The short-term economic indicator in January-August 2022 was 103.7%

The short-term economic indicator in January-August 2022 was 103.7%

Economic sector

The short-term economic indicator in January-August 2022 compared with January-August 2021 was 103.7% 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.

 

 

January-August 2022

To January-August 2021г., in percent

Investments into fixed capital, billion tenge

8 182,6

105,7

Industrial production volume (goods and services),
billion tenge

32 127,2

102,5

Volume of gross agricultural, foresty and fisheries products (services), billion tenge

3 632,0

104,3

Volume of construction works, billion tenge

3 034,8

107,5

Cargo turnover by all types of transport, billion tkm

393,0

103,5

Volume of passenger turnover, billion p-km

72,1

116,3

The volume of communication services, billion tenge

708,1

106,6

Retail trade turnover, billion tenge

9 034,2

102,1

Volume of wholesale trade, billion tenge

20 309,7

106,6

Foreign trade turnover, million US dollars

74 283,7 (January-July 2022)

136,9

 

The number of registered legal entities as of September 1, 2022 was 500613 units and compared with the corresponding period of the previous year increased by 5.5%, including 491761 units with less than 100 employees. The number of operating entities was 378529 including 369881 small businesses (less than100 employees)

The consumer price index in August 2022 compared to December 2021 was 113.3%. The food prices have increased by 18%, non-food – by 11.9%, paid services – by 7.9%. Prices of industrial products in August 2022 compared to December 2021 has increased by 15.9%.

 

Social sector

Per capita nominal income of the population estimated in July 2022 was 146567 tenge (preliminary data) which is 119% higher compared to July 2021, the real monetary income in July 2022 decreased by 2.7%.

The number of unemployed people estimated in August 2022 was 451.2 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 August 2022 was 252.7 thousand people or 2.7% of the labor force

 

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