The short-term economic indicator in January-November 2022 was 103.2%

Economic sector

The short-term economic indicator in January-November2022 compared with January-November 2021 was 103.2%. 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 number of registered legal entities as of December 1, 2022 was 506360 units and compared with the corresponding period of the previous year increased by 5.1%, including 497444 units with less than 100 employees. The number of operating entities was 392347 including 383622 small businesses (less than100 employees).

The consumer price index in November 2022 compared to December 2021 was 118.9%. The food prices have increased by 23.4%, non-food – by 17.8%, paid services – by 13.5%. Prices of industrial products in October 2022 compared to December 2021 has increased by 9.2%.

Social sector

Per capita nominal income of the population estimated in October 2022 was 149951 tenge (preliminary data) which is 4.9% higher compared to October 2021, the real monetary income in October 2022 decreased by 11.7%.

The number of unemployed people estimated in November 2022 was 451.5 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 November 2022 was 221.9 thousand people or 2.4% of the labor force.