ASTANA, Kazakhstan, September 26. In the Kazakh city of Almaty, 876.9 billion tenge (about $1.82 billion) of investment in fixed capital was attracted over 8 months of 2023, which is 12.2 percent in the republic, Trend reports.
Data of Department of Entrepreneurship and Investment of the city of Almaty shows that by area of use, the main investments were made in real estate sector, their share amounted to 46.5 percent.
Also, the greatest growth was shown in the healthcare sector – 4.1 times, information and communications – growth by 36.3 percent, accommodation and food services – growth by 25.9 percent.
Meanwhile, positive dynamics are observed in 4 districts: Almaly, Alatau, Auezov and Zhetysu.
By the end of 2023, investments in fixed assets will increase to 1.5 trillion tenge (about $3.12 billion).
At the end of 2022, the gross inflow of foreign direct investment into Kazakhstan amounted to $28 billion, which is 17.7 percent more than the results of 2021 ($23.8 billion). This is a record figure over the past 10 years - in 2012, the volume of FDI reached $28.9 billion.
The leaders in terms of investment in the republic were the Netherlands - $8.33 billion (an increase of 19.7 percent), the US - $5.1 billion (+81.9 percent), Switzerland - $2.8 billion (+2.4 percent), Belgium – $1.56 billion (+46 percent), South Korea – $1.48 billion (+84.8 percent), France – $770.2 million (+27.4 percent), Germany – $469.5 million (+45.4 percent).