Kazakhstan posts 8.7% growth in manufacturing output in Q1 2025
Kazakhstan’s manufacturing output accelerated to 8.7% in the three months to March 2025, Industry and Construction Minister Yerssaiyn Nagasspayev’s report revealed on Thursday, Kazinform News Agency reports.
During a working meeting on economic development chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, Nagasspayev said that manufacturing output kicked off 2025 on a positive note, posting an 8.7% growth in January-March this year.
The Kazakh minister stated that increases in machine-building (17.7%), food production (13.2%), finished metal products, except for machinery and equipment, (28.7%) attributed greatly to the manufacturing output growth. He also highlighted a 6.1% growth in the mining sector.
Construction rose 16.9% in the first quarter of the year, as school, road, railway and engineering construction is rampant, said Nagasspayev.
According to the Strategic Planning and Reform Agency, Kazakhstan’s GDP expanded at an annual rate of 5.8% in January-March 2025.
As earlier reported, 28,000 people are engaged in light manufacturing in Kazakhstan.
