Zhambyl Region Governor Erbol Karashukeyev chaired a meeting on the region’s socioeconomic performance for the first nine months of 2026 and the execution of the regional budget.
Regional Economy and Budget Planning Department head Sandugash Abdraliyeva reported that the economy grew 11.4% from January to September. Industrial output increased 18.1% to 1,103.6 billion tenge, while manufacturing grew 26.1%.
Agricultural output reached 466.6 billion tenge, up 4.9% from the same period a year earlier. Livestock production totaled 178.6 billion tenge, with meat, milk and egg production also increasing.
Zhambyl Region ranked second among the country’s regions for investment growth. Investment in fixed capital reached 721.9 billion tenge in the first nine months, 37.1% higher than in the same period of 2025. Private investment accounted for 665.8 billion tenge, or more than 92% of the total.
Construction work worth 283.7 billion tenge was completed, and 530,500 square meters of housing were commissioned. Trade turnover reached 847.9 billion tenge. Transport and warehousing services grew 9.3% to 243.7 billion tenge.
The meeting also highlighted districts that were behind on industrial output, agriculture, investment, construction and retail turnover. Karashukeyev instructed officials to draw up road maps with specific projects and planned work for districts that missed their targets, and to monitor implementation weekly.
Officials were also told to complete work on water management facilities linked to a reduction in sown areas before the next planting season.
