GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $105.5 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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9.2% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $6,300 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 7.7%
industry: 37.7%
services: 54.6% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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23.9% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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26% (2001 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 27.3% (2001)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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35.4 (1996)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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6.6% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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7.634 million (2003)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 20%, industry 30%, services 50% (2002 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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8.8% (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $6.729 billion
expenditures: $6.999 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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15.5% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials
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Industrial production growth rate:
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8.8% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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52.43 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 84.3%
hydro: 15.7%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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48.36 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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3.6 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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3.2 billion kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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798,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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195,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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2.709 billion bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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10.08 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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14.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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4.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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8.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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920.3 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; livestock
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Current account balance:
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$-68.8 million (2003)
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Exports:
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$12.72 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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oil and oil products 58%, ferrous metals 24%, chemicals 5%, machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal (2001)
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Exports - partners:
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Bermuda 16.8%, Russia 15.5%, China 10.3%, Germany 9.4%, Switzerland 6.3% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$8.621 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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machinery and equipment 41%, metal products 28%, foodstuffs 8% (2001)
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Imports - partners:
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Russia 34.9%, China 18.4%, Germany 9.1% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$4.962 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$24.45 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$610 million in US assistance programs, 1992-2000 (2000)
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Currency:
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tenge (KZT)
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Currency code:
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KZT
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Exchange rates:
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tenge per US dollar - 149.576 (2003), 153.279 (2002), 146.736 (2001), 142.133 (2000), 119.523 (1999)
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