Kazakhstan

Official Name:	The Republic of Kazakhstan
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	Qazaqstan Respublikasy
ISO Country Codes:	KZ : KAZ
Internet Domain:	.kz
Government Web Site:	http://www.government.kz

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Capital:	Nursultan	Main Airports:	Almaty International Airport, Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
Language(s):	Kazakh; Russian	Population:	19,245,793
Currency:	Kazakhstan Tenge	ISO Currency Code:	KZT
Telephone Dial In:	+7	ID Prefix:	810

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Commisceo Global; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO; UNESCO UIS

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Collective Security Treaty Organization; Commonwealth of Independent States; Eurasian Economic Union; Euro Atlantic Partnership Council; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; Organization for Security and Cooperation In Europe; UN; UNESCO;

Travel Guides:

Lonely Planet; Rough Guide

News Resources:

News Agency

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Kazinform;

Khabar;

Newspaper

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Kazakhstanskaya Pravda;

NUR.kz;

Tengri News;

The Times Of Central Asia;

Zhas Alash;

Radio

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Qazaq Radiosy;

Russkoye Radio Asia ;

Kazakhstan

Government Website:	http://www.government.kz
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/kazakhstan
Central Bank:	National Bank of Kazakhstan
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	420.0049 tenge (KZT) per US dollar (2020 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	4.8% (2019 est.)
Population below poverty line:	2.6% (2016 est.)
Inflation Rate:	5.2% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	14.17% (31-Dec-17 - Photius)
GDP:	$181.194 billion (2019 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$26,351 (2019 est.)
Currency Name:	Kazakhstan Tenge
Currency Code:	KZT
World Bank Classification:	Upper Middle Income

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	4.6%	grain (mostly spring wheat and barley), potatoes, vegetables, melons; livestock
Industry:	31.8%	oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, uranium, iron and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials
Services:	57.9%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Asian Development Bank; EBRD; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; Un Economic and Social Commission for Asia the Pacific; Un Economic Commission for Europe; UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Asian Development Bank; Countryeconomy; EBRD; Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Commodities Exchange: International Commodity Exchange Kazakhstan ; Stock & Securities Exchange: Kazakhstan Stock Exchange ;

National Statistics Office:

The Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Trading Economics;

Kazakhstan

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

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Trade Statistics

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Business Language(s):	Kazakh; Russian
Customs & Excise:	State Revenue Committee
Development Bank(s):	Asian Development Bank; Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; Islamic Development Bank; The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Development Bank of Kazakhstan;
National Standards Bureau:	Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 55/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 94/180 (2020)
Ease of Doing Business: 25/190 (2019)	Enabling Trade Index: 88/136 (2016)
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