The results of the socio-economic development of the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk in the 12 months of 2024

1. Industry

The volume of industrial production amounted to 2,117 billion tenge, IFO – 102.3%.

2. Manufacturing industry

The volume of the manufacturing industry amounted to 1,999.2 billion tenge, IFO – 102.4%.

3. Agriculture

The volume of gross agricultural output amounted to 26.7 billion tenge, IFO – 105.1%.

4. Investments

The volume of investments in fixed assets amounted to 348.9 billion tenge, IFO – 106.6%. Private investments amounted to 282 billion tenge, IFO – 113.2%. The largest volume of investments was invested in real estate transactions – 41.5% (145 billion tenge), industry – 27.1% (94.6 billion tenge), transport and warehousing - 9.2% (32.3 billion tenge).

5. Construction

The volume of construction work amounted to 166.9 billion tenge, IFO – 103.1%.

6. Housing commissioning

The volume of housing commissioning amounted to 309 thousand square meters, the growth rate was 111.3%. 23 multi-storey residential buildings were built with 2,074 apartments and 308 individual residential buildings.

7. Trading

The volume of retail trade amounted to 1,054.7 billion tenge, IFO – 102.4%. Small enterprises account for 86.9% (917 billion tenge) of the total turnover, medium-sized enterprises account for 5.5% (57.5 billion tenge), and large enterprises account for 7.6% (80.2 billion tenge).

8. Small business

The number of operating small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) amounted to 37,086 units, with a growth rate of 101.5%.

9. Budget

As of January 1, 2025, the state budget received 230.5 billion tenge (growth rate of 61.4% and 52.5% of the forecast), and the local budget received 158.5 billion tenge (growth rate of 124.4% and 101.7% of the forecast).

The city budget received 75.7 billion tenge, the growth rate is 121.9% and 100.3% of the forecast. Expenditures of the city budget amounted to 126.3 billion tenge, the percentage of development was 99.5%.

The social sphere

Social protection. 1,384 people were sent to public works, 206 people were sent to youth practice, 151 people were sent to social jobs, 13,229 jobs were created, including 9,690 permanent jobs.

The number of unemployed was 4,665, with an increase of 2,011 by 2023.

State targeted social assistance was paid – 174.3 million tenge for 1,812 people, housing assistance – 3.0 million tenge for 111 people.

The average monthly nominal salary for January-September 2024 amounted to 384.9 thousand tenge, the growth rate was 115.1%.

Education. There are 104 preschool organizations with a contingent of 15.6 thousand children. The coverage of children with preschool education aged 2 to 6 years is 99.9%, and from 3 to 6 years – 100%. There are 1,462 children aged 2-3 years on the waiting list for preschool institutions.

Since the beginning of 2024, an additional 607 places have been opened in 9 kindergartens.

Healthcare. The incidence of tuberculosis was 42 per 100,000 population, increased by 4%, the mortality rate from tuberculosis was 1.9 per 100,000 population with an increase of 1.7 times, the incidence of malignant neoplasms decreased by 7.3%, the mortality rate from malignant neoplasms decreased by 3.5%. Infant mortality decreased by 40.8% and amounted to 4.5 cases per 1,000 live births. 1 case of maternal mortality was recorded.

Law and order. The number of crimes committed in public places decreased by 4.5% (from 732 to 699), those committed on the streets by 8.7% (from 378 to 345), those committed by early offenders by 16.7% (from 815 to 679), and those committed by minors by 36.2% (from 47 to 30).