ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 19. The
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has updated its economic growth
projections for Kazakhstan, showing a more optimistic outlook for
the coming years, Trend reports.
In its World Economic Outlook (WEO) report published in October
2025, the IMF raised its forecast for Kazakhstan’s real GDP growth
in 2025 to 5.9 percent, up from the 5 percent projected in July
2025. The 2026 forecast was also revised upward, with the IMF now
expecting a growth rate of 4.8 percent, an increase from the
earlier projection of 4.3 percent.
The IMF said that that Kazakhstan’s economy has performed
solidly in recent years, with real GDP growth recorded at 5.1
percent in 2023 and 4.8 percent in 2024.
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan’s GDP growth in the first nine months of
2025 reached 6.3 percent. A significant contributor to this growth
was the real sector, which expanded by 8.1 percent. The services
sector also grew by 5.3 percent during the same period.
