Inflation in the Republic of Kazakhstan

For the month (October 2021 to September 2021) prices for food products increased by 0,7%, non-food products – by 1%, paid services – by 0,5%.

percent, increase

	October 2021 to				January - October 2021 to January - October 2020
	September 2021	December 2020	October 2020	December 2015	January - October 2021 to January - October 2020
Goods and services	0,7	7,0	8,9	48,2	7,9
Foodstuffs	0,7	8,2	11,3	62,1	10,8
Non-grocery goods	1,0	6,8	7,8	50,1	6,6
Paid services for the population	0,5	5,6	6,9	30,1	5,3

The increase in prices was noted for eggs by 7.2%, fresh vegetables – by 5.5%, granulated sugar, poultry meat – by 1.4%, potatoes – by 1.2%, bread – 0.7%, pasteurized milk – 0.6%, kefir, pork, buckwheat – 0.5%, sausage, pasta, flour – 0.4%. The decrease in prices was recorded for fresh fruits by 1.5%.

The increase in prices for cars was 3.4%, household goods – 1.1%, clothing and footwear, pharmaceutical products – 0.4%. Summer diesel fuel has rising in price by 16.6%, liquefied gas in cylinders – by 6.4%, firewood – by 2.6%, coal – by 2%, petrol – by 0.9%.

The prices level for catering services, visits to the bathhouse increased by 1%, health care – by 0.5%, hairdressing and beauty salons – by 0.4%. Housing rent increased by 1.1%. Intercity travel the price of buses rose by 0.8%, in a taxi – by 0.6%, and prices for air passenger transport fell by 2.4%.

In the sphere of housing and communal services electricity tariffs increased by 1.1%, hot water – by 0.2%, and for central heating decreased by 0.4%.

The consumer price index, which characterizes the inflation rate, shows the change in prices for goods and services purchased by the population for personal consumption. The set of goods and services includes 508 positions. Price registration is carried out according to a selective network of trade and services enterprises of various ownership forms in all regional centers, the capital and a certain circle of cities and regional centers. The system of weights used for aggregation in terms of their expenses is calculated based on materials from household surveys for the previous year.

Since January 2021 during the construction of the CPI, the share of food products is 39,1%, non-food – 29,6%, paid services – 31,3%.

www.stat.gov.kz / The official statistic/ By industry/ Price Statistics

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