Kazakhstan's economic growth over 10 months reached 4.5%, the Ministry of Economy reported. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
Key indicators
According to preliminary data from the Bureau of National Statistics, Kazakhstan's real GDP growth for January-October 2026 reached 4.5%. This is 0.3 percentage points higher than the 9-month figure.
Economic growth was mainly driven by the non-resource sector. According to preliminary estimates, this sector grew by 5.6%.
Industry and manufacturing
Industrial production volume increased by 3.5%. At the same time, the growth rate of the manufacturing sector accelerated from 8.6% over nine months to 9.3% over ten months of the current year.
The highest growth rates in the manufacturing sector were observed in mechanical engineering (22.2%), pharmaceuticals (50.9%), production of finished metal products (30.4%), chemical industry (21.9%), production of rubber and plastic products (18.1%), food products (13%), and construction materials (5.4%).
Other sectors
Growth in construction amounted to 13.1%, in transport and warehousing – 7.5%, in trade – 6.2%, in agriculture – 5.2%, and in communications – 4.9%.