City of Astana 0.7 0.0

City of Astana
As of January 1, 2012
• City of Astana is located in the North Kazakhstan. As of
January 1, 2012 the area is 0.7 thousand square kilometers,
the region's population is 742.9 thousand people. Density of
population over the region per 1 km is 1.0 people.
• Resource base includes the reserves of excavation for
the road construction, sand and gravel mixture, break stone,
sand for the limestone brick production and etc. Industrial
production of the city is targeted at building materials, food
products and machine industry.
• Internal division: 3 districts (Almaty, Sary-Arka, Esil).
City of Astana is the capital of RK.
•The main socio-economic indicators of the region for 2011
are provided in the table.
Demography :
thousand people
Region’s population is growing. In 2000 it was 381
thousand people, at the beginning 2012 – 743 thousand
people:
800
697
700
600
493
500
381
502
511 529
550
574
603
605
743
649
440
400
Area, thousand square
kilometers
Density for 1 square
kilometer
0.7
0.0
Share in total RK area, %
1.0
6.1
Index level in RK
742.9
4.5
Share in total RK
population, %
398.6
4.5
Share in total RK EAP, %
375.4
344.5
23.2
4.5
6.2
4.9
Share in RK index, %
132612
90028
Index level in RK
78962
45435
Index level in RK
113.2
117.2
Level in RK
2298.3
8.4
108.9
107.4
177.4
1.1
Share in RK index, %
Agriculture total output
(services), billion Tenge
1.8
0.1
Share in RK index, %
Fixed asset investment,
billion Tenge
572.0
11.4
Share in RK index, %
Retail trade, billion Tenge
353.3
9.1
Population, thousand people
2011
Economically active
population
employed
hired labor
unemployed
Monthly average nominal
salary, Tenge
Nominal population income
(estimation), average per
capita a month, Tenge
Compared to previous year
in %
GRP, billion Tenge
CPI (end of period), by
December of previous year
in %
Volume of industrial product,
billion Tenge
Share in RK index, %
Share in RK index, %
Share in total RK GRP, %
Index level in RK
Share in total RK index, %
300
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1
Economically active population (EAP)
EAP of the region is increasing at a moderate pace and in 
2011 it reached 398.6 thousand people. 375.4 thousand
people are employed, 23.2 thousand people are
unemployed. Economically inactive population made up
149.4 thousand people, it is above the level in 2000:
The number of employed population increases and
unemployed population falls in both absolute and relative
terms. For 10 years, from 2001 to 2011, the employed
population has increased from 91 to 94%, while the number
of unemployed people has fallen from 9 to 6%.

Characteristic feature of the employed population dynamics
is the growth of hired labor and the reduction of selfemployed people. From 2001 to 2011 the number of hired
labor has increased from 83% to 92%, the number of selfemployed people has fallen from 17 to 8%. EAP structure
corresponds to the average in Kazakhstan:
Labor Force
Economically active population
Including:
Economic
Employed
ally
thousand
including:
inactive
people
Unemplo
populatio
yed
Hired
Selfn
labor
employed
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
79.6
136.1
141.8
129.7
143.4
150.0
157.1
138.0
144.5
156.3
149.4
196,4
239.5
261.0
290.7
293.0
302.8
314.7
355.2
371.5
390.7
398.6
18.3
20.8
22.0
24.1
24.1
24.3
23.9
23.5
24.4
24.0
23.2
178.1
218.7
239.0
266.6
269.0
278.5
290.8
331.7
347.2
366.7
375.4
147.4
199.6
224.6
245.5
247.2
254.7
266.1
297.5
313.0
336.8
344.5
30.7
19.1
14.4
21.0
21.8
23.8
24.7
34.1
34.2
29.9
30.9
EAP Structure in 2001
EAP Structure in 2011
6%
9%
Unemploye
d
Employed
94%
91%
Employed Population
Structure in 2001
Employed population structure
In 2011
8%
17%
Hired labor
83%
Selfemployed
92%
2
Unemployment Level

The changes of employed population structure
are supported by a strong tendency of
unemployment rate reduction from 12.5% in
2000 to 5.8% in 2011 and growth of the
economic activity of the population:
74.0
14.0
12.5
72.0
12.0
70.0
9.3
68.0
8.7 8.4 8.3
8.2
10.0
8.0
7.6
6.6 6.6
66.0
8.0
6.2 5.8
6.0
64.0
• In 2011 unemployment rate in Astana
was above the average in Kazakhstan –
5.4%:
Kazakhstan – 5.4
City of Almaty
Алматы
5.6
City of Astana
Астана
5.8
5.2
East Kazakhstan
Восточно-Казахстанская
5.4
Северо-Казахстанская
North Kazakhstan
5.2
Павлодарская
Pavlodar
5.7
Южно-Казахстанская
South Kazakhstan
5.8
Мангистауская
Mangistau
5.5
Кызылординская
Kyzylorda
5.4
Костанайская
Kostanay
4.0
62.0
60.0
69.9
71.2
63.8
64.8
69.1
67.1
72.0 72.0 71.4
72.7
66.9
66.7
58.0
2.0
0.0
Economic activity rate, %
Unemployment rate, %
5.3
Карагандинская
Karaganda
5.5
Жамбылская
Zhambyl
Западно-Казахстанская
West Kazakhstan
Атырауская
Atyrau
Алматинская
Almaty
Актюбинская
Aktobe
Акмолинская
Akmola
5.3
5
5.1
4.9
5.5
4
4.5
5
5.5
6
%
3
Quality of Life
Life expectancy at birth in the region is increasing and the
values are above the average in Kazakhstan:
number of years


Some of life quality indicators in 2011:
76.0
72.6
72.0
70.0
69.2 69.1 69.4
66.0
72.2
73.2 73.3
Child mortality for 1000 quick-born 11,08 14,84
71.1
70.5 70.8 70.7
68.0
66.0 65.8
65.5 65.8
66.2
65.9 66.2 66.3
67.1
Maternal mortality for 100,000
quick-born
68.3 68.4 69.0
64.0
62.0
46.7
44.5
40
37.5
33.9
30
31.6
18.2
20
10
0
7.7
12.7
6.3
4.5
3.5
3.6
5.5
3.2
12.1
3.8
8.2
3.9
6.5
3.4
5.3
1.7
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Astana City
RK

Monthly average in tenge
%
50
17,4
138,9 86,8
Birth rate for 1000 people
24,92 22,50
4,56
8,71
RK
Share of population with income used for consumption
below the poverty line is decreasing and it is below the
average in Kazakhstan in 2011:

20,9
Number of TB cases registered for
the first time, 100,000
Mortality for 1000 people
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Astana City
RK
City of Astana
73.8
74.0
Cost of living has been growing steadily since 2003,
and the values are above the average in RK:
20,000
18,630
18,000
16,000
14,409
14,000
11,521
12,000
10,000
7,343
8,000 7,115
8,152
6,000
4,000
6,457 6,785
9,546
7,618
8,410
15,082
16,289
16,072
13,487
12,660
12,364
9,653
2,000
0
2003
2004
2005 2006
Astana City
2007
2008
2009
RK
2010
2011
4
Enrollment
76.9
72.5 75.4
80
78.9 78.2 77.3 75.4 74.9
72.9 73.6
78.7
8.
7.
6.6
6.7 6.6 6.3
6.8 6.5
25000
5.9
6.
5.7
5.2
5.
%
60
40
58
20
64.3
70.9
75.9
82.7
88.4
91.6
90.7
88.2
4.
71.1
74.9
3.
11 378
2. 9 239
1.
0
13 758
13 118
12 151
10 240
20000
4.9
people
100
The number of children in regular preschools
has increased since 2001:

%
Enrollment share of the population aged 6-24 years has
increased since 2001, however, its values are below the
average in RK:

4.5 15000
14 327
14 642
10000
22 170
5000
18 973
.
0
20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
RK
Astana City
The number of students in technical and vocational
education is growing:
5.0
4.0
4.5
4.8
4.8 4.4
4.4 4.6
20,843
2.0
16,694
11,101
1.0
5.3
30,282
3.9
3.0
5.0 5.3
4.8
25,000
24,289
29,231
28,035
22,279
20,000
32,184
31,736
0.0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Astana City
Share in RK
15,000
10,000
The number of students in higher education has
been growing at a moderate pace:
8.0
35,000
30,000

%
6.0
people
%

7.0
5.4
6.0
5.0
4.7
4.0
3.024,323
2.0
5,000
1.0
0
0.0
Share in RK
4.8
4.9
4.7
5.9 6.1
6.6
7.4
6.4 6.6
40,000
39,298
45,408 41,740
34,836
41,831 43,778
32,260
50,000
people
Astana City
30,000
46,437 20,000
40,817
10,000
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Astana City
Share in RK
5
Population Income

Monthly average nominal salary per
employee in Astana for 2011 is 132,612
Tenge, that is above the country’s average –
90,028 Tenge:
0

50000
100000
150000
132612
120000
100000
tenge
Kazakhstan – 90,028
City of
г. Almaty
Алматы
121674
City ofг.Astana
Астана
132612
East Kazakhstan
Восточно-Казахстанская
73677
North Kazakhstan
Северо-Казахстанская
61712
Pavlodar
75338
Павлодарская
South Kazakhstan
67721
Южно-Казахстанская
Mangistau
Мангистауская
151041
Kyzylorda
Кызылординская
81518
Kostanay
Костанайская
67252
Karaganda
Карагандинская
77940
Zhambyl
Жамбылская
61825
West Kazakhstan
Западно-Казахстанская
87503
Atyrau
Атырауская
165975
67638
Almaty
Алматинская
Aktobe
Актюбинская
79878
64495
Akmola
Акмолинская
In the dynamics the average nominal salary per
employee and the average nominal income
per capita are ever-growing.
140000
200000
Tenge
The index of the nominal and real incomes
showed a decline during the crisis in 20082010. In 2010 the growth of nominal income
was less than the consumer price index, i.e.
revenue growth did not cover inflation:
79210
80000
60000
40000
20000
89631
63001
51001
110838
98864
61090
41921
38127
33002
32738
27658
26196
22717
20441
14252 16418
66737 69736
41238
48669
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
The average nominal salary per employee, tenge
The average nominal income per capita, tenge
140
%

124.5
130
120
128.2
119.0
116.6
110
110.6
106.6
107.1
106.5
125.5
116.5
116.7
113.4
106.0
108.7
100
90 106.3
127.6
125.0
119.4
115.2
108
110
109.2
105.6
106.9
119.8
110.7
115.4
104.5
101.2
97.4
108.9
106.5 108.2
80
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Consumer price index
The index of nominal income
The index of real income
6
Economy
• GRP growth in 2011 doesn’t exceed the average
growth of total GRP of all the regions of
Kazakhstan and makes up 117.9% compared to
2010, against the total value of RK - 126.4%:
2,500.0
10
9.4
9.4
9
8.8
8.1
8.0
8.1
2,000.0
8.1
6.6
6.3
1,500.0
7.6
2,091
6.1
8
7
6
5.19
5
1,292
1,774
1,373
1,134
1,000.0
957
712
500.0
469
0.0
135 204
4
3
2
1
231 302
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
GRP
Region's share in total GRP
region's share in total GRP (%)
bln. tenge
•
GRP of Astana and the city’s share in
total GRP of all the regions has increased
since 2000:
Growth of total GRP in RK – 126.4
г. Almaty
Алматы
City of
124.8
Астана
City ofг.Astana
117.9
Восточно-Казахстанская
East Kazakhstan
130.6
Северо-Казахстанская
North Kazakhstan
143.0
Павлодарская
Pavlodar
148.0
Южно-Казахстанская
South Kazakhstan
125.1
Мангистауская
Mangistau
117.9
Кызылординская
Kyzylorda
120.4
Костанайская
Kostanay
132.5
Карагандинская
Karaganda
128.0
Жамбылская
Zhambyl
Западно-Казахстанская
West Kazakhstan
Атырауская
Atyrau
Алматинская
Almaty
Актюбинская
Aktobe
Акмолинская
Akmola
142.1
126.2
121.2
124.9
125.9
138.1
0
50
100
150
200
% compared to previous year
7
Investment
bln. tenge
•
Fixed assets investment tends to a stable significant
growth, however, its values have decreased during the crisis
in 2009 and 2010:
700
4,5854654
4,211
600
500
200
0
4,000
2,825
2,421
300
596
59
1,704
1,328
943 1,100
90
103 138
221
3,000
572
275
355
6,000
5,000
3,392
400
100
5 010
424 454
368 397
13
11
9
9.90 9.49
9.33
10.38
Павлодарская
Pavlodar
%
144.3
167.0
134.7
112.0
Южно-Казахстанская
South Kazakhstan
104.0
Мангистауская
Mangistau
99.3
Кызылординская
Kyzylorda
RK
89.9
Костанайская
Kostanay
124.7
Карагандинская
Karaganda
119.9
Жамбылская
Zhambyl
72.6
Западно-Казахстанская
West Kazakhstan
73.0
Atyrau
Атырауская
12.55 12.51
11.35
104.3
Восточно-Казахстанская
East Kazakhstan
1,000
•
The share of fixed assets investment in the
Kazakhstan’s level of investment has increased from 9.9% in
2000 to 11.4% in 2011:
12.95
г.Алматы
City of Almaty
г.Астана
City of Astana
Северо-Казахстанская
North Kazakhstan
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
15
Growth in Kazakhstan in general – 107.7
2,000
0
Astana City
•
The growth of fixed assets investment in 2011
has greatly exceeded the total average level of RK
regions and made up 144.3% compared to previous
year against 107.7% in general in RK:
11.42
10.79
97.4
Almaty
Алматинская
121.6
Aktobe
Актюбинская
8.03
8.52
105.9
Akmola
Акмолинская
114.9
0
7
50
100
150
200
% compared to previous year
5
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
8
Agriculture
The volume of production in agriculture was
increasing until 2005, decreased significantly in
2006 from 4.8 to 0.7 billion Tenge. In 2011 the
value was 1.3 billion Tenge:
bln. tenge

6
1,641.4
1,404.5
5
1,800
1,600
1,442.6
1,400
1,089.4
4
3
615.4
557.4
533.6
2
1,200
1,000
4.8 825.6
763.8
698.9
800
600
3.4
402.0
0.7
1.1
City of г.
Almaty
Алматы
0.1
City of Astana
г. Астана
East Kazakhstan
Восточно-Казахстанская
North Kazakhstan
Северо-Казахстанская
0.1
10.6
11.6
Pavlodar
Павлодарская
4.2
South Kazakhstan
Южно-Казахстанская
11.4
Mangistau
Мангистауская
0.3
Kyzylorda
Кызылординская
3.1
Kostanay
Костанайская
14.8
Karaganda
Карагандинская
400
2.4
1
• The share of the region’s volume of
production
in
agriculture
in
total
Kazakhstan’s
volume
of
industry’s
production. In 2010 0.1%
of country’s
agricultural production was manufactured in the
region:
0.7
0.9
1.5
1.5
1.3
0
200
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
5.8
Zhambyl
Жамбылская
4.7
West Kazakhstan
Западно-Казахстанская
3.7
Atyrau
Атырауская
1.3
Almaty
Алматинская
15.1
Aktobe
Актюбинская
Astana City
RK
5.7
Akmola
Акмолинская
7.5
0
5
10
15
20
% of total
9
Real Sector
The growth of industrial production volumes was observed
throughout the study period, excluding crisis years 2008-2009,
when manufacturing volumes showed the decrease:
bl. tenge

200
177.4
150
119.5
100
109.6
78.6
50
18.4
24.7 28.3
33.9
51.3
40
25
26
21
32
0
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Mining industry output
Manufacturing output
Electricity, gas and water production and distribution
Industrial production
billion Tenge
• The share of industrial production in the Kazakhstan’s level has
increased slightly since 2000:
5.0
3.8
4.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
3.9
1.0
1.2 1.2
2.1
1.2
2.6
1.3
0.0
2.6
1.1
1.2
3.1
3.1
2.6
3.5
3.0
1.5
Mln
Teng
e
Share in
RK level
2010
Share
in
GRP
Construction
256 623
13.2
14.5
Production of other non-metal
mineral products
27 132
13.4
1.5
3.1
1.5
1.9
1.0
14 942
4.0
0.8
13 177
0.8
0.7
12 974
13.6
0.7
Production of rubber and plastic
goods
8 013
10.0
0.5
Other industries
1 965
6.5
0.1
Agriculture
1 347
0.1
0.1
85
89
15
11
111.3 145
77
103
60.2
98.8
•
Real sector industries with the highest values of
production in 2010 are construction, production of other
non-metal mineral products, production and distribution of
electricity, machine industry, production of finished metal
products, production of rubber and plastic goods. These
industries have the significant share in the total production
volume of RK and region’s GRP:
1.1
0.0
3.1
3.0
2.2
1.1
0.9 1.1
0.0
0.0
Production and distribution of
26 466
electricity, gas and water
Production of food products,
17 769
beverages and tobacco
Machine industry
Metallurgic industry and
production of finished metal
products
Production of finished metal
products other than machine
and equipment
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
10
Sector Enterprises
500
300
200
4
4
3
400
521
4
3
3
5
4
4
3
415 380 385 416
542 576 542 507 501
497
• The number of construction companies was
increasing up to 2008, thereafter it fell down during the
economic crisis:
1,400
20
17
1,000
800
2
600
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Astana City
13
200
0
15
15
13
12
12
1,186
400
1
100
17
1,200
3
%
4
units
600
4
4
%
700
501
662
823
950
15
12
10
1,278
1,010 944
782
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Share in RK
Astana City
5
0
Share in RK
• The number of working agricultural enterprises has decreased from the
maximum of 2003 (81) to 29 in 2011:
90
1.7
80
2.
1.8
%
units
units
• The number of industrial enterprises decreased from 2000
to 2008. The last decrease was observed during the crisis since
2008:
1.8
1.4
70
1.4
60
1.0
50
0
.8
0.6
30
10
1.2
1.
40
20
1.6
0.3
0.2
10
30
78
81
64
0.1
51
5
0.1
5
0.1
0.1
7
7
22
0.5
.6
.4
29
.2
.
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Astana City
Share in RK
11
Small and Medium Business
• SME share of the region's GRP is growing
at a moderate pace and it is above the
average level in RK:
%
• The number of registered legal entities as
of October 1, 2012 is 35 798. The SME number is
35 558. The structure of the enterprises number
is close to the RK average level:
Astana City
RK
2%1%
4% 1%
70
60
50
40
30.4
31.6
33.4
27.6
30
Small
20
Medium
18.9
19.7
10
Large
97%
20.3
95%
-
25.0
20.8
28.2
49.9
58.2
43.8
46.9
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Astana City
RK
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Interbudgetary Relations
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Budget revenues of the city of Astana in 2011 amounted to 340.4 trillion Tenge,
including 244.7 trillion Tenge of transfers from the national budget. Expenses
amounted to 337 trillion Tenge, including to 2.8 trillion Tenge of transfers to the
national budget. Thus, the region is subventional:
Name
Million Tenge
Cash
execution
Revenues
including income transfers
Expenses
including transfers
Budget deficit (surplus)
340 367.3
244 679.2
336 946.4
2 808.2
3 420.9
400000
Million Tenge
300000
250000
29020
-368
2001
31748
32675
-927
2002
42121
40078
2043
6000
2003
66037
68766
-2729
4000
3421
2004
77468
83821
-6353
2000
2005
128164
127348
816
0
2006
194015
198490
-4476
-2000
2007
260254
268778
-8524
-4000
2008
282201
276947
5254
-6000
2009
280471
285479
-5009
-8000
2010
340367
336946
3421
-10000
2011
28652
29020
-368
816
200000
-927
-2729
150000
-4475.7
100000
-5008.8
-6353
50000
-8523.9
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Revenues
Expenses and credits
Deficit (-),
surplus (+)
28652
2043
-368
Costs and
financing
2000
5253.6
350000
Receivables
Deficit (-), surplus (+)
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Development Program for Astana City for 2011-2015
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GRP shall be 1775,9 billion Tenge in 2015;
An increase of GRP in real terms by29% in 2015, compared to 2009;
The inflation rate in 2011-2015 shall be held at 6 - 8% per year (2009 - 6.5%);
An increase of the labor productivity in the manufacturing industry by 1.7 times in 2015 compared to
2009
An increase of GVA of the light industry to 366.4 million Tenge in 2015
An increase of the labor productivity in the light industry up to 5 million Tenge per person employed in
the industry;
An increase of GVA of the machine industry to 14,700 million Tenge;
An increase of GVA of the metallurgical industry to 12,148.1 million Tenge;
An increase of the labor productivity of steel industry to 40.7 million Tenge;
An increase of the export of steel products by 2015 by 2 times;
An increase of GVA of the construction industry by 2015 to no less than 133.7%;
An increase of the labor productivity in the production of construction materials in 2015 to 65.5
thousand U.S. dollars;
The proportion of the local content in the procurement of government agencies and organizations,
strategic companies – for procurement of goods to 62%;
Industrial output in the industrial park shall be 4,0 billion Tenge;
Labor productivity in the agricultural sector shall be 1141.0 thousand Tenge;
The share of SMEs in GRP in 2015 shall be 35.3%;
Reduction of the operating costs of registering and doing business by 2011 to 30%, by 2015 - 30%;
Coverage of preschool education in 2015 shall reach 69%;
Life expectancy of the population shall be 76 years;
Total mortality per 1000 population shall be 4.35%;
The unemployment rate in 2015 shall be 5.5%;
The share of the population with income below the minimum cost of living shall be 3.2%;
Energy intensity of GRP shall decrease to 11%;
100% provision with information about the land and subjects of land property relations on requests;
Index of air pollution in 2015 shall be 6.0 units. (2009 - 4.67 units.)
Pollution index of surface water in 2015 will be 2.09 units. (2009 - 2.14 units).
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