West Kazakhstan Region
• Region is located in the east of the country. As of January
1, 2012 the area is 151.3 thousand square kilometers, the
region's population is 612.6 thousand people. Density of
population over the region per 1 km is 4.0 people.
• Resource base includes rich reserves of gas and gas
condensate, oil, borate ores, oil shares, potassium and
magnesium salts, lime rock, cement materials, chalk-stone,
expanded clay, building and alluvial sand.
• Administrative-territorial structure of the region
includes the regional center - Uralsk, Aksai city, 12 districts,
4 villages, 472 auls.
• The main socio-economic indicators of the region for 2011
are provided in the table.
Demography:
Region’s population is not stable, however, it increased
from 2000 to 2011 from 609 to 613 thousand people,
haven’t reached the maximum in 2008:
thousand people
615
615
605
600
Population, thousand people
613
612
609
607
602
600
602
609
608
604
604
598
595
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
151.3
5.6
4.0
6.1
612.6
3.7
Share in total RK area, %
Index level in RK
Share in total RK
population, %
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
620
610
As of January 1, 2012
Area, thousand square
kilometers
Density for 1 square
kilometer
CPI (end of period), by
December of previous year
in %
Volume of industrial product,
billion Tenge
Agriculture total output
(services), billion Tenge
Fixed asset investment,
billion Tenge
Retail trade, billion Tenge
333.5
315.9
189.5
17.6
3.8
3.8
3.4
3.7
87503
90028
48739
45435
107.3
117.2
1257.4
4.6
107.1
107.4
1480.7
9.3
82.8
3.6
170.0
3.4
107.8
2.8
Share in total RK EAP, %
Share in RK index, %
Share in RK index, %
Share in RK index, %
Index level in RK
Index level in RK
Level in RK
Share in total RK GRP, %
Index level in RK
Share in RK index, %
Share in RK index, %
Share in RK index, %
Share in total RK index, %
1
Economically active population (EAP)
EAP of the region is increasing at a moderate pace and in 
2011 it reached 333.5 thousand people. 315.9 thousand
people of them are employed, 17.6 thousand people –
unemployed. Economically inactive population made up
146.3 thousand people, it is lower than 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 88 to 95%, while the number
of unemployed has fallen from 13 to 5%.

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 increased from 55% to 60%, the number of selfemployed people fell from 45 to 40%. EAP and employed
people structure corresponds to the average in Kazakhstan:
Labor Force
Economically active population
Economic
Including:
ally
Employed
thousand
inactive
including:
people
Unemploy
populatio
ed
Hired
Selfn
labor
employed
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
114.7
130.2
131.3
138.7
145.5
147.9
147.8
146.9
148.4
151.9
146.3
326.2
301.7
314.5
319.8
319.7
321.3
327.5
332.1
333.9
334.4
333.5
40.8
30.2
29.4
29.3
28.7
27.6
25.5
23.5
21
18.8
17.6
285.5
271.6
285.1
290.4
290.9
293.7
302
308.5
313
315.6
315.9
157.4
160.2
166.8
169.4
170
173.5
180.1
185.9
188.2
189.9
189.6
128.1
111.4
118.3
121
120.9
120.1
121.9
122.6
124.8
125.7
126.3
EAP Structure in 2001
EAP Structure in 2011
13%
5%
Unemploy
ed
88%
Employed
Employed Population
Structure in 2001
95%
Employed Population Structure
in 2011
Hired labor
45%
40%
55%
Selfemployed
60%
2
Unemployment Level

75
Kazakhstan – 5.4
14
12.5
74
12
73
9.3
9.2
9.0
7.8
10
8.6
7.8
7.1
70
8
6.3
5.6 5.3
69
68
6
4
5.6
Астана
City of Astana
5.8
5.2
Восточно-Казахстанская
East Kazakhstan
5.4
5.2
Павлодарская
Pavlodar
5.7
South Kazakhstan
Южно-Казахстанская
Mangistau
Мангистауская
5.8
5.5
Kyzylorda
Кызылординская
Kostanay
Костанайская
5.4
Karaganda
Карагандинская
5.3
Zhambyl
Жамбылская
67
2
66
65
Алматы
City of Almaty
Северо-Казахстанская
North Kazakhstan
10.0
72
71
• In 2011 unemployment rate of WKR
region was below the average in
Kazakhstan – 5.4%:
The changes of employed population structure
are supported by a strong tendency of
unemployment rate reduction from maximum
12.5% in 2001 to 5.3% in 2011 and poor
increase in economic activity of the population:
67
74
70
71
70
69
69
69
69
69
69
70
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Economic activity rate, %
Unemployment rate, %
5.5
West Kazakhstan
Западно-Казахстанская
5.3
Atyrau
Атырауская
0
5
Almaty
Алматинская
5.1
Aktobe
Актюбинская
4.9
Akmola
Акмолинская
5.5
4
4.5
5
5.5
6
%
3
Quality of Life
Life expectancy at birth in the region is increasing, and
equals the average in Kazakhstan in general:
number of years


Some of life quality indicators in 2011:
70.0
69.0
68.0
67.0
66.0
65.5 65.8
66.0
65.8
66.2 65.9 66.2
66.3
65.0
64.0
63.0
WKR
68.3 68.4 69.0
65.3 65.1 64.9 65.0
66.5 66.5 66.6 66.2
Child mortality for 1000 quick-born 11,93 14,84
67.1
67.3
68.8
68.2 68.4
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Share of population with income used for consumption
below the poverty line is 2011 it was below the average in
RK: decreasing and in
%
60
46.7
44.5
37.5
40
30
20
10
0
0
17,4
Number of TB cases registered for
the first time, 100,000
86,1
86.8
47.5
51.4
34.2
33.9
31.6
33.2
33.9
Mortality for 1000 people
RK
18.2
12.7
12.1
8.2
6.5

Monthly average in tenge
West Kazakhstan region
50
Maternal mortality for 100,000
quick-born
Birth rate for 1000 people
62.0

RK
15,211
16,000
14,000
11,629 11,904
12,000
10,000
8,000 6,815 6,882
7,682
6,000
4,000
4.8
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
West Kazakhstan region
RK
0
6.7
8,71
18,000
2,000
8.2
9,72
Cost of living has been growing steadily since 2003,
but the value is below the average in RK:
5.3
13.2 10.3 10.2
19,48 22,50
6,457
2003
6,785
8,480
9,284
8,410
12,894
16,072
13,487
12,660
12,364
9,653
7,618
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
West Kazakhstan region
2009
RK
2010
2011
4

84
82
80
78
76
74
72
70
68
66
75.4
76.9
78.9 78.2
78.7
77.3
72.5
79.3
79.9
79.7
75
77.6
76
6.
5.4
5.5 5.5
5.3
5.4 5.3
4.4
5.
75.4 74.9
80.1
The number of children in regular preschools
has significantly increased since 2001:
75.3
75.3
4.3
25 000
5.6
4.7
4.
72.9 73.6
79.8
4.9
15 000
3.
81.7
2.
9 026
10 226
10 915
9 982
8 580
1. 7 615
13 607
23 176 10 000
21 818
5 000
11 060
.
West Kazakhstan region
RK
West Kazakhstan region
30,000
5.7
5.7
25,000
5.1
5.0
4.4 4.1
3.9 4.1
4.0
17,918
3.0
2.0
1.0
16,218
19,286
4.2
4.3
4.3
4.4 20,000
20,341
15,000
24,670
26,348
26,485 10,000
25,989
21,971
26,016
5,000
0.0
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
West Kazakhstan region
Share in RK
people
6.0

%
%
7.0
0
20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
The umber of students in technical and vocational
education is increasing:

20 000
Share in RK
The number of students in higher education has
been growing steadily since 2008:
6.0
35,000
5.0
4.0
3.0
4.0
4.1
4.1
3.2
27,286
2.0
16,566
30,378
4.0 3.9
3.9
4.9 30,000
4.1 4.3 4.6
25,000
20,000
31,172
25,985
30,168 26,047
27,902
1.0
people
%

people
Enrollment share of the population aged 6-24 years has
increased from 2001 and the values exceed the average in
RK significantly:
%
Enrollment
15,000
31,023
28,260
0.0
10,000
5,000
0
20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
West Kazakhstan region
Share in RK
5
Population Income
г. Алматы
City of Almaty
Астана
City ofг.Astana
Восточно-Казахстанская
East Kazakhstan
Северо-Казахстанская
North Kazakhstan
Павлодарская
Pavlodar
South Kazakhstan
Южно-Казахстанская
121674
132612
100000
73677
61712
80000
151041
20000
81518
67252
165975
67638
64495
50000
100000
9293
31868
36145
123451428715313
35513
1787317864
41238
45422
23816
150000
160
149.1
150 141.8
140
132.8
79878
0
20124
2712229876
38718
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
87503
Aktobe
Актюбинская
Akmola
Акмолинская
50242
40198
Среднемесячная номинальная заработная плата одного работника
Оценка номинальных денежных доходов населения в среднем на душу
61825
Atyrau
Атырауская
Almaty
Алматинская
69455
0
77940
Zhambyl
Жамбылская
West
Kazakhstan
Западно-Казахстанская
87503
59362
40000
67721
Kostanay
Костанайская
Karaganda
Карагандинская
80101
60000
75338
Mangistau
Мангистауская
Kyzylorda
Кызылординская

Tenge
Kazakhstan – 90,028
In the dynamics the average nominal salary per
employee and the average nominal income
per capita are ever-growing.

Monthly average nominal salary per
employee for 2011 is 87,503 Tenge, that is
below the country’s average – 90,028 Tenge:
200000
Tenge
The index of the nominal and real incomes
showed a decline in 2006, during the crisis year
2009. In 2006 the growth of nominal income was
less than the consumer price index, i.e.
revenue growth did not cover inflation:
%

130
120
110
100
90
129.7
133.3
115.7
125.8
128.5
116.7
110.0 107.2
122.5
109.799.9
107.3 106.4 104.7 101.6
105.7106.4
101.6
92.4
107.8
80
117.3
109.0
116.4
109
107.4
109.9
109.5
101.7
107.2 107.1
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 is slightly below the
average growth of total GRP of all regions of
Kazakhstan and makes up 126.2% compared to
2010, against the total value of RK - 126.4%:
1,400.0
7
6.1
1,200.0
1,324
5.3
4.6
1,000.0
5.0
4.7
5.2
4.8
4.55
4.8
4.8
4.8
6
5
4.4
800.0
4
827
600.0
823
1,049
3
618
512
400.0
357
2
1
118 150
178
201
0.0
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
GRP
Region's share in total GRP
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
401
200.0
region's share in total GRP (%)
bln. tenge
•
GRP is growing steadily, its share in total
GRP of all regions increased from 4.6% in 2000 to
4,8% in 2011 :
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 doesn’t show stable
dynamics. The values have been decreasing since 2009:
300
5 010
4,585
4,211
4654
250
200
5,000
4,000
3,392
150
2,825
2,421
198
6,000
245 234
1,704
226
100 131
1,328
186
943 1,100
596
50
125 89 92 107
167
170
Growth in Kazakhstan in general – 107.7
City ofг.Алматы
Almaty
3,000
City of г.Астана
Astana
2,000
East Kazakhstan
Восточно-Казахстанская
1,000
0
•
The growth of fixed assets investment in 2011
exceeded significantly the average level in all RK
regions and made up the negative value of 73%
compared to the previous year, against 107.7% in
general in RK:
0
104.3
144.3
167.0
Северо-Казахстанская
North Kazakhstan
134.7
Павлодарская
Pavlodar
112.0
Южно-Казахстанская
South Kazakhstan
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
104.0
Мангистауская
Mangistau
West Kazakhstan region
RK
99.3
Кызылординская
Kyzylorda
89.9
Костанайская
Kostanay
•
The share of fixed assets investment in the
Kazakhstan’s level of investment has fallen significantly from
22.1% in 2000 to 3.4% in 2011:
%
25
20
15
10
5
22.1
17.7
124.7
Карагандинская
Karaganda
119.9
Жамбылская
Zhambyl
72.6
Западно-Казахстанская
West Kazakhstan
73.0
Атырауская
Atyrau
18.0
97.4
Алматинская
Almaty
9.4
121.6
Актюбинская
Aktobe
5.2
3.8
3.8
5.5
5.4
5.3
5.0
3.4
105.9
Акмолинская
Akmola
114.9
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
50
100
150
200
% compared to previous year
8
Agriculture
bln. tenge

The volume of production in agriculture was
increasing until 2008. In 2010 the value was
52.8 billion Tenge:
70
1,641.4
60
1,404.5
1,800
1,600
1,442.6
1,400
50
1,089.4
40
825.6
615.4
30
20
557.4
533.6
402.0
10
0
763.8
698.9
52.8
52.2
24.2
30.2
25.3
West Kazakhstan region
RK
0.1
City of Astana
г. Астана
East Kazakhstan
Восточно-Казахстанская
North Kazakhstan
Северо-Казахстанская
0.1
1,000
South Kazakhstan
Южно-Казахстанская
800
10.6
11.6
4.2
11.4
Mangistau
Мангистауская
0.3
Kyzylorda
Кызылординская
600
Kostanay
Костанайская
400
Karaganda
Карагандинская
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
City of г.
Almaty
Алматы
Pavlodar
Павлодарская
200
22.9
of the region’s volume of
in
agriculture
in
total
volume of industry’s production
up 3.7% of country’s agricultural
1,200
40.7
21.7
15.0
58.7
• The share
production
Kazakhstan’s
in 2010 made
production:
3.1
14.8
5.8
Zhambyl
Жамбылская
4.7
West Kazakhstan
Западно-Казахстанская
3.7
Atyrau
Атырауская
1.3
Almaty
Алматинская
15.1
Aktobe
Актюбинская
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 year 2009, when
mining industry showed a decrease:

1,480.7
1,400
1,345
bln. tenge
1,600
1,200
800
501.7
600
400
200
0
990.1
961.3
1,000
81.0
260.6
110.8
223
88.1
77.8
10
23
30
596.8
13
860
721.1
61
Millio Share in Shar
n
RK level e in
Tenge
2010
GRP
825.1
882
74
23
25
29
107
83
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
81
billion Tenge
• The share of industrial production in the Kazakhstan’s level has
increased from 4.5% in 2000 to 9.3% in 2011:
16
13.8
14
12
9.6
8
6
4
2
0
11.9
10.8
10
9.1
9.2 9.4
9.0
13.3
8.2
9.3
6.7
4.5
3.9
3.8
3.4
3.9
1.9
1.9
3.3
3.4
2.5
2.1
2.4
•
Real sector industries with the highest
values of production in 2010 are production of crude oil
and natural gas, construction, manufacture of coke and
refined petroleum products, and other mining industries
and etc. These industries have significant share of total
production in the Republic of Kazakhstan and region’s
GRP:
3.0
2.2
2.8
Crude oil and natural gas
production
857 446
13.8
81.8
Construction
80 776
4.2
7.7
Agriculture
52 808
3.7
5.0
28 371
3.1
2.7
25 423
3.0
2.4
Other mining industries
24 250
5.5
2.3
Maintenance in mining industry
24 088
6.6
2.3
Coke industry and refined
petroleum products
22 740
6.8
2.2
Machine industry
10 877
2.9
1.0
Metallurgic industry and
production of finished metal
products
7 078
0.4
0.7
Production of food products,
beverages and tobacco
Production and distribution of
electricity, gas and water
2.2
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
10
Small and Medium Business
West Kazakhstan region
RK
4% 1%
7% 1%
• SME share of the region's GRP decreased
sharply in 2011 and became lower the
average level in RK:
%
• The number of registered legal entities as
of October 1, 2012 is 8 160. The SME number is
8 082. The structure of the enterprises number is
close to the RK average level:
60
50
40
30.4
31.6
30
20
Small
Medium
27.6
18.9 19.7
10
Large
-
92%
20.3
33.4
95%
16.6
17.4
15.4
23.7
48.3
53.8
22.1
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
West Kazakhstan region
RK
11
Interbudgetary Relations
Budget revenues of West Kazakhstan region in 2011 amounted to 94.5 trillion Tenge,
including 55.1 trillion Tenge of transfers from the national budget. Expenses amounted
to 98.0 trillion Tenge, including 0.6 trillion Tenge of transfers to the national budget.
Thus, the region is subventional:

Name
Cash
execution
Million Tenge
Revenues
including income transfers
Expenses
including transfers
Budget deficit (surplus)
94 478.1
55 124.7
98 018.8
633.7
-3 540.8
120000
3000
Million Tenge
100000
80000
Receivables
1582
512
60000
426
95
-668
40000
2000
1840.6
-894
-1276
0
-857.4
2000
10467
9955
512
2001
20073
18491
1582
2002
22531
22436
95
2003
22328
22996
-668
2004
25160
26054
-894
2005
36796
38072
-1276
2006
44484
44058
426
0
2007
59764
57923
1841
-1000
2008
78390
74325
4 064, 1
-2000
2009
88365
89223
-857
2010
99206
102667
-3461
2011
94478
98019
-3541
-3000
0
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-3540.7
-4000
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Expenses and credits
Deficit (-),
surplus (+)
1000
20000
Revenues
Costs and
financing
Deficit (-), surplus (+)
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West Kazakhstan Region Development Program for 2011-2015
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Ensure the economic growth of the region in real terms to 112.2% in 2015 compared to the level
at 2009;
The share of manufacturing in GRP in 2015 shall be not less than 5.0%;
The share of non-resource exports in total exports by 2015 shall be not less than 15.0%;
The labor productivity in the manufacturing industry shall increase by 1.8 times of 2009 level;
Reduction of energy intensity of GRP at least by 10%;
Gas production rate shall be 103.8% in 2015 ;
The production volume of construction materials in 2015 shall be 10,044 million Tenge, or more
than level at 2009 by 69.7%;
Increase GVA in agro industrial complex by 21% in 2015 compared to 2009;
Increase the labor productivity in agriculture by 2 times in 2015 compared to 2009;
Increase the share of SMEs in GRP to 15.7% in 2015 ;
Increase export volume to $1463.6 million dollars in 2015;
Life expectancy of the population in 2015 shall increase to 69.9 years;
The coverage of pre-school to post-school education shall increase to 95% in 2015;
Reduce the overall unemployment rate to 5.5% in 2015;
The share of population with income below the minimum cost of living shall decrease to 8.1% in
2015;
Reduction in total emissions of air pollutants in 2015 by 5.5% compared to 2009.
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