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Economy of Kazakhstan

Population: 17 million in 2013¹

GDP: $224 billion in 2013²

GDP per capita: $13,610 nominal³ ($23,206 PPP⁴) in 2013

GDP growth rate: 6.0% in 2013⁵

Industries

GDP by Industry 2012⁶

Industry sector	Value added ($ billions) 2012	Percent of total
Other activities	49	27.6%
Mining and utilities	38	21.7%
Wholesale, retail trade, restaurants and hotels	28	15.8%
Manufacturing	21	12.2%
Transport, storage and communication	18	10.2%
Construction	12	7.1%
Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing	10	5.5%
Total value added	176	100%

Employment

Unemployment rate: 5.2% in 2013⁷

Employment by Industry 2013⁸

Employment sector	Employees (thousands) 2013	Percent of total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2,074	24.2%
Wholesale trade, retail trade and repair of motor vehicles	1,257	14.7%
Education	923	10.8%
Construction	660	7.7%
Transportation and storage	569	6.6%
Manufacturing	548	6.4%
Human health and social work	425	5.0%
Public administration and defence	402	4.7%
Mining and quarrying	249	2.9%
Other service	227	2.7%
Professional, scientific and technical	182	2.1%
Administrative and support service	175	2.0%
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning	162	1.9%
Accommodation and food service	139	1.6%
Finance and insurance	138	1.6%
Information and communication	133	1.6%
Arts, entertainment and recreation	107	1.3%
Real estate	105	1.2%
Water supply, sewerage and waste management	80	0.9%
Activities of households as employers	15	0.2%
Extraterritorial organizations and bodies	0	0.0%
Total employment	8,571	100%

Corporations

Top 10 Corporations by Revenue 2013⁹

N/A

Households

Household Wealth: $64 billion (29% of GDP) in 2014¹⁰

Household Wealth per Adult: $5,854 in 2014¹⁰

Gini Coefficient: .289 in 2011¹¹

Government

Central Government

Central Government Revenue: $44 billion (20% of GDP) in 2013¹²

Central Government Expenditure: $49 billion (22% of GDP) in 2013¹²

Central Government Budget Balance: -$5 billion (-2% of GDP) in 2013¹²

Central Government Public Debt: $29 billion (13% of GDP) in 2013* ¹³

Central Government 10 Year Bond Interest Rate: 4.07% in Oct 2014¹⁴

* Public debt calculated using the exchange rate 184.7 KZT = 1 USD

Government Funds

Samruk-Kazyna: $103 billion (45% of GDP) in 2014¹⁵

Tax Structure

Individual Income Tax Rates and Thresholds: N/A

Corporate Tax Rate: 20% in 2014¹⁶

Monetary Policy

Money Supply (M0): $18 billion (8% of GDP) in Nov 2014* ¹⁷

Benchmark Interest Rate: 5.5% in Jan 2015¹⁸

Total Reserves: $25 billion (11% of GDP) in 2013¹⁹

Exchange Rate: 184.7 Kazakhstani Tenge = 1 U.S. Dollar on Jan 27, 2015²⁰

Inflation: 5.8% in 2013²¹

* Money supply calculated using the exchange rate 184.7 KZT = 1 USD

Financial Institutions

Top 10 Financial Institutions by Assets 2013²²

N/A (data not available at Relbanks.com)

International Accounts

Exports: $87 billion (39% of GDP) in 2013²³

Imports: $52 billion (23% of GDP) in 2013²³

Trade Balance: +$35 billion (+16% of GDP) in 2013²³

Foreign Direct Investment Inflow: $10 billion (4% of GDP) in 2013²⁴

Foreign Direct Investment Outflow: N/A

Foreign Aid Inflow: $129 million (0.1% of GDP) in 2012²⁵

Foreign Aid Outflow: N/A

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