WB
Private Sector6 indicators · 2024 · WB
People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population20.6M2024 1.3%WB
Population Growth (%)1.3%2024 12.4%WB
Population Density (per km²)82023 1.5%WB
Surface Area (sq km)2.7M2023 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)2.7M2023 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)62.1%2024 0.5%WB
Urban Population (total)12.8M2024 1.8%WB
Rural Population (%)37.9%2024 0.8%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth74.4 years2023 1.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Male70.1 years2023 1.6%WB
Life Expectancy, Female78.4 years2023 0.8%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)32023 1.2%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)20.12023 3.3%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)6.72023 4.0%WB
Net Migration-8,8342025 19.9%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)29.4%2024 0.6%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)62.0%2024 0.3%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)8.7%2024 4.2%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)61.4%2024 0.8%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)14.0%2024 4.5%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)47.4%2024 0.3%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)205.62023 9.6%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)82.22023 13.7%WB
Labor20 indicators · 2016–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force10.0M2025 2.5%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)67.8%2025 4.0%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)62.6%2025 4.0%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)73.4%2025 3.9%WB
Unemployment (%)4.8%2025 1.3%WB
Female Unemployment (%)5.5%2025 0.2%WB
Male Unemployment (%)4.1%2025 2.6%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)3.8%2025 0.3%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)11.3%2025 2.8%WB
Employment in Industry (%)19.9%2025 0.2%WB
Employment in Services (%)68.8%2025 0.4%WB
Self-Employed (%)68.7%2022WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)24.8%2025 0.3%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)73.9%2025 0.1%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)6.6%2022WB
Employers (% of total employment)1.3%2025 0.2%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)48.3%2025 0.1%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)64.5%2025 3.9%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)26.1%2025 0.3%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)9.5%2016WB
Education17 indicators · 2016–2025 · WB
Health40 indicators · 2015–2024 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)3.8%2023 0.6%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$4902023 16.2%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)2.5%2023 7.7%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)27.6%2023 10.3%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)3.82023 0.9%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)6.52023 3.3%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)6.52020WHO
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)9.62023 2.0%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)4.32023 6.5%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)102023 28.6%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)8.42023 2.3%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)10.82023 1.8%WHO
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)5.1%2019WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)86.7%2019WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)8.2%2019WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)93.0%2024 6.1%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)98.0%2024 1.0%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.112024 8.3%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)452024 8.2%WHO
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)37.4%2022 2.1%WHO
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)7.0%2022 2.8%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)14.62021WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)4.52020WHO
Maternal Deaths392023 33.1%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100K)452024 8.2%WHO
People Living with HIV43,0002024 4.9%WHO
Malaria Deaths (estimated)02024WHO
Malaria Incidence (per 1K at risk)02024WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (%)98%2024 1.0%WHO
Measles Immunization Coverage (%)93%2024 6.1%WHO
Hepatitis B Immunization Coverage (%)98%2024 1.0%WHO
Physicians (total)312024 18.5%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel662024 0.1%WHO
Dentists (total)127,5942024 1.1%WHO
Pharmacists (total)8,4172024 5.7%WHO
Child Wasting (<5 years, %)3.1%2015WHO
Child Underweight (<5 years, %)2.0%2015WHO
Universal Health Coverage Index832023 1.2%WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)2,3402021WHO
Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, USD)$4902023 16.2%WHO
Energy & Environment16 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
CO₂ Emissions (tonnes per capita)12.62024 0.0%WB
CO₂ Emissions (total kilotonnes)2592024 1.3%WB
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)3,6512023 4.1%WB
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)5,1462023 2.4%WB
Renewable Electricity Output (%)11.0%2021 0.6%WB
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)2.0%2021 11.1%WB
Access to Electricity (%)100.0%2023 0.0%WB
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)94.2%2023 0.1%WB
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)202020WB
Forest Area (%)1.3%2023 0.8%WB
Forest Area (sq km)35,4242023 0.8%WB
Arable Land (%)11.0%2023 0.0%WB
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)11.9%2024 1.7%WB
Marine Protected Areas (%)52.5%2024 3.6%WB
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)97.8%2024 0.0%WHO
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)97.9%2024 0.0%WHO
Agriculture12 indicators · 2022–2023 · WB
Technology13 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
Infrastructure8 indicators · 2020–2023 · WB
Gender8 indicators · 2019–2025 · WB
Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption-0.272023 43.6%WB
Government Effectiveness0.152023 2.8%WB
Political Stability-0.272023 41.6%WB
Regulatory Quality0.072023 687.1%WB
Rule of Law-0.452023 5.9%WB
Voice & Accountability-12023 5.9%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)47.2%2023 2.9%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)57.1%2023 2.4%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)36.8%2023 5.4%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)36.5%2023 24.8%WB
Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)0.4%2024 2.8%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$1.21B2024 3.8%WB
Armed Forces Personnel71,0002020WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.7%2020WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)1.9%2024 1.9%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)2.62022 10.4%WB
Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)0.0%2021WB
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)0.3%2021WB
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)15.2%2021WB
Poverty Headcount, National (%)5.0%2024 3.8%WB
Gini Index29.22021WB
Income Share, Top 10%24.8%2021 2.5%WB
Income Share, Bottom 10%4.3%2021 0.0%WB
Income Share, Top 20%39.3%2021 1.3%WB
Income Share, Bottom 20%9.8%2021 0.0%WB
Shared Prosperity Premium (%)4.2%2021WB
Survey Mean Consumption (2017 PPP $ per day)15.092021WB
Poverty Gap at $2.15/day (%)0.0%2021WB
Social Protection7 indicators · 2020–2021 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Social Insurance Coverage (%)38.5%2021 4.4%
Social Assistance Coverage (%)27.6%2021 11.3%
Social Protection Coverage (%)57.3%2021 5.8%
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.632020WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.652020WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.612020WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School9.1 years2020WB
Tourism6 indicators · 2020 · WB
Urban Development7 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO

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