Kazakhstan’s short-term economic indicator, a measure of monthly GDP growth, rose by 9.4% year-on-year from January to December 2025, accelerating from a steady 9.1% increase recorded over the previous three months and remaining well above the 6.2% growth seen in the same period of the previous year. This marked the fastest pace of expansion since August, primarily driven by strong performance in transportation and storage (20.4%), construction (15.9%), trade (8.9%), and industry (7.5%). Meanwhile, the weakest growth was observed in the communication (3.6%) and agriculture (5.9%) sectors. Regionally, economic activity expanded most rapidly in Astana City (17.6%), Shymkent City (16.7%), Turkistan Region (13.9%), and Soltustik Kazakhstan Region (13.8%). In contrast, activity in the Shygys Kazakhstan Region contracted (-0.9%).