Category: Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan to reduce special tax regimes
Deputy Prime Minister – National Economy Minister Serik Zhumangarin announced special tax regimes will be improved in Kazakhstan, Kazinform News Agency reports. One of the most debated issues of the draft Code is special tax regimes. The number of special tax regimes will be reduced from the current seven to three, he told the Majiis session. […]
Read moreKazakhstan reports more unemployed than Russia
Kazakhstan has become the only country in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) where the number of unemployed people has increased over the year, according to data from the Eurasian Economic Commission. As of the end of February, more than 333,000 unemployed people were officially registered in Kazakhstan. This represents 3.5% of the total workforce in […]
Read moreRemote workers increased by 19% in Kazakhstan
The number of remote workers in Kazakhstan has increased by almost 19% compared to last year, El.kz reports citing ranking.kz. According to data for the fourth quarter of 2024, 46.7 thousand people work remotely in the country. A year earlier, the growth was only 5.4%, which indicates a gradual increase in interest in the remote […]
Read moreForeign workers in Kazakhstan: current statistics and employment sectors
569 individuals fall into the first category, holding managerial positions According to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as of March 1, 2025, 13,584 foreign citizens are officially employed in Kazakhstan. Most of them are employed in construction, industry, and agriculture, Kazinform News Agency reports, citing […]
Read moreSouth of Kazakhstan is leader in share of population with incomes below subsistence level
South of Kazakhstan is the leader in the share of population with incomes below the subsistence level. “The highest wages are observed in the Western macroregion (Atyrau, Mangistau regions), in the Central-Eastern macroregion (Ulytau), as well as in the large agglomerations of Astana and Almaty. At the same time, in the Southern and Northern macroregions, […]
Read moreKazakhstan’s regional policy under scrutiny: Income gaps and protest risks
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of National Economy has published plans for implementing the country’s regional policy concept for 2025-2030 on the Legalacts.egov.kz portal. The concept highlights significant economic disparities between regions, ongoing migration from rural areas to cities and the potential risk of mass protests. Below is a summary of key points from the document. The economy […]
Read moreKazakhstan Boosts Vocational Training as Demand for Blue-Collar Workers Surges
Kazakhstan is experiencing a growing demand for blue-collar workers, particularly in the construction, agriculture, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors, according to Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection Askar Biakhmetov. In 2024, a total of 979,000 job seekers found employment in Kazakhstan, including 714,000 individuals who secured permanent jobs, Biakhmetov stated. Kazakhstan’s Labor Market Development Concept […]
Read moreUnemployment rate amounted to 4.6% in Kazakhstan in Q4 2024
According to the results of Q4 2024, the number of unemployed in the country reached 448.3 thousand people (4.6%), the share of youth amounted to 6.6%, reads the report. “The unemployment rate (according to the methodology of the International Labor Organization) amounted to 4.6%. The number of unemployed (according to the methodology of the ILO) […]
Read moreOver 7mln people employed as wage workers in Kazakhstan
In the fourth quarter of 2024, nearly 9,2 million people were employed in Kazakhstan’s economy, which corresponds to a 65% employment rate among the population aged 15 and older, Kazinform News Agency cites the Bureau of National Statistics. “In the fourth quarter of 2024, 9,197,000 people were employed across various sectors of the country’s economy, […]
Read moreNealy 9,000 resettled to Kazakhstan’s labor-deficient regions in 2024
In 2024, 8,950 people, including 3,000 ethnic Kazakhs and 5,950 re-settlers, were relocated from labor-surplus to labor-deficient regions under voluntary resettlement aimed at increasing labor mobility, Kazinform News Agency has learnt from the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The ministry said in a statement that state […]
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