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General profile: Kazakhstan

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
20.330 Millions
..
260 159 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(q) 2 699 700 km²
14.56 %
4.60 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-7.2 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
27 849
59 971
45 956
78 533
Merchandise imports
17 353
31 107
30 568
60 655
Merchandise trade balance
10 496
28 864
15 388
17 878
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
1 %1 %19 %19 %59 %59 %15 %15 %7 %7 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
14 83514 7599 7884 0583 96914 83514 7599 7884 0583 969
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
2 087
4 119
6 177
10 288
Services imports
7 521
11 369
10 954
12 100
Services trade balance
-5 434
-7 250
-4 777
-1 812
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
49.1
55.4
56.9
49.2
Travel
33.6
24.4
26.4
21.9
Other services
17.3
20.0
15.6
27.7
TRADE INDICES
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135144113961191231018010016016917116412796145108911271461228510711510289100146154155157135113143126120
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+4.6 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
57 124
148 047
184 388
260 159
GDP per capita, current US$
3 577
8 793
10 196
12 797
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
9.70
7.25
1.15
4.60
Current account balance, % of GDP
0.63
1.81
-5.41
-3.35
Exchange rate (/US$)
132.880
147.355
221.728
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
49.410.525.041.626.849.410.525.041.626.8
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+0.4 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
1 971.22
11 550.72
4 056.61
3 223.26
FDI outflows
-147.86
7 885.48
795.17
912.55
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.11
0.15
0.16
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
480.9309.9374.4506.1618.0560.4384.2294.3401.4341.4283.0179.7225.6198.2125.6143.083.662.057.442.2111.285.067.53 2236 5413 3533 6703 2843 8984 7148 5144 0578 48910 32113 33713 97311 55113 24314 32211 1196 2781 9714 1572 0922 5902 8351 283FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
10.73
14.64
1.48
6.91
Balance, % of imports
24.08
48.98
6.06
25.10
Normalized balance
0.107
0.197
0.029
0.112
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
626861566663585850606673757478909593100
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 58%Urban 58%Rural 42%Rural 42%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.006 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
20
91
156
138
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
..
..
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
0.06
0.05
0.19
..
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
4.03
4.97
4.89
..
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
q
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 11 October 2024