The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Kazakhstan, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.
| GDP growth (2025) | 6.5% | Fast growth. |
| Inflation (2025) | 11.4% | High inflation: money loses value quickly. |
| Unemployment (2025) | 4.8% | Moderate. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $14,692 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2025) | -4.1% of GDP | Deficit: spends more abroad than it earns, so it relies on foreign money. |
| Exports (2024) | 31.6% of GDP | An open, trading economy. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) has raised its forecast for Kazakhstan’s economic growth in 2027 to 5%, up from 4.6% in its previous outlook, while projecting a gradual decline in inflation through…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Cambodia are seeking to turn political dialogue into tangible economic outcomes by expanding agricultural exports, strengthening business ties and exploring transport and technology partnerships, Kazakhstan’s…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s inflation is projected to decline to 8.2% in 2027, while economic growth is expected to accelerate to 4.9%, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest World Economic Outlook, released Oct.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan has become the first country in Central Asia to join the World Bank Group’s Metals and Minerals Compact, a partnership aimed at attracting around $20 billion in investment by 2031 and expanding the country’s…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor could increase the combined gross domestic product of countries along the route by 3.3% and generate around two million jobs by 2040 if governments invest in infrastructure and improve…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan has pledged $25 million to extend its partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) through the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia Regional Capacity Development Center, based in Almaty, IMF Managing…
Kazakhstan’s economy grew by 4.2% in the first nine months of 2026, despite an 8.3% drop in oil production. Growth
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Belgium are seeking to deepen cooperation in transport and logistics, critical minerals, energy, advanced technologies and manufacturing, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and King Philippe said at the Oct.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan will hold early elections for local representative bodies, known as maslikhats, on Nov. 29, the Central Election Commission announced at an Oct. 13 meeting.
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on October 12 terminating the powers of maslikhats, the country’s local representative assemblies.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s economy grew 4.2% in the first nine months of 2026, supported by non-oil sectors, rising private investment and expanding industrial production, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Economy Serik…
Russian Railways (RZD) has rejected October requests to transport grain from Kazakhstan through Russia to Estonian ports, citing insufficient rail
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on Oct. 12 terminating the powers of maslikhats, local representative bodies at all levels, before the end of their term.
Kazakhstan ended the 2025/2026 marketing year with record flaxseed exports of nearly 1.3 million metric tons, 2.5 times the previous
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s startup ecosystem is moving from a period of rapid expansion toward a more demanding stage focused on revenue, international customers and global growth, according to the first national study of the country’s…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA — Kazakhstan’s development of the North-South transport corridor could open new export markets, diversify trade routes and strengthen the country’s position as a regional transit hub, according to Kazakh experts.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for coordinated regional action to address the Caspian Sea’s shrinking water levels, proposing a shared digital monitoring platform and an international biodiversity fund.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Thirty-five years after Kazakhstan closed the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site and began giving up the nuclear arsenal it inherited from the Soviet Union, the world is moving back toward a security environment in which nuclear…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed an agreement to establish the Qazaqstan Climate Investment Platform (QCIP), a national mechanism designed to prepare climate projects for financing from international…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan is shifting its investment strategy from attracting foreign capital in terms of volume to directing investments toward projects that create production capacity, deepen processing, expand exports and develop local…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Oman outlined new opportunities to expand investment, financial cooperation, energy, logistics and agricultural ties at a Kazakh-Omani business forum held during Omani Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said’s state…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Eleven years after Kazakhstan joined the World Trade Organization, the country trades across a far wider global market under internationally agreed rules.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan exported a record 76.3 million tonnes of crude oil in 2025, up 7.4% from the previous year and 20% from 2015, according to data from the Bureau of National Statistics.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ALMATY – The seven OPEC+ countries participating in additional voluntary production adjustments, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman, have agreed to maintain their current oil production levels in…