IMD World Competitiveness Booklet 2022

Competitiveness Country Profiles

Kazakhstan Competitiveness Trends – Overall

OVERALL PERFORMANCE (63 countries)

BASIC FACTS

Rank

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Capital Land area (square km '000)

2,725 2021 425.908 2021 Nur-Sultan

34

35

Exchange Rate (per $)

38

42

43

19.00 2021 30 190.8 2021 46 28,570 2021 46 4.0 2021 45 8.00 2021 59 4.90 2021 21 9.26 2021 29 -2.97 2021 54 151.4 2020 36 4.33 2020 11

Population - market size (millions)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US$ billions)

CHALLENGES IN 2022 Political transformation.

GDP (PPP) per capita (US$)

•

Real GDP growth (%)

• Increase in household incomes and reduction of inequality. • Strengthening human rights institutions. • Provision of food security. • Decentralization of local self-government.

Consumer price inflation (%)

Unemployment rate (%)

Labor force (millions)

Current account balance (% of GDP)

Direct investment stocks inward ($bn)

Direct investment flows inward (% of GDP)

PROVIDED BY: Economic Research Institute, JSC of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan

COMPETITIVENESS LANDSCAPE

Economic Performance Government Efficiency

Business Efficiency

Infrastructure

Domestic Economy

International Trade

International Investment Employment Prices

Public Finance Tax Policy

Institutional Framework Business Legislation

Societal Framework

Productivity & Efficiency Labor Market Finance

Management Practices

Attitudes and Values

Basic Infrastructure

Technological Infrastructure Scientific Infrastructure

Health and Environment Education

5

7

19

19

21

23

27

34 37

41

45

49

50

51 54 56

52

54

55

61

PEER GROUPS RANKINGS EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (40 countries)

POPULATIONS < 20 MILLION (36 countries)

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

21

23

25

20

28

22

30

24

26

27

83