About Kazakhstan

General information

• Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan
• Capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Astana
• President: Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev
• Region: Asia (Central Asia)
• Territory: 2,724,900 km²
• Population: 20 mln people
• Independence day: December 16, 1991 (from USSR)
• Administrative divisions: unitarian state, administratively consisting of 20 territorial unit: 17 regions and 3 cities of republican significance
• Government control: Presidential republic
• Head of State: President elected for 7 years
• Top lawmaking body: Two-chamber parliament (Senate and Mazhilis) 

• Supreme executive organ: Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• Currency: Kazakhstani tenge (KZT)
• ISO code: KAZ
• Web domain: .KZ

The Republic of Kazakhstan is a unitary state with the presidential system of government. Under the Constitution, Kazakhstan is a democratic, secular, legal and social state which recognizes the man, his life, rights and freedoms as the supreme values of the country.

Kazakhstan gained independence on December 16, 1991. Astana is the capital city of the country. Kazakh language is the official language of Kazakhstan. The Russian language has the status of the language of interethnic communication. The unit of currency used in Kazakhstan is tenge.

National symbols

In the Republic of Kazakhstan the state symbols are the State flag, the State Emblem and the National anthem.

About National Symbols of Kazakhstan.

Branches of government

The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the head of state, the highest official, who determines the main directions of domestic and foreign policy of the state and represents Kazakhstan both inside and outside the country. The President is a symbol and guarantor of the national unity and state power, inviolability of the Constitution, human and civil rights and freedoms.

The government exercises executive power, heads the system of executive bodies and manages their activities.

Legislative functions are performed by the Parliament, which consists of two Chambers – the Senate and the Mazhilis, acting on a permanent basis.

The Senate is formed by deputies representing, in accordance with the procedure established by the constitutional law, two people from each region, city of republican significance and the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Ten deputies of the Senate are appointed by the President of the Republic, five of whom are appointed on the proposal of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan.

The Mazhilis consists of ninety-eight deputies elected in accordance with the procedure established by the constitutional law under the mixed electoral system: according to the system of proportional representation in the territory of a single national electoral district, as well as in single-mandate territorial electoral districts.

Administrative and territorial structure

The administrative and territorial structure of the country includes 17 regions and 3 cities of republican significance.

The population of Kazakhstan is a little over 19 million people. 

With the territory of ​​2 million 724.9 thousand square kilometers, the country is ninth in the world in terms of area. In the north and west, the republic has shared borders with Russia: 7.591 km (the longest uninterrupted land border in the world), in the east with China: 1.783 km, in the south with Kyrgyzstan: 1.242 km, Uzbekistan: 2.351 km and Turkmenistan: 426 km. The total length of the land borders is 13.200 km.

Kazakhstan is the largest country in the world that does not have direct access to the World Ocean. Most of the country's territory is deserts - 44% and semi-deserts - 14%. Steppes occupy 26% of the area of ​​Kazakhstan, forests - 5.5%. There are 8.5 thousand rivers in the country. The northeastern part of the Caspian Sea is included in the republic borders. The Aral Sea is divided between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. There are 48 thousand large and small lakes in Kazakhstan. The largest of them are Balkhash, Zaysan and Alakol. The remoteness from the oceans determines the sharply continental climate of the country.

Economy

The mineral resources base of the country consists of more than 5 thousand deposits. The forecasted cost of the deposits is estimated at tens of trillions of dollars. The country is on the first position in the world in terms of explored reserves of zinc, wolframium and barytes, second position in silver, lead and chromite, third in copper and fluorite, fourth in molybdenum, and sixth in gold.

Also, Kazakhstan has significant oil and gas resources (ninth in the world in terms of explored oil reserves) concentrated in the western regions. Moreover, the country ranks eighth in coal reserves and second in uranium reserves.

Kazakhstan is one of the ten leading world exporters of grain and one of the leaders in flour export. Seventy percent of arable lands in the north are occupied by grain and industrial crops such as wheat, barley, millet. Rice, cotton and tobacco are grown in the south of the country. Kazakhstan is also famous for its gardens, vineyards and cucurbits. One of the leading areas of agriculture is animal-breeding.

The main export commodities are products of mining, fuel and energy, metallurgical and chemical industries, as well as the grain industry. The main trade partners of the country are Russia, China, European states and CIS.

For the purpose of the economy diversification, the industrial and innovative development program is being successfully implemented under which old enterprises are renovated and new enterprises are established.

Kazakhstan is implementing a large-scale project called “New Silk Road”, which is to revive the country's historical role of being the main connecting link of the continent and turn it into the largest business and transit hub in the region, i.e. sort of  bridge between Europe and Asia.

A large-scale social modernization of the country is underway. Thus, new schools, professional colleges and universities have been built; modern medical clinics and hospitals have been opened and the system of social support for the population has been improved.

Today, representatives of 130 ethnic groups live in the country. The Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, which is a consultative and advisory body for coordination of interethnic relations, successfully operates in the country. In Astana, Congresses of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions are held on a regular basis.

Politics

Being the Central Asia leader, the country makes a significant contribution to strengthening the stability of the region. The country has made a great progress in the world stage. This is proved by the chairmanship of Kazakhstan in the OSCE and holding of the Summit for this international organization in December 2010 in Astana. A significant initiative introduced by the country was the launch and development of the CICMA project, which is the Asian analogue of the OSCE. The productive activity of Kazakhstan as being the chairman of the leading organization of the Islamic world (OIC) received positive feedback. The country is also a recognized leader in the global anti-nuclear movement. 

Kazakhstan is a member of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Stable growth of all the economy sectors, international recognition and political stability have become the basis for the prosperity of Kazakhstani society. Kazakhstan is the country looking ahead, which at the same time preserves its cultural traditions and successfully implements its huge potential in today's accelerating world.

Science

The network of scientific organizations - enterprises that carry out research and development works - 414, of which 106 referred to the public sector, 94 referred to the higher vocational education sector -179 referred to the entrepreneurship sector and 35 to the non-profit sector.

22,456 people work in Kazakhstani science. 37% researchers have a scientific or academic degree, these are 1,743 are doctors of science, 3,945 are candidates of science, 2,460 PhD doctors and 96 doctors in the field. There are 34% of scientists are under 35 years old; 43% are from 35 to 54 years old; 23% are over 55 years old.

The Higher Scientific and Technical Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan had approved 7 priority areas for the science development for the 2024-2026:

• Ecology, environment and environmental management;
• Energy, Advanced Materials and Transportation;
• Advanced Manufacturing, Digital and Space Technologies;
• Intellectual capacity of the country;
• Life and Health Science;
• Sustainable agro-industrial complex development;
• National Security and Defense, Biosecurity.

Modern science takes into account the changes that have occurred in the society. One of these changes is that society has recently become informational. That leads to the modern science development trends, one of which is an increasing social and moral responsibility of scientists to the society.

First, on behalf of the Head of State, young scientists have been persistently supported. There have been 727 projects implemented as a result of competitive grant financing for the research of young scientists. Also, in each project funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the share of young scientists is at least 30%.

Second, to make strategically significant decisions in the field of Kazakhstani science development, the National Science and Technology Council under the President had been founded. The main task of the National Council is determining the priorities of the national science and technology policy, development mechanisms, expert assessment of the current state.

Third, in 2023, funding has begun for the creation of 4 technology parks and engineering hubs. By 2029, it is planned to open 7 specialized engineering centers and science and technology parks.

Fourth, a new Law “On Science and Technology Policy” has been developed. On November 23, 2023, the draft law was submitted to the Mazhilis of Parliament. The main objectives of the draft law are the science development and technology policy implementation to introduce the scientific achievements results to ensure the country's competitiveness, intersectoral coordination of scientific, scientific technical and innovative activities. The drat law is aimed at solving strategic, professional and social issues of scientific activity by overcoming legal gaps, creating conditions for the training of scientific personnel, introducing social security guarantees for the scientists, introducing corporate governance, etc.

Fifth, every year 500 Kazakhstani scientists undergo internships at the leading scientific centers in the world. In 2023, 809 scientists were awarded grants for scientific internships in leading centers around the world. The work in this direction has been continued.

Transport

Recently, the Republic of Kazakhstan has been actively developing in its transport system improvement, because transport is an important sector of the economy and politics in Kazakhstan. First, this is due to its favorable geographical location, vast territory of Kazakhstan, low population density, settlements disbursement and remoteness, and dynamics of globalization and integration processes. Kazakhstan stands ninth in the ranks by the country area in the world, and in such circumstances, transport becomes the only way to overcome large distances between the regions, this applies to both the transportation of goods and movement of the people. The new railway lines are appearing and roads are being reconstructed. The country has no access to the seas and oceans other than the Caspian Sea, and as a result, the bulk of all the transportation falls on the land transportation. All the transportation is represented in the country: road, rail, water and air transport.

Due to the geographical specifics, railway and road transport are actively used in the country. Those transportation modes are not only convenient, but also a budget option for ordinary passengers.

A domestic railway industry has had a history of more than a century. Over the period, it has sustained and is keeping up with the fulfillment of important tasks of the state for the implementation of passenger and cargo transportation not only within the country, but abroad. The length of railways in Kazakhstan exceeds 16 thousand km.

A total highway network length of the Republic of Kazakhstan is 96 thousand km. Today, all the regional cities of Kazakhstan have road connections with all the regional centers and settlements. The investment policy is aimed at modernization of the existing and construction of the new roads of international and local importance. Kazakhstan is implementing a large-scale project “New Silk Road”, which should revive the country’s role as a kind of bridge between Europe and Asia.

Automobile and urban electric transport is a transport category that includes all the transport by buses, trams, trolleybuses, other dry passenger transport, in particular, metro (in Almaty), freight road transport, as well as taxi services. This transport category services can be used in any city of Kazakhstan. Currently in the use of various taxi services, food delivery, and food products has been widely developed in Kazakhstan. Those service use their own mobile applications.

Air transport plays a major role in the transport system of Kazakhstan due to large geographical length of Kazakhstan.

In Kazakhstan there are 20 airports of republican and regional significance, of which 18 have served international transport. In total, during the years of independence, the reconstruction/construction of runways at 22 airports and the reconstruction/construction of passenger terminals at 16 airports were carried out. As part of the air transport infrastructure modernization, works are currently being carried out on 4 objects (the airports of Almaty, Shymkent, Kyzylorda, Kostanay cities).

The implementation of the above infrastructure projects will increase the capacity of passenger transportation, which in turn will provide the country's residents with a higher level of comfort. As of 22.02.2024, there have 50 Kazakhstani operators operated.

Since 2012, the domestic air transportation market has been totally liberalized, that is, any Kazakh airline can operate flights on any domestic routes in accordance with the existing demand without restrictions. There have been 99 aircrafts of five (5) airlines (Air Astana group of companies (FlyArystan), SCAT, Qazaq Air, Uzhnoyr Nebo and Zhetysu) that provide regular transportation of passengers.

There are 630 flights per week on 51 domestic routes. An “open sky” policy has been introduced since 2017 to develop international passenger air transportation and new international routes have been launched on an annual basis. Today, international flights are proceeded to 28 countries on 108 air routes by four (4) domestic and 26 foreign airlines.

In 2023, flights were opened and resumed on 23 routes to 13 countries with a frequency of 62 flights per week (Lahore, Muscat, Manama, Delhi, Sharm el-Sheikh, Beijing, Xi'an, Urumqi, Samarkand, Baku, Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Bishkek, Ankara, Hangzhou, Jeddah).

It is planned to open flights in 2024-2025 to Bukhara, Fergana, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Hainan, Sanya, Tokyo, Singapore, Riyadh, Larnaca, Brussels, Geneva, Vienna, Paris, Milan, Rome, New York. The Kazakhstan's flight safety standards compliance level is 82%. This is the highest figure among the CIS countries, higher than the world average (at 15%) and the European average (at 5%).

Water transport. The seaports of Aktau, Kuryk and Bautino are located in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea at the intersection of several international transport corridors.

The port infrastructure is a complex of terminal facilities with a throughput capacity of 21 million tons of cargo per year, consisting of:

• oil loading terminal with a design capacity of 7.5 million tons, providing transshipment of crude oil and petroleum products;
• grain terminals – 2 million tons, with simultaneous storage of up to 82.5 thousand tons of grain;
• dry cargo terminals – 3.5 million tons, intended for processing general, packaged and oversized cargo;
• universal terminal – 2 million tons;
• ferry complex - 6 million tons, capable of receiving road and rail ferries.

There are all types of access roads, technical equipment of the ports (gantry and mobile cranes, reloading equipment, etc.) allows loading and unloading of a wide range of dry, general, liquid, oversized (project) cargo, as well as roll-in/roll-out of wagon loads and freight vehicles funds. The operating seaports hours are year-round. The length of Kazakhstan's inland waterways open to navigation is more than 4,000 km. Currently, river navigation is carried out along the navigable sections with a total length of 2104 km in Irtysh (Irtysh River including Lake Zaysan, Bukhtarminskoye, Ust-Kamenogorskoye and Shulbinskoye reservoirs), Ural-Caspian (Ural River, Ural-Caspian Canal and Kigach River (Kazakhstan part of the branch of the Volga River) and Ili-Balkhash (Kapchagai reservoir and Lake Balkhash) basins, as well as along Ishim River within Astana city.

Customs restrictions

Kazakhstan is part of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This means that on the territory of our country the same rules for transporting various goods across the border apply as in other countries of the Customs Union.

Natural persons may import tobacco and tobacco products: 200 cigarettes, or 50 cigars, or 200 products with heated tobacco (“sticks”), or 250 grams of tobacco not exceeding the amount equivalent to 10,000 euros and weighing no more than 50 kg in accompanied and unaccompanied baggage by air into the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.

As of today, the threshold for duty-free import of goods for personal use delivered by carrier, road, rail, water transport or on foot has been extended until April 1, 2024. Thus, there is a permit for natural persons to import tobacco and tobacco products: 200 cigarettes, or 50 cigars, or 200 heated tobacco products (“sticks”), or 250 g of tobacco, not exceeding an amount equivalent to 1000 euros and weighing not more than 31 kg up to April 1, 2024, respectively.

It is also permitted to import alcoholic beverages with an alcohol concentration of more than 0.5%, imported in accompanied and unaccompanied baggage of no more than 3 liters per one natural person.

Today, there is restriction to export cash foreign currency and monetary instruments in foreign currency in the amount exceeding the equivalent of 10,000 US dollars, calculated at the rate of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan established on the date of export. Thus, there is a permit for each natural person to export cash in foreign currency not exceeding the equivalent of 10,000 US dollars.

Geographical position

The Republic of Kazakhstan occupies a very advantageous geographical position being in the central part of the Eurasian continent at an equal distance from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The country area is 2724.9 thousand km². The indicator is ninth in the world and fourth among the countries of Eurasia. 

The capital of Kazakhstan is Astana.

The key asset of the country is mineral resources. Thus, experts assure that the Kazakh Earth's interior contain almost all the periodic table elements.

Kazakhstan is distinguished by its landscape diversity. The natural attractions of Kazakhstan are as follows: northern ridge of the mountains, which is part of the famous Tien Shan; an area of the Altai mountain system and Saryarka also known as the Kazakh Upland.

Time zone

From March 1, 2024, the entire territory of Kazakhstan will be located in the 5th time zone (UTC+5).

Climate

The climate of Kazakhstan is sharply continental, i.e. with cold winters and hot summers. The weather can vary significantly in different regions of the country due to spatial features. When spring sowing is taking place in the far south of the country, snow can still lie or blizzards can rage in the north.

In winter, the average temperature in the north reaches -18.7 °C in January, while in the south it is -1.5 °C. Snowy winters are ideal for winter sporting activities in places like ski resorts. One of the most popular ski resorts is Shymbulak ski resort in Almaty.

In summer, the average temperature of the hottest month, July, in the north of the country is + 18.8 ° С, while in the south it goes up to + 28.8 ° С. During a hot summer, a favorite type of recreation for Kazakhstani citizens is beach holiday on the picturesque shores of seas and lakes as well as in various recreational centers.

Kazakhstan is a sunny country. Thus, in some regions the sun shines up to 330 days a year and the sky is almost always deep blue.

Population

The total population of Kazakhstan exceeds 20,000,000 people. 

The Republic of Kazakhstan today is a state with a multi—ethnic composition of the population. According to 2023, Kazakhs make up the majority of the population - 70.6%, the share of the Russian population – 15.1%, Uzbeks – 3.2%, Ukrainians – 1.9%, Uighurs – 1.5%, Germans – 1.1%, Tatars – 1.1%, Azerbaijanis - 0.7%, Koreans - 0.6% and other nationalities.

The largest number of Kazakhs is noted in Turkestan region – 1.5 million, the majority of Russians from their total number live in Almaty – 428 thousand, Uzbeks – in Turkestan region – 378 thousand people, Ukrainians – in Kostanay region – 86 thousand, of 297 thousand Uighurs, the majority live in Almaty region – 120 thousand people.

Republic of Kazakhstan Population Census

In Kazakhstan, national population census has been carried out in the time dedicated to the world census rounds. The post-war Kazakhstan population censuses as part of former USSR, had been held in 1959, 1970, 1979 and 1989. During the Republic of Kazakhstan Independence time, the population censuses had been conducted in 1999, 2009 and 2021 years.

In accordance with Law of Republic of Kazakhstan "On State Statistics" and Rules and timing of national censuses, approved by Decree of Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 11, 2010 No. 1049, as well as Decree of Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 19, 2019 No. 419 according to the Action Plan, it was decided to conduct the third regular national population census in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the period from September 1 to October 30, 2021.

It should be noted that census planned for conduct in 2020 on behalf of President of the Republic of Kazakhstan was scheduled from October 2020 to October 2021 due to the spread of coronavirus infection and restrictive quarantine measures being introduced in the country. At the same time, the online census has begun on September 1, 2021.

In online mode, with the help of a virtual assistant, the respondents, regardless of the location, independently have completed the census for themselves and their family members. The respondents who submitted information through the website were free from being interviewed by the interviewer. The online survey was available 24 hours a day from September 1 to October 15 , 2021.

At the same time, authorized users of e-Government Portal (e-Government) were provided with the opportunity to take an online population census without being registered on the website www.sanaq.gov.kz

In addition, it was possible to take online survey through “Aitu” mobile application in the population census section (Aitu sanaq.aitu.io).

The second traditional continuous round was conducted on October 1 to 30, 2021, using electronic census questionnaires on tablets by interviewers to increase the convenience and their mobility. Also, an individual identification number was included in the census form to avoid the duplication of information and update of information databases.

The population census data findings will reflect economic, demographic and social changes that occurred in the Republic of Kazakhstan during intracensal period in demographic and socio-economic development of population such as changes in the population structure in the country and in urban and rural area and by regional context in terms of sex and age, marital status, national composition, citizenship, religion, education level, language proficiency, household number and size, housing conditions and other qualitative and quantitative characteristics.

The publications, press releases and other statistical, analytical and informational materials that had been prepared based on the 1999 and 2009 census data are available on the website of the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan www.stat.gov.kz.

According to the 2021 preliminary census data, the population is 19,169,550 people, of which the number of men is 9,337,667 people or 48.71% , of women is 9,831,883 people or 51.29 %. The average population age is 31.94 years. In the context of age groups, out of the total population number, the children (0-17 years old) make up 6,511,171 people or 33.97 % ( including preschool age (0-5 years) - 2,422,081 or 12.64%), and the youth (14-28 years) - 3,779,601 people or 19.72%.

Referendum 2022

Republican referendum was held on June 5, 2022. President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had proposed to hold it on April 29, 2022 at the People of Kazakhstan Assembly session. On May 5, 2022, a decree was signed to hold a referendum.

A draft Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Amendments and Additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan” was put to a republican referendum with the following wording of the question in the ballot: “Whether you admit amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan set forth in the draft Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan” that was published in the media on May 6, 2022”.

The Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan has carried out Central Commission functions during the referendum.

According to the official voting results at the republican referendum on June 5, 2022, the total number of citizens who had the right to participate in the referendum amounted to 11,734,642 people, of which 7,985,769 people or 68.05% took part in the vote. At the same time, 6,163,516 citizens or 77.18% of those who took part in the voting voted “affirmative” to the question put at the referendum. The number of citizens who voted “negative” to the question was 1,490,470 people. There were 205,924 ballots declared invalid. In the 17 regions, cities of republican significance and capital city, the citizens who took part in the voting voted “affirmative” to the question.

The referendum on the question “Whether you admit amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, set out in the draft Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan” published in the media on May 6, 2022”, is deemed to be effected, as more than half of the citizens eligible to participate in the referendum took part in the voting.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Amendments and Additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan", that was raised at the republican referendum on June 5, 2022, is deemed accepted, as more than half of the citizens who took part in the voting voted “affirmative” in the amount of at least two-thirds of the regions, cities of republican significance and capital city.

Religion

Modern Kazakhstan is a secular state. Kazakhstan has always been a place of contact between major world confessions. Provision of stability in society, revival and development of religious traditions in Kazakhstan is the result of a balanced and coordinated state policy aimed at ensuring freedom of religion, preserving social harmony and stability in society.

Despite the large number of different religions on the territory of Kazakhstan, majority of population is divided into Muslims who practice Sunni Islam and Christians who practice Russian Orthodox Christianity.

Currency

The national currency of Kazakhstan is Kazakhstani tenge. The currency put into circulation on November 15, 1993. It is the day of the national currency introduction into circulation that was declared the National Currency Day. November 15^th is also a professional holiday for employees of the financial system of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

The national currency has its symbol (〒).

The most profitable currency conversion is in official exchange offices and banks. In Kazakhstan, credit cards are accepted almost everywhere. Recently, non-cash payments have become widespread in the country. In each city of the country, one can pay using popular applications and QR codes or wire transfer money. Cashless payment for any vehicle (air, taxi, urban transport) is also possible. Shopping, ordering food, paying bills, all those can be done online, one just needs to have a smartphone with an application installed to carry out financial transactions or have a card to be used with a portable POS terminal.

Network and communications

The telecommunications and communication sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan is represented by three areas: telecommunications, Internet and postal communications. Mobile operators are as follows:  Kcell and Аctiv, Beeline, Tele2 and Altel. There are about 20 communication operators in the telecommunications market providing long-distance and international telephone services, Internet access and satellite mobile communications. Also there are 3 mobile communication operators.

Today, nobody has any doubts that digital technologies are an integral part of our lives, which results in accelerating its pace and making life easier for humanity. Particular emphasis is made to the development of digital industry in Kazakhstan. To develop the industry, the “Digital Kazakhstan” state program was adopted, which comprises a set of programs aimed at improving the standard of living of each resident of the country through application of digital technologies and provision of the population with ubiquitous access to the Internet.

Currently, two major projects are implemented in the country to ensure further provision of high-speed Internet to rural localities. Upon implementation of the projects, all rural localities with population of 250 people and more will get access to the broadband Internet.

To date, the “electronic government” state program had been implemented in Kazakhstan. Thanks to development of information technologies, government agencies operation became more efficient, in particular when it comes to delivery of public services to the population and business entities.

Postal communication is one of the physical channels for provision of access to information and financial services to the population of rural areas. There are 3448 post offices on the territory of the country.

Digital family map

In Kazakhstan, on January 1, 2023, a digital family card (DFC) had been launched to proactively designate public support measures in operating mode.

The DFC is a service implemented on the information and analytical system "Smart Data Ukimet”, through which public bodies’ databases are available, which contain various information, such as income level, availability of movable and immovable property, family composition, availability of loans, etc.

Based on the available data, an analysis is carried out that allows assessing and monitoring the level of family well-being in terms of economic, social and housing conditions, health and education, and, in the event of a social risk, the DFC provides the opportunity to receive benefits or social benefits proactively.

Through the family card, the one can receive nine benefits and social payments types services:

• social benefits in the case of loss of income due to pregnancy and childbirth;
• social benefits in the case of loss of income in connection with the child care;
• social benefits in the case of unemployment;
• social benefits in the case of a breadwinner death;
• allowances to a parent (guardian) raising a child with a disability;
• disability benefits;
• allowances for large families;
• allowances for mothers of many children awarded with pendants "Kumis alka " or "Altyn alka";
• target social assistance.

Also, through the DFC, citizens are sent an automatic notification of the possibility of receiving pension payments.

Useful phone numbers

• Police: 102
• Single Duty-Dispatching Service under Emergencies Department: 112
• Fire Control Service: 101
• Ambulance: 103
• Gas Emergency Service: 104
• Psychological Aid Service: 150