Where in East Kazakhstan region do the most pensioners live?

The branch of the NAO "Government for Citizens" in the East Kazakhstan region has compiled a rating of the districts of the East Kazakhstan region by the number of pensioners living there. The statistics are based on updated data as of the beginning of February 2025.

According to the rating, the top 3 by population are the Altai, Glubokovsky districts and the city of Ridder. The largest number of pensioners live in the Altai district - 14,753 people. In second place is the city of Ridder - 11,245 people. The Glubokovsky district, with 11,159 pensioners, closes the top three with a slight lag.

The smallest number of pensioners is in the Markakol district - 1,385 people, as well as in the Katon-Karagay district - 1,967 and in the Ulken Naryn district - 2,225 people.

– Today, there are 140,106 pension recipients in VKO, – said Aizhan Agibaeva, Deputy Director for Social Security of the East Kazakhstan branch of the NAO. – Of these, 68,189 pensioners live in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk and 71,917 pensioners are residents of the districts.

According to official data, there are more than 2 million 400 thousand pensioners in Kazakhstan. The retirement age for men on a general basis in 2025 is 63 years, for women - 61 years. From 2028, based on the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the retirement age for women will increase every year by 6 months. Such an increase will occur until 2031 until the maximum threshold of 63 years is reached.

Citizens who lived in the radiation risk zones of the Semipalatinsk test site for at least 5 years between 1949 and 1963 have the right to retire earlier: men - at 50 years old, women - at 45 years old.

Let us remind you that in order to apply for pension payments, citizens of our country must contact the Public Service Center 10 days before reaching retirement age.