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Kazakhstan revises 2010 GDP growth up to 7.3 pct

Kazakhstan Materials 1 August 2011 10:55 (UTC +04:00)
Kazakhstan 's gross domestic product rose 7.3 percent last year, the State Statistics Agency said on Monday, revising its earlier figure of 7.0 percent
Kazakhstan revises 2010 GDP growth up to 7.3 pct

Kazakhstan 's gross domestic product rose 7.3 percent last year, the State Statistics Agency said on Monday, revising its earlier figure of 7.0 percent, Reuters reports.

An agency official said that the 7.3 percent figure for the nation's 2010 GDP growth was now final, while the earlier figure was a preliminary estimate.

Kazakhstan , Central Asia's largest economy and oil producer, had GDP worth 21.816 trillion tenge, or around $150 billion at current exchange rates, in 2010. Earlier estimates put Kazakhstan's GDP in 2010 at $147 billion.

Kazakhstan 's GDP grew by 1.2 percent in 2009. The government targets GDP growth at 7.0 percent this year.

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