Common Country Analysis: Kazakhstan, 2024

The Republic of Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world, with a population of 20.1 million people. Since gaining independence in 1991, Kazakhstan has made significant progress in economic and social development, graduating into an upper-middle income country. The share of the population with incomes below the subsistence level has decreased from 46.7 per cent in 2001 to 5.2 per cent in 2023. Kazakhstan ranks 67th on the Human Development Index, placing it among countries with very high human development.