KZT
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's government debt is 24.30 %, ranked 12th of 125. And its GDP growth is 6.50 %, ranked 15th of 127.
Of 12 fields published for Kazakhstan, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
33 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$2,044 PPP/mo
The average employee in Kazakhstan earns about $2,044 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
12.60 %
100 saved in Kazakhstan in 2000 buys what 13 buys today — 87 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$2,044 PPP/mo
The average employee in Kazakhstan earns about $2,044 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$483 PPP/mo
The law in Kazakhstan sets the floor at about $483 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
11.39 %
At 11.4 % a year, prices double in about 6 years if it holds.
Price level
33 % of US prices
ranked 28th of 125
Minimum wage
$483 PPP/mo
ranked 61st of 90
Public holidays
13 days
ranked 36th of 104
Where Kazakhstan sits, field by field
Each dot is Kazakhstan’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Government debt24.30 %12 of 125
- GDP growth6.50 %15 of 127
- Inflation rate11.39 %109 of 126
- Money's value12.60 %99 of 116
- Price level33 % of US prices28 of 125
- Minimum wage$483 PPP/mo61 of 90
- Public holidays13 days36 of 104
- Debt per person$3,57045 of 124
- Corporate tax20.00 %35 of 96
- Unemployment rate4.77 %52 of 124
- GDP per capita$14,69261 of 127
- Average monthly salary$2,044 PPP/mo46 of 93
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Mongolia
avg gap 12 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 13 days (Kazakhstan) vs 10 days
Russia
avg gap 14.1 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 6.50 % (Kazakhstan) vs 1.00 %
Azerbaijan
avg gap 15.2 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 6.50 % (Kazakhstan) vs 1.45 %
Kyrgyzstan
avg gap 16.6 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP/capita — $14,692 (Kazakhstan) vs $3,081
| Corporate tax | 20.00 % | ranked 35th of 96 | |
| Unemployment rate | 4.77 % | ranked 52nd of 124 | |
| GDP per capita | $14,692 | ranked 61st of 127 | |
| Average monthly salary | $2,044 PPP/mo | ranked 46th of 93 |
✓ 12 fields published for Kazakhstan, every one dated and sourced · 23 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Kazakhstan: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 12 figures
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2022
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 3614 → 3570 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 24.6 → 24.3 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Statutory minimum wage (USD PPP) | 482.73 → 482.95 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Mean monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 2043.7 → 2044.28 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 3069 → 3614 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 20.8858497183933 → 24.6 |