The short-term economic indicator in January-June 2021 was 102.9%

Economic sector

The short-term economic indicator in January-June 2021compared with January-June2020 was 102.9%Calculation of the short-term economic indicator is implemented to ensure efficiency and is based on the change in output indexes for basic sectors: agriculture, industry, construction, trade, transport and communications, constituting over 60% of GDP.

The volume of investment in fixed assets in January-June 2021was5247.9billion tenge, which is 1.8% less than in January-June 2020

Industrial output in January-June 2021 was 17080.8 billion tenge, which is 1.5% more than in January-June 2020. The decrease was recorded in the mining and quarrying (by 3%). Mean while, there is an increase in the in the manufacturing industry (by 5.6%), electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air-conditioned (by 5.5%), water supply, collection, processing and disposal of waste, industrial pollution elimination activities (by 7.9%).

The volume of gross output (services) of agricultural, foresty and fisheries in January-June 2021was15166billion tenge, which is 3.2% more than in January-June 2020

The volume of the construction works (services) in January-June 2021 was 1824.8 billion tenge, which is 11.9% more than in January-June 2020.

In «Transport and warehousing» sector the volume index in January-June 2021 was 95.1%.

The volume of freight turnover in January-June 2021 amounted to 2773billion ton-kilometers (given the estimation of the volume of turnover of individual entrepreneurs in volved in commercial transportation), which increased by 0.3% in January-June 2020. The volume of passenger turnover was 43.1billion passenger-kilometers and decreased by 44.3%.

In «Communication» sector the volume index in January-June 2021 was 112.2%.

In «Trade» sector the volume index in January-June 2021 was 108.5%.

The volume of retail trade in January-June 2021 was 5345.4 billion tenge or 107.6% as compared to January-June 2020 (in the comparable prices).

The volume of wholesale trade in January-June2021 was 11746.5billion tenge or 108.9% as compared to January-June 2020 (in the comparable prices).

The foreign tradeturnover of Kazakhstan in January-May 2021was364094million US dollarsandcompared to January-May 2020 it increased by0.9% (in nominal terms), including export – 21691.3 millionUS dollars (5.5% less, in nominal terms), imports – 14718.1 millionUS dollars(12.1% more, in nominal terms).

The number of registered legal entities as of July 1, 2021 was 469927 units and compared with the corresponding period of the previous year increased by 3.8%, including 461279 units with less than 100 employees. The number of operating entities was 341927, including 333503 small businesses (less than100 employees)

The consumer price index in June 2021 compared to December 2020 was 104.6%. The food prices have increased by 6.6%, non-food – by 3.9%, paid services – by 2.8%. Prices of industrial products in June 2021 compared to December 2020 has increased by 28.4%.

Social sector

Per capita nominal income of the population estimated in May 2021 was 121001 tenge (preliminary data) which is 8.4% higher compared to May 2020, the real monetary income in May 2021 increased by 1.1%.

Average monthly nominal wages accrued to employees (estimated) in June 2021 was 242542 tenge

The number of unemployed people determined by the ILO methodology for the I quarter of 2021 amounted to 451.3 thousand people.The unemployment rate was 4.9% of the labor force. Number of persons registered with employment offices as unemployed at the end of June 2021 was 223.5thousand people or 2.4% of the labor force

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