Kazakhstan’s economic performance showed significant improvement in the first half of 2025, with GDP growth reaching a near-record 6.3% year-on-year in the first seven months, according to the Government of Kazakhstan, as reported by Kazinform.
The real sector expanded by 8.3%, while the services sector grew by 5.2%.
Key growth drivers included:
- Transport: +22.5%
- Construction: +18.5%
- Trade: +8.6%
- Mining and quarrying: +8.5%
- Manufacturing: +6.1%
The government highlighted that attracting investment remains a top priority, as outlined in President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s Address to the Nation, “A Fair Kazakhstan: Law and Order, Economic Growth, Public Optimism.”
In the first seven months of 2025, fixed capital investment reached 9.9 trillion tenge, a 16.1% increase compared to 8.3 trillion tenge in the same period of 2024.
The largest share of investments went to mining and quarrying, real estate operations, transport and warehousing, education, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, healthcare, and social services.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
August 28, 2025