Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Goods and services expense (% of expense) was 16.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Goods and services expense in Kazakhstan, 1999–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Kazakhstan recorded 16.1% for goods and services expense in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in Kazakhstan peaked at 42.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 2021.
Kazakhstan ranks 65th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 20.4% | — |
| 2000 | 25.3% | +24.1% |
| 2001 | 30.5% | +20.7% |
| 2002 | 27.7% | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 25.6% | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 24.6% | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 22.1% | -10.0% |
| 2011 | 23.5% | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 25.5% | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 19.0% | -25.5% |
| 2014 | 19.4% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 23.4% | +20.3% |
| 2016 | 25.5% | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 42.2% | +65.3% |
| 2018 | 18.5% | -56.2% |
| 2019 | 20.0% | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 18.3% | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 14.8% | -19.2% |
| 2022 | 15.8% | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 16.1% | +1.7% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 16.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.2%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 16.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.0%, 1.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.4% | 20.4% | 20.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 26.7% | 24.6% | 30.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 23.9% | 18.5% | 42.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.3% | 14.8% | 18.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More public sector data for Kazakhstan
- Democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Arms imports 18.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2025)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 26.71 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 340 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goods and services expense in Kazakhstan?
- Goods and services expense in Kazakhstan was 16.1% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 42.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2021.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for goods and services expense?
- Kazakhstan ranks 65th out of 154 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kazakhstan data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 20 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.