Report
on the results of the socio-economic development of the city of Ridder for January- June 2025
The city of Ridder is one of the major industrial regions of the East Kazakhstan region. As of June 1, 2025, the population of the Ridder region was 50540, with 48803 people living in the city and 1737 people living in the village. By the beginning of 2025 (50874 people), the population had decreased by 334 people, or 0,7%, due to natural population decline (-178 people) and a negative migration balance (-156 people). As of July 1, 2025, there are 594 registered economic entities (enterprises, organizations, and institutions of all forms of ownership) in Rydder. Of the total number of economic entities, 572 (96,3%) are small, 20 (3,4%) are medium-sized, and 2 (0,3%) are large. According to the forms of ownership, there are 67 state-owned entities, 499 private entities, and 28 foreign entities.
The state of development of economic sectors is as follows:
Industry
In January-June 2025, the output of industrial products by enterprises in the city of Ridder amounted to 87395,5 million tenge, an increase of 5,3% or 4363,0 million tenge compared to the same period in 2024 (83032,5 million tenge). The physical volume index was 91,4%.
Since the beginning of 2025, the city-forming enterprise of the region, Kazzinc LLP, has been implementing 2 major projects:
Investment
The total volume of investments in fixed assets was 28783,6 million tenge, down 2867,5 million tenge or 9,1% compared to the same period in 2024 (31651,1 million tenge). The IFU was 88,7%.
Scope of construction work – 26639,9 million tenge, an increase of 8909,0 million tenge or 50,2% compared to (January-June) 2024 (17730,9 million tenge). The IFOR is 147,4%.
Housing commissioning it was 1370 m2, with a decrease of 15,2% or 245 m2 compared to the 2024 figure (1615 m2).
Agricultural industry
Volume of gross agricultural output – 1104,7 million tenge, which is 222,7 million tenge or 25,2% higher than the level at the beginning of 2024 (882,0 million tenge), and the entire volume is accounted for by the livestock industry. The physical volume index of agricultural products is 117,6%, including 117,6% in the livestock industry.
The number of cattle increased by 85 heads or 1,3% by 2024 (6638 heads) to 6723 heads; cows by 32 heads or 1,0% by 2024 (3119 heads) to 3151 heads; pigs by 13 heads or 0,9% by 2024 (1524 heads) to 1537 heads; The number of birds increased by 458 heads or 2,6% (17629 heads), amounting to 18087 heads. The number of goats and sheep increased by 436 heads or 17,3% by 2024 (2525 heads), reaching 2961 heads, and the number of horses increased by 304 heads or 9,9% by 2024 (3058 heads), reaching 3362 heads.
271,9 tons of livestock and poultry were slaughtered, or 100,2% of the same period in 2024 (271,4 tons), and 2258,0 tons of milk were produced, or 129,3% (1746,1 tons), and 871,4 thousand eggs were produced, or 104,3% (835,2 thousand eggs).
Entrepreneurship
The number of active small and medium-sized enterprises is 3215 which is 45 units or 1,4% lower than in the same period in 2024 (3260 units).
As of July 1, 2025 there are 390 active small businesses registered with the statistical office, which is 6 fewer than in 2024 (396 businesses), representing a decrease of 1,5%.
Trade and other services
The volume of retail trade turnover amounted to – 26191,8 million tenge, which is higher than the figure for the first half of 2024 (24152,2 million tenge) by 2039,6 million tenge or 8,4%. The IFU is 100,1%.
The share of small enterprises in the total retail trade is 17,5% (4593,7 million tenge), and that of individual entrepreneurs is 82,5% (21598,1 million tenge).
Fighting poverty
There are 63 families / 222 people registered as low-income and large-family citizens, which is 28 families and 136 people less than at the beginning of 2024 (91 families / 358 people).
According to social standards, the median income in June 2025 was 124485 tenge.
Budget
In January-June 2025 11318,1 million tenge was received by the budget of all levels, which is 123,7% of the same period in 2024. The increase in revenues was 2168,0 million tenge.
The forecast for the city budget's own revenues was fulfilled by 106,6%. With a plan of 5542,9 million tenge, the actual amount received was 5910,5 million tenge. Compared to the level at the beginning of 2024, revenues increased by 20,3% or 996,1 million tenge.
The expenditure part of the city budget was fulfilled by 96,2%, with a plan of 6583,39 million tenge, cash expenditures amounted to 6333,98 million tenge, and 249,41 million tenge was not spent (RB 178100,2 thousand tenge, OB 34000,0 thousand tenge, GB 37313,7 thousand tenge).
Labor indicators
The average monthly salary for January-June 2025 was 484238 tenge, which is 10,9% higher than in 2024 and is the highest among the regions of the East Kazakhstan Region (404799 tenge).
Education
The coverage of preschool education and training for children aged 3 to 6 is 99.9% (1891 children), and for children aged 2 to 6, it is 98,5% (2097 children).
As of June 30 2025, there were 321 children (aged 0 to 1 year) waiting to enter preschool institutions, including 166 children aged 2 to 5 years.
The surplus in preschool institutions is 500 places. Work is underway to fill vacant places in the DDU.
Morbidity of the population
No maternal deaths were recorded in January-June 2024-2025.
Since the beginning of 2025, there have been 3 cases of infant mortality, compared to 1 case in 2024. The infant mortality rate per 1000 live births since the beginning of 2025 is 13,9, compared to 4,0 in the same period in 2024, an increase of 3,5 times.
There were 8 cases of tuberculosis, which is higher than the level of the same period in 2024 (7 cases) by 1 case or 14,3%. The incidence of tuberculosis per 100000 population since the beginning of 2025 is 15,6, compared to 13,7 since the beginning of 2024, an increase of 13,9% and a decrease of 20,8% compared to the average incidence in the East Kazakhstan region (19,7). Deaths from tuberculosis since the beginning of 2025-1 person, for (January-June 2024)-0.
The number of registered cancer patients is 83, down 7 people or 7,8% from the comparable period in 2024 (90 people). The cancer incidence rate per 100000 population is 159,6, which is 4,2% lower than in 2024 (166,6) and 5,0% lower than the average rate for the East Kazakhstan region (168,0).
In January-June 2025, 215 children were born, which is 8 children or 3,6% less than in the same period in 2024 (223 children). The birth rate per 1000 population was 4,0 which is 2,4% lower than in 2024 (4,1).
The number of deaths since the beginning of 2025 (388 people) exceeds the number of births (215 children) by 173 people or 1,8 times, which indicates a natural decline in the population.
Public safety Since the beginning of 2025 242 crimes have been registered, an increase of 3 cases or 1,3% compared to the same period in 2024 (239 cases).
The overall detection rate for criminal offenses is 63,8%, which is 4,2 percentage points lower than the 2024 level (68,0%).
The crime rate per 10000 population was 95,7, an increase of 2,0% compared to the 2024 rate (93,8).
In 2024, 40 road traffic accidents occurred, which is lower than the level of 2023 (42 cases) by 2 cases or 4,8%, 54 people were injured, which is 8,0% more than in 2023 (50 people). 3 people died in 2024, which is at the level of 2023 (3 people).
Since the beginning of 2025 there have been 21 traffic accidents, which is 7 more than in 2024 (14 accidents) and 50,0% more. 26 people were injured, which is 23,8% more than in the same period in 2024 (21 people). 2 people died in the reporting period of 2025, which is the same as in the same period in 2024.