{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "name": "Kazakhstan Travel Cost Index 2026",
  "description": "Official February 2026 observed price benchmarks for 20 Kazakhstan cities plus the national average, with transparent travel-reference baskets.",
  "url": "https://about-kazakhstan.com/kazakhstan-budget-travel/",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "source": {
    "publisher": "Bureau of National Statistics of Kazakhstan",
    "title": "Retail prices for selected goods and services in the Republic of Kazakhstan, February 2026",
    "period": "2026-02",
    "published_at": "2026-03-10",
    "url": "https://stat.gov.kz/api/iblock/element/281456/file/ru/",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-07-14",
    "sha256": "e25cb2956a56c118251d41724f45c463bf950fee587a21d45850fc5f5f05d68d"
  },
  "methodology": {
    "location_count": 21,
    "city_count": 20,
    "raw_metric_count": 12,
    "derived_metric_count": 3,
    "grocery_basket": "One BNS representative pricing unit each of wheat bread, a dozen eggs, rice, milk, bone-in beef, chicken, potatoes and apples.",
    "reference_basket": "One hotel day + four card/QR city-bus rides + one cinema ticket + the reference grocery basket.",
    "index_base": "The official BNS Kazakhstan-wide reference basket equals 100; city values are divided by that basket.",
    "limitations": [
      "This is a reproducible comparison basket, not a promised daily travel budget.",
      "Hotel values are official observed service prices, not a live quote for a specified property or date.",
      "The BNS national value is an official aggregate, not the arithmetic mean of the 20 city rows.",
      "Prices are stored in KZT; users should use the National Bank daily rate for current currency conversion."
    ]
  },
  "metric_definitions": [
    {
      "id": "wheat_bread",
      "label": "Wheat bread, first-grade flour",
      "category": "groceries",
      "unit": "BNS representative retail unit",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "1",
      "source_row": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "eggs_dozen",
      "label": "Category 1 eggs, dozen",
      "category": "groceries",
      "unit": "KZT per dozen",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "1",
      "source_row": 15
    },
    {
      "id": "rice",
      "label": "Polished rice",
      "category": "groceries",
      "unit": "BNS representative retail unit",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "1",
      "source_row": 16
    },
    {
      "id": "milk",
      "label": "Milk, 2.2–2.5% fat",
      "category": "groceries",
      "unit": "BNS representative retail unit",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "1",
      "source_row": 23
    },
    {
      "id": "beef_bone_in",
      "label": "Beef with bone",
      "category": "groceries",
      "unit": "BNS representative retail unit",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "1",
      "source_row": 33
    },
    {
      "id": "chicken",
      "label": "Chicken",
      "category": "groceries",
      "unit": "BNS representative retail unit",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "1",
      "source_row": 37
    },
    {
      "id": "potatoes",
      "label": "Potatoes",
      "category": "groceries",
      "unit": "BNS representative retail unit",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "1",
      "source_row": 50
    },
    {
      "id": "apples",
      "label": "Apples",
      "category": "groceries",
      "unit": "BNS representative retail unit",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "1",
      "source_row": 57
    },
    {
      "id": "gasoline_92_litre",
      "label": "AI-92 gasoline",
      "category": "transport",
      "unit": "KZT per litre",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "2",
      "source_row": 40
    },
    {
      "id": "bus_single_ride",
      "label": "City bus, transport card or QR",
      "category": "transport",
      "unit": "KZT per ride",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "3",
      "source_row": 13
    },
    {
      "id": "cinema_ticket",
      "label": "Cinema ticket",
      "category": "activities",
      "unit": "KZT per ticket",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "3",
      "source_row": 12
    },
    {
      "id": "hotel_night",
      "label": "Hotel accommodation",
      "category": "accommodation",
      "unit": "KZT per day",
      "value_type": "official_observed_price",
      "source_sheet": "3",
      "source_row": 14
    },
    {
      "id": "grocery_reference_basket_kzt",
      "label": "Reference grocery basket",
      "category": "derived",
      "unit": "KZT",
      "value_type": "derived",
      "formula": "wheat_bread + eggs_dozen + rice + milk + beef_bone_in + chicken + potatoes + apples"
    },
    {
      "id": "reference_basket_kzt",
      "label": "Travel reference basket",
      "category": "derived",
      "unit": "KZT",
      "value_type": "derived",
      "formula": "hotel_night + (4 × bus_single_ride) + cinema_ticket + grocery_reference_basket_kzt"
    },
    {
      "id": "reference_index_national_100",
      "label": "Travel Cost Index (national average = 100)",
      "category": "derived",
      "unit": "index",
      "value_type": "derived",
      "formula": "reference_basket_kzt ÷ national reference_basket_kzt × 100"
    }
  ],
  "locations": [
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      "id": "kazakhstan-average",
      "name": "Kazakhstan average",
      "type": "national_average",
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        "eggs_dozen": 569,
        "rice": 547,
        "milk": 621,
        "beef_bone_in": 3620,
        "chicken": 1697,
        "potatoes": 211,
        "apples": 767,
        "gasoline_92_litre": 235,
        "bus_single_ride": 101,
        "cinema_ticket": 2540,
        "hotel_night": 26957,
        "grocery_reference_basket_kzt": 8259,
        "reference_basket_kzt": 38160,
        "reference_index_national_100": 100.0
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "astana",
      "name": "Astana",
      "type": "city",
      "metrics": {
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        "eggs_dozen": 566,
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        "milk": 535,
        "beef_bone_in": 3696,
        "chicken": 1813,
        "potatoes": 217,
        "apples": 744,
        "gasoline_92_litre": 237,
        "bus_single_ride": 110,
        "cinema_ticket": 2785,
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        "grocery_reference_basket_kzt": 8372,
        "reference_basket_kzt": 31821,
        "reference_index_national_100": 83.4
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "almaty",
      "name": "Almaty",
      "type": "city",
      "metrics": {
        "wheat_bread": 308,
        "eggs_dozen": 612,
        "rice": 529,
        "milk": 809,
        "beef_bone_in": 3970,
        "chicken": 1757,
        "potatoes": 238,
        "apples": 728,
        "gasoline_92_litre": 239,
        "bus_single_ride": 120,
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      }
    },
    {
      "id": "shymkent",
      "name": "Shymkent",
      "type": "city",
      "metrics": {
        "wheat_bread": 187,
        "eggs_dozen": 552,
        "rice": 577,
        "milk": 636,
        "beef_bone_in": 3538,
        "chicken": 1948,
        "potatoes": 212,
        "apples": 696,
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      }
    },
    {
      "id": "aktau",
      "name": "Aktau",
      "type": "city",
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        "chicken": 1589,
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      }
    },
    {
      "id": "aktobe",
      "name": "Aktobe",
      "type": "city",
      "metrics": {
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        "beef_bone_in": 3218,
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    {
      "id": "atyrau",
      "name": "Atyrau",
      "type": "city",
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      }
    },
    {
      "id": "zhezkazgan",
      "name": "Zhezkazgan",
      "type": "city",
      "metrics": {
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        "rice": 637,
        "milk": 752,
        "beef_bone_in": 3549,
        "chicken": 1835,
        "potatoes": 255,
        "apples": 962,
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    },
    {
      "id": "kokshetau",
      "name": "Kokshetau",
      "type": "city",
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    {
      "id": "karaganda",
      "name": "Karaganda",
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    {
      "id": "konaev",
      "name": "Konaev",
      "type": "city",
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    {
      "id": "kostanay",
      "name": "Kostanay",
      "type": "city",
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    {
      "id": "kyzylorda",
      "name": "Kyzylorda",
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      "id": "oral",
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    {
      "id": "oskemen",
      "name": "Oskemen",
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      "name": "Pavlodar",
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    {
      "id": "semey",
      "name": "Semey",
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    },
    {
      "id": "taldykorgan",
      "name": "Taldykorgan",
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    {
      "id": "taraz",
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    {
      "id": "turkistan",
      "name": "Turkistan",
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