ASTANA, Kazakhstan, February 1. Inflation in Kazakhstan slowed down over the year and amounted to 9.5 percent in January 2024 (in December 2023 - 9.8 percent), Trend reports.
The country's Bureau of National Statistics' data shows that prices for food products over the year increased by 8.2 percent (in December 2023 - 8.5 percent), for non-food products - by 8.6 percent (in December 2023 - 9.1 percent), for paid services - by 12.3 percent (in December 2023 – 12.4 percent).
In monthly terms, inflation remained unchanged compared to the previous month and amounted to 0.8 percent. Prices for food products over the month increased by 1.1 percent, for non-food products - by 0.5 percent, for paid services - by 0.7 percent.
In addition, compared to December 2022, price increases were noted for rice by 34.3 percent, mineral and drinking water - by 18.4 percent, canned milk - by 16.9 percent, alcoholic beverages and tobacco products - by 15.6 percent, etc.
Among the regions, the highest monthly inflation was registered in the Atyrau region - 1.2 percent (above the republican average by 0.4 percentage points), the lowest - in Ulytau and the Kyzylorda regions, 0.5 percent each.
