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

2. SMV and IUC as criteria for poverty measurements in Kazakhstan Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan 2 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 Subsistence Minimum Value per capita in 2014 = KZT 19,068 or $106.4

3. 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

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

5. Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan 5 Values of MDG 1 indicators in Kazakhstan (2003-2013) % Proportion of population below $2.5 purchasing power parity per day Proportion of population below $5 purchasing power parity per day

6. Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan 6 Values of MDG 1 indicators in Kazakhstan (2003-2013) % Proportion of employed population living below subsistence minimum value Proportion of employed population living below $2.5 (PPP) per day Proportion of employed population living below $5 (PPP) per day

7. Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan Population subgroups based on 2014 subjective household welfare assessment 7 Poor: lacking money for food, clothes and footwear1 Neither poor nor middle class: enough money to buy food, clothes and footwear and to pay for utilities, however difficult to buy durables2 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

8. www.stat.gov.kz Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan 8

9. Thank you for attention! Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy Republic of Kazakhstan 9