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Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan PRACTICE OF KAZAKHSTAN IN GENERATING POVERTY INDICATORS Switzerland, Geneva, 4 -6 May 2015

Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan 2 SMV and IUC as criteria for poverty measurements in Kazakhstan Subsistence Minimum Value per capita in 2014 = KZT 19, 068 or $106. 4 Food 60% (43 items) Non-food 40% (estimation) Consumption basket (subsistence minimum) Income Used for Consumption per capita in 2014 = KZT 39, 256 or $219. 1

Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan Main livings standards statistics over time, 2004 -2014 3 SMV per capita, KZT IUC per capita, KZT % of people whose income is below subsistence minimum value

Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan Livings standards statistics over time, 2004 -2014 4

Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan Values of MDG 1 indicators in Kazakhstan (2003 -2013) 5 Proportion of population below $2. 5 purchasing power parity per day Proportion of population below $5 purchasing power parity per day %

Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan Values of MDG 1 indicators in Kazakhstan (2003 -2013) 6 40. 0 36. 4 % 36. 8 35. 2 35. 0 31. 1 30. 0 29. 8 27. 4 25. 2 25. 0 20. 5 20. 0 17. 2 14. 9 14. 5 15. 0 13. 2 11. 5 9. 5 10. 0 9. 4 8. 4 5. 8 5. 0 4. 5 3. 6 2. 9 2. 2 0. 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 1. 1 2007 0. 7 2008 0. 2 2009 5. 6 4. 5 3. 6 0. 4 2010 0. 4 2011 Proportion of employed population living below subsistence minimum value Доля занятого населения с доходами ниже величины прожиточного минимума Proportion of employed population living below $2. 5 (PPP) США по Доля занятого населения с доходами ниже 2, 5 долларовper day ППС в день Доля занятого населения с доходами ниже 5 долларовper day ППС в день Proportion of employed population living below $5 (PPP) США по 2. 3 0. 1 2012 1. 7 0. 1 2013

Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan 7 Population subgroups based on 2014 subjective household welfare assessment Poor: lacking money for food, clothes and footwear 1 Neither poor nor middle class: enough money to buy food, clothes and footwear and to pay for utilities, however difficult to buy durables 2 Middle class: face no difficulties in buying food, major noon-food goods and services but money is not enough to buy additional housing (apartment, house, summer cottage), expensive car, etc. 3 Upper middle class: consume quality food, live in comfort, have income generating job/own business and/or property but have enough free time for rest and leisure 4 Rich: sufficient resources (knowledge, health, finance, property, time) for comfortable life 5

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