Kazakhstan’s short-term economic indicator, a measure of monthly GDP growth, rose 9.1% year-on-year in the period from January to November 2025, holding this pace for three consecutive months and well above 5.6% increase in the same perios of lasr year. The advance was led by transport and storage (+20.3%), construction (+14.7%), wholesale and retail trade (+8.8%), and industry (+7.4%). Regionally, growth was strongest in Astana (+18.6%), Atyrau (+14.7%), Turkistan (+14.4%) and Shymkent (+14.2%), while activity in the Shygys Kazakhstan region contracted slightly (-1.0%).