Kazakhstanis' food spending increased by almost 6% over the year

Published 2021년 7월 1일

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In the first quarter of 2021, Kazakhstan's per capita food expenditure rose by 4.6% year-over-year to 96.7 thousand tenge, with regional differences in spending. Almaty, Pavlodar, and East Kazakhstan residents had the highest food expenses. The lowest was in Shymkent. The largest annual growth in spending was in Zhambyl, while the largest reduction was in North Kazakhstan. The majority of expenses were on meat, bakery products, and cereals, with a significant increase in egg costs and a decrease in sugar, confectionery, and sweets costs. Kazakhstan's residents spend almost half of their income on food, which is last in a study of European countries in terms of the share of spending on food and leisure.

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In the first quarter of 2021, the expenses of Kazakhstanis on food products amounted to 96.7 thousand tenge per capita, which is 4.6% more in value terms than a year earlier, the Finprom.kz portal reports. According to the information, in the regional context, residents of Almaty incurred the greatest expenses: 127.2 thousand tenge, minus 4.2% per year. The three regions, whose residents had to spend the most on food, also included Pavlodar (117.1 thousand tenge, plus 18.1% per year) and East Kazakhstan (116.5 thousand tenge, plus 5.3%) area. The lowest expenses for food products were recorded in Shymkent: 72.1 thousand tenge, plus 11.2%. The largest annual growth in expenses in the sector was recorded in the Zhambyl region: plus 18.6%, up to 88.7 thousand tenge; the largest reduction is in the North Kazakhstan region: minus 7.8%, to 83.5 thousand tenge. Attention is drawn: only in 3 out of 17 regions of the country there was a decrease in spending on food products in comparison ...

Source: Agrosektor