Republic of Kazakhstan: Technical Assistance Report-Report on National Accounts Mission (November 6 – 17, 2023)

A technical assistance mission assisted the Bureau of National Statistics under the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan in developing quarterly national accounts. It did so by reviewing existing large statistical discrepancies between GDP by production and GDP by expenditure. The mission provided recommendations on improving data sources for the compilation of changes in inventories. The mission also reviewed the release schedule for national accounts data and provided recommendations for further improvement. These improvements to data and a new release schedule will improve the understanding of the Kazakhstan economy, both for domestic policymaking and international surveillance.