Foreigners are actively investing in the Kazakh economy with a 25% growth year on year in January-July mainly thanks to investment volumes in March and April. The share of foreign investment in total investment remains stable and significant, and stays within 20 – 50% zone for the past 2.5 years

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The Kazakh economy attracted over KZT1.3tn in foreign investment, or 25% up year on year, in January-July of 2016. In July alone KZT181bn was injected into the economy (up 5.3% year on year). However, in total investment in fixed capital foreign investment accounted only for 28%. The highest share of foreign investment since 2014 was 46.8% in January 2015.

 

Foreigners are actively investing in the Kazakh economy with a 25% growth year on year in January-July mainly thanks to investment volumes in March and April. The share of foreign investment in total investment remains stable and significant, and stays within 20 - 50% zone for the past 2.5 years

The main target for investment chosen by foreigners was the oil and gas industry which could be seen from the geographical distribution of foreign investment. Over 50% of all investment in Kazakhstan was placed in Atyrau Region in the period studied. Moreover, Atyrau Region is one of four regions where the share of foreign investment exceeds 50%. A higher figure is only in West Kazakhstan Region bordering Russia.

The least attractive to foreign investors are two other border regions – Kostanay Region and North Kazakhstan Region, with foreign investors placing less than 0.5% of total foreign investment in these regions.

Foreigners are actively investing in the Kazakh economy with a 25% growth year on year in January-July mainly thanks to investment volumes in March and April. The share of foreign investment in total investment remains stable and significant, and stays within 20 - 50% zone for the past 2.5 years