/IRBIS, January 4, 2012/ - Subsistence minimum in December 2011 amounted to 15,619 tenge, was indicated in the message released today by the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics.

The subsistence minimum in the average per capita, calculated on the basis of the minimum standards of consumption of basic foodstuffs, in December 2011 compared to the previous month increased by 1%, December 2010 -by 13.8%.

In its structure the share of the cost of meat and fish was 23.2%, milk, fat and oil products and eggs - 16.7%, fruits and vegetables - 9.6%, bread and cereal products - 8.2%, sugar, tea and spices - 2.3%.

tenge (KZT)

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                                          Teenagers       Working
                                        14-17 years    population
                                                old 18+ years old  Retirees
                    Average   Kids    ------ ------ -------------  and old
                    per       0-13      boys  girls    men  women   people
                    capita  years old
------------------- ------- --------- ------ ------ ------ ------ --------
Volume
of Living wage
minimum              15,619    12,491 19,769 15,147 18,578 14,753   14,650

Foodstuff 9,371 7,495 11,861 9,088 11,147 8,851 8,790 None-food goods and payable services 6,248 4,996 7,908 6,059 7,431 5,902 5,860

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Living wage is necessary minimum monetary income per person, equal in magnitude to the value of the minimum consumer basket. Minimum consumption basket is a minimum set of food, goods and services needed for human life in physical and value terms. It consists of a food basket and a fixed percentage of expenditure on non-food goods and paid services. The share of the minimum required non-food goods and services to calculate the subsistence level set at 40 per cent of the value of the minimum consumer basket.

[2012-01-04]