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Europe · Eastern Europe · 2025 price levels

🇰🇿Cost of living in Kazakhstan (European)

−51% Everyday spending in Kazakhstan (European) costs 51% less than the EU average.

Eurostat publishes no breakdown by category for Kazakhstan (European), so this is the World Bank's overall household price level, set against the EU.

Against its neighbours

Cheaper than Russia (European)

Household spending, EU average = 100.

🇪🇺 EU100
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (European)49
63% cheaperthan the United States for the same household spending (World Bank, 2025)
Living there

The basics

Status
Eastern Europe
Stay
90-day visa-free for most EEA citizens.
Healthcare
Travel Insurance recommended.
Say it locally

Seven phrases

Hello
Salem
Thank you
Rakhmet
Yes/No
Iya / Joq
How are you?
Qalay jaǵdaıyń?
Excuse me
Keshirińiz
Check, please!
Shot, suraıman!
Do you speak English?
Siz aǵylshynsha sóıleısiiz be?
Cities

Two places to live

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Google Maps Search Hub

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Useful Links

🏠 Housing & Rent

Link Description
Krisha.kz Property listings

💼 Jobs

Link Description
hh.kz Job listings

Links checked: October 2026

Where the numbers come from
  1. World Bank, PA.NUS.PRVT.PLI: household price level, United States = 100, 2025. CC BY 4.0.
  2. Against the EU: the World Bank's level divided by the EU's on the same scale (75.0, from the countries both sources cover).