Report on the results of the socio-economic development of the city of Ridder in January-March 2025
Ridder city is one of the major industrial regions of the East Kazakhstan region.
As of April 1 2025, 590 business entities (enterprises, organizations and institutions of all forms of ownership) were registered on the statistical register in Ridder. Of the total number of business entities, 567 (96.1%) are small, 21 (3.6%) are medium–sized, and 2 (0.3%) are large. According to the forms of ownership from the general list: 67 - state, 495 - private, 28 - foreign.
The state of development of economic sectors is as follows:
Industry
In January-March 2025, the commercial output of industrial products of Ridder city enterprises amounted to 43711.8 million tenge, an increase of 10.4% or 7794.5 million tenge compared to the same period in 2024 (39602.5 million tenge).
In the manufacturing industry, the production of marketable products amounted to 40403.0 million tenge, having increased by 10.2% or 3747.9 million tenge compared to the level of 2024 (36655.1 million tenge).
Since the beginning of 2025, Kazzinc LLP, the city-forming enterprise of the region, has been implementing a major project:
- reconstruction of the processing plant of the Ridder mining and processing complex of Kazzink LLP.
Investment
The total volume of investments in fixed assets is 15366.8 million tenge.
Private investments amounted to 5604.9 million tenge or 36.5% of the total investment.
The volume of construction works is 11298.3 million tenge, with an increase by 2024 (8475.6 million tenge) by 2822.7 million tenge or 33.3%.
The volume of construction works in the amount of 99.7% (11263.2 million tenge) was carried out by private entities and 0.3% (35.1 million tenge) by state-owned entities.
Housing commissioning amounted to 491 m2.
Agricultural industry
The volume of gross agricultural output is 376.9 million tenge, which is 69.2 million tenge or 22.5% higher than in 2024 (307.7 million tenge), the entire volume falls on the livestock industry.
101.2 tons or 101.0% of the 2024 level (100.2 tons) were sold for slaughter of livestock and poultry, 777.5 tons or 123.7% (628.4 tons) of milk were produced, 231.7 thousand eggs or 100.0% (231.7 thousand eggs).
The number of cattle increased by 315 heads or by 4.9% by 2024 (6466 heads), amounting to 6781 heads; including cows by 44 heads or by 1.4% (3112 heads), amounting to 3156 heads; the number of sheep and goats - by 568 heads or by 23.3% (2434 heads), amounting to 3002 heads; horses - by 305 heads or by 10.3% (2962 heads), amounting to 3267 heads; birds - by 71 heads or by 0.6% (12639 heads), amounting to 12710 heads. The number of pigs decreased by 102 heads or 5.7% (1786 heads), amounting to 1684 heads.
Entrepreneurship
The number of operating small and medium–sized businesses is 3274 units, which is 94.5% of the number of registered entities (3466 units).
As of April 1 2025, there are 389 operating small businesses on statistical records.
The share of operating enterprises from registered ones (451 enterprises) is 86.3%.
Trade and other services
The volume of retail turnover is 11855.7 million tenge, which is higher than in 2024 (10953.3 million tenge) by 902.4 million tenge or 8.2%.
The share of small enterprises in the total retail trade is 18.8%, individual entrepreneurs – 81.2%. In the structure of trade, food products accounted for 27.2%, non–food products – 72.8%.
The volume of wholesale trade is 2527.0 million tenge, with an increase of 5.8 times compared to the same period in 2024 (432.4 million tenge).
The share of small enterprises in the total volume of wholesale trade is 68.7%, medium–sized enterprises – 31.3%.
In the structure of trade, food products account for 51.3%, non–food products – 48.7%.
The labor market
As of April 1 2025:
- 505 unemployed people are registered;
- employed 325 people;
- the employment rate of the total number of applicants is 46.8%;
- 363 new jobs have been created;
- 17 social workplaces have been organized;
- 129 unemployed people were attracted to participate in public works;
- there are 409 open vacancies.
The fight against poverty
52 families / 185 people are registered as low-income, which is less by 21 families per 400 people than since the beginning of 2024 (73 families /225 people).The median income, in accordance with social standards, in March 2025 amounted to 40098 tenge.
35055.7 thousand tenge was paid as social support measures at the expense of budgetary funds during the reporting period.
Budget
The budget of all levels received 6477.5 million tenge, which is 143.8% compared to the level of 2024. Revenue growth by 1971.4 million tenge.
The forecast of the city budget's own revenues was fulfilled by 154.2%. With the plan of 2203.9 million tenge, 3398.4 million tenge was actually received. By 2024, revenues increased by 38.5% or by 944.2 million tenge.
The expenditure part of the city budget was fulfilled by 100.0%, with a plan of 2659,303 million tenge, cash expenses amounted to 2658,911 million tenge, 392.2 thousand tenge was not disbursed.
Labor indicators
The average monthly salary for January-December 2024 amounted to 464430 tenge, which is 12.8% higher than in 2023 and is the first in size among the regions of the East Kazakhstan region (East Kazakhstan region – 378485 tenge).
Education
Preschool education coverage for children aged 3 to 6 years is 100.0% (1567 children), and 99.4% (2137 children) for those aged 2 to 6 years. As of March 31 2025, the waiting list for preschool institutions was 431 children (from 0 to 3 years old), including 100 children aged 2 to 3 years.
The surplus in preschool institutions is 500 places. Work is underway to fill the vacant places in the DDU.
The fight against poverty
There are no cases of maternal mortality in January-March 2024-2025.
Since the beginning of 2025, 1 child under the age of 1 has died (January-March 2024 – 0). Infant mortality rate 8.7.
3 cases of tuberculosis were registered, which is lower than the level of 2024 (5 cases) by 2 cases or by 40.0%. The incidence rate of tuberculosis per 100,000 population since the beginning of 2025 is 5.8, since the beginning of 2024 9.7, a decrease of 40.2% and 36.3% compared to the average in East Kazakhstan region (9.1).
Since the beginning of 2025, 1 person has died of tuberculosis (January-March 2024 – 0). The mortality rate from tuberculosis is 1.9.
The number of registered cancer patients is 48 people. The rate of cancer incidence per 100 thousand of the population is 90.6.
9 people died from cancer. The rate of cancer mortality per 100,000 population since the beginning of 2025 is 9.4.
Public safety
Since the beginning of 2025, 113 crimes have been registered, with a decrease of 3 facts or 2.6% compared to the same period in 2024 (116 cases).
The overall detection rate of criminal offenses is 67.6%, which is 12.6 percentage points lower than in 2024 (80.2%).
The crime rate per 10,000 population was 89.9, with a decrease of 1.3% compared to 2024 (91.1%).
Since the beginning of 2025, there have been 7 road accidents, which is 2 cases or 22.2% lower than the level since the beginning of 2024 (9 cases). 12 people were injured, which is 2 people or 14.3% less than since the beginning of 2024 (14 people). There are no deaths during the reporting period of 2024-2025.
There were 18 fires in the Ridder region, with an increase of 3 cases or 20.0% (January-March 2024 - 15 cases). 1 person died in a fire, with 2 deaths since the beginning of 2024.
20 natural and man-made emergencies were recorded (January-March 2024 - 21 cases).