About income and expenditure differentiation of population in the Republic of Kazakhstan in II quarter of 2021

According to the results of a sample survey of households, the share of the population with incomes below the subsistence minimum (poverty level), in the II quarter of 2021 was 4.8%, that is by 0.9 percentage point lower than in the corresponding period of 2020 year.

The highest poverty level in the II quarter of 2021 was registered in Turkestan (10.5%), Akmola (6.6%) regions and Shymkent (5.6%) city, and the lowest level was in Nur-Sultan (1.9%).

Household expendituresby decile distribution show significant differentiation.Thus, in the II quarter of 2021, the difference in spending on food products between 10% of bottom (poorest) and 10% of top (wealthiest) population was 4.6 times, for non – food products – 8.6 times, and for paid services–5.8 times.

www.stat.gov.kz / The official statistic/ By industry/ Statistics of standard of living

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