Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country with an area of 2.725 million square kilometers, a population of 19 million, and a very low population density.
Kazakhstan is the strongest country in Central Asia. Its area is 68% of the total area of Central Asia. GDP accounts for 60% of the total GDP of Central Asia, 2.8 times that of Central Asia's second largest economy Uzbekistan , and 22.5 times that of Central Asia's smallest economy Kyrgyzstan . It is a giant in Central Asia. per capita GDP has also ranked first in Central Asia for a long time, and was US$10,041 in 2021, which is much higher than Turkmenistan , the second largest in Central Asia, and 11.2 times the lowest in Central Asia, Tajikistan .
Kazakhstan has rich mineral and fossil fuel resources. Uranium, chromium, lead and zinc reserves rank second in the world; manganese reserves rank third in the world; copper reserves rank fifth in the world; coal, steel ore and gold reserves also rank top ten in the world; oil reserves rank twelfth in the world, and natural gas reserves rank 15th in the world.
Kazakhstan's economy relies heavily on resource exports, and oil and gas exports account for 46% of the total exports.
Relying on abundant resources, when Kazakhstan's independence in 1991, its per capita GDP was five times that of China that year. It was not until 2016 that China's per capita GDP exceeded Kazakhstan for the first time.
However, Kazakhstan's industries except resource mining are underdeveloped and are under the "curse of resources". Its per capita GDP and per capita GNI (gross national income) hovered at the level of US$10,000 for 10 years, falling into the middle-income trap .
But many people think that per capita GDP cannot reflect the economic level, so income can reflect more realistically. So what is the per capita income in Kazakhstan in 2021? I found relevant data in the National Bureau of Statistics of Kazakhstan.
Query steps: Open Kazakhstan National Bureau of Statistics stat.gov.kz - click on the official statistics - click on the living standard statistics - click on the main indicator - the first indicator that comes out is the nominal currency income of the population - the table that appears after click is the per capita monthly income of Kazakhstan's first-level administrative regions, and the unit is Tenge .
I convert it into RMB according to the average exchange rate in 2021 , but the price levels of the two countries are different, so I also list one data, that is, purchasing power parity (PPP).
According to World Bank 's world, China's per capita GDP in 2021 is US$12,556, the per capita PPP is 19,338 international yuan, and the per capita PPP is 1.54 times the per capita GDP.
Kazakhstan's per capita GDP is US$10,041, per capita PPP is 28,599 international yuan, and per capita PPP is 2.85 times that of per capita GDP.
shows that the price level in Kazakhstan is still relatively low. For example, Japan, which has higher prices, its per capita PPP and per capita GDP are basically the same, while the per capita PPP of Luxembourg is actually lower than the per capita GDP.
Although there are many people who question this per capita PPP, it is still a reference.
Below is the average monthly income of each first-level administrative region in Kazakhstan in 2021.
Kazakhstan's national average, 131797 tenge, approximately 1994 yuan.
Turkstan Oblast (formerly called South Kazakhstan Oblast ), 70608 Tenge, about 1068 yuan.
Chimkent City, 84042 tenge, about 1272 yuan.
Jengbuerzhou , 91349 tenge, about 1382 yuan.
Kizilorda Prefecture , 91751 Tenge, about 1388 yuan.
Almaty Prefecture, 96562 tenge, about 1461 yuan.
Aktobeizhou, 115707 tenge, about 1751 yuan.
Northern Kazakhstan Prefecture , 118826 tenge, approximately 1798 yuan.
Akmora Prefecture , 123119 tenge, about 1863 yuan.
kstanai, 125007 tenge, about 1891 yuan.
Western Kazakhstan Oblast , 127470 tenge, about 1929 yuan.
East Kazakhstan Prefecture , 127684 tenge, about 1932 yuan.
pavlodar Prefecture , 138250 tenge, approximately 2092 yuan.
Kalaganda , 152884 tenge, approximately 2313 yuan.
MengisTaozhou , 157648 tenge, approximately 2385 yuan.
Almaty City, 179882 tenge, approximately 2722 yuan.
Astana City (the name was changed back a few days ago), 199547 tenge, about 3,019 yuan.
Atlauzhou, 241390 tenge, about 3652 yuan.
capital Astana ranks second, and Atlau Prefecture, which produces oil and gas in the west, ranked first. In 2021, Atlau Prefecture's per capita GDP reached US$35,400, which is 11 times that of Turkstan, the lowest in Kazakhstan, and 3.5 times the average of Kazakhstan. However, the per capita monthly income of Atrau Prefecture is only 3.4 times that of Turkstan Prefecture, and 1.8 times the average of Kazakhstan.
