NEWS

As of May 1, 2020, the total number of individual pension saving accounts for all types of contributions to the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund amounted to 11,460,521 units. In January - April 2020, the number of individual pension accounts for all types of contributions increased by 978,170 units, including 1,034,627 new accounts opened.

The largest increase in the opening of individual pension saving accounts (hereinafter - IPSA) occurred in April 2020. This month 954,952 new accounts were opened, including 941,425 accounts for compulsory pension contributions (hereinafter - OPV) were opened by payers of the Unified Aggregate Payment (hereinafter - UAP) for the first time.

Of the persons who opened IPSA for the first time through payment of UAP, rural residents accounted for 57.6% (541,867), and urban residents - 42.4% (399,558); women - 60.9% (573,376 accounts), men - 39.1% (368,049).

Shymkent became the most active region of Kazakhstan in opening new accounts through payment of UAP, over 290 thousand new accounts were opened here, more precisely - 292 771, followed by Almaty region - 137 521 accounts, Zhambyl region closed the top three - 82 566 accounts.

The largest share of UAPF contributors who opened new accounts through payment of UAP was young people under 25 years old (inclusive) - 57.6% (542 069 accounts), citizens over 25 years old and under 40 years old - 22.1% (207 721), over 40 years old to 50 years old - 10.9% (103,437), over 50 years old - 9.4% (88,198 new accounts).

In April 2020 alone, 2.98 million UAP payers made about 3.02 million UAP contributions in the total amount of KZT 1.7 billion. At the same time, 56% (or 1,673,183 payers of UAP) were residents of the countryside, and 44% (or 1,307,891 payers) were from urban areas.

The leader in terms of the number of paid UAP by regions is Shymkent, there in April 2020, 591,390 payers made contributions (19.8%), followed by Almaty with 15.5% (461,460 people), c Almaty region loses the top 3 - 10% (300,574 payers). The smallest number of paying UAP was in Atyrau region - 2.1% (63,946 payers).

The total number of active contributors who replenished their individual pension saving accounts at least once this year (January - April 2020) amounted to 8.1 million people, which significantly exceeded the number of active contributors for the whole of 2019 - 6.6 million people.

The total amount of contributions received for January - April 2020 remained relatively high and amounted to KZT 347.09 billion, which is 15% higher than the similar indicators in 2019.

In April 2020, there was a decrease in the number of individual payers (individual entrepreneurs, individuals who receive income under civil law contracts, private practitioners, and other individuals) and the amount of their contributions: by 36.5% and 40.5%, respectively.

At the same time, the total amount of contributions received for April 2020 remained within the average monthly income at the beginning of the current year, since there was a high activity for paying UAP.