Kazakhstan advances 215 investment projects worth $78.6 billion

August 31, 2026 at 08:30 AM2 min

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Kazakhstan is implementing 215 investment projects worth $78.6 billion as part of a new investment cycle. The government has signed 66 investment agreements totaling 17.8 trillion tenge, including 25 agreements worth about 4.4 trillion tenge since the start of 2026. Foreign direct investment reached $20.5 billion in 2025, up 14.4% from the previous year.

Key Facts

Kazakhstan is implementing 215 investment projects worth $78.6 billion.
66 investment agreements totaling 17.8 trillion tenge have been signed since 2021.
25 agreements worth about 4.4 trillion tenge were signed in 2026 in pharmaceuticals, energy, metallurgy, agriculture, infrastructure and healthcare.
Fixed capital investment grew 1.9 times from 2019 to 2025, reaching 23.5 trillion tenge.
Foreign direct investment inflows reached $20.5 billion in 2025, up 14.4%.

Investment Cycle Priorities

The new investment cycle prioritizes manufacturing, deep processing, high-tech production and localization of high-value-added goods. The government is shifting focus from simply increasing capital volume to changing its structure in favor of processing and technology. A three-tier investment attraction system operates, with regions forming priority project lists and conducting targeted investor searches. The Fast Track mechanism and the National Digital Investment Platform have been introduced to accelerate procedures. The next stage is development of Kazakhstan Investment House on the basis of Kazakh Invest under a single-window principle.

Investment Agreements

The agreement mechanism applies to large projects worth over 32 billion tenge. Since 2021, 66 investment agreements totaling more than 17.8 trillion tenge have been signed. In 2025, 30 agreements worth about 11.2 trillion tenge were concluded. From January to August 2026, 25 agreements worth about 4.4 trillion tenge were signed in pharmaceuticals, energy, metallurgy, agriculture, infrastructure and healthcare. Four new pharmaceutical projects worth 173 billion tenge will localize production of 356 drug names.

Key Projects

Dalian Hesheng Holdings, Fufeng Group and Tiryaki Agro are implementing projects for deep processing of wheat, corn and legumes. The Ekibastuz Data Center Valley project will combine infrastructure for cloud services, computing and artificial intelligence. A 200-hectare site near Ekibastuz GRES-1 has been identified, with expected investment of about $30 billion. The site's energy capacity will range from 300 MW to 1 GW. According to Kazakh Invest, 93 projects worth $32.2 billion are already in implementation, and 122 projects worth $46.4 billion are under development.