Quality of life in Almaty
Almaty, Kazakhstan, differentiates itself with low living costs. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, safety and taxation.
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Almaty, Kazakhstan, differentiates itself with low living costs. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, safety and taxation.
Large apartment | $620.00 |
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Medium apartment | $480.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.93 |
Small apartment | $340.00 |
5km taxi ride | $2.90 |
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A Cappuccino | $2.40 |
A beer | $0.68 |
A kilogram of Apples | $1.30 |
Bread | $0.14 |
Inflation [score] | 0.93 |
Lunch | $5.70 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $83.00 |
Monthly public transport | $19.00 |
Movie ticket | $4.50 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $32.84 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.10 |
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Coworking spaces [score] | 0.10 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 2 |
Meetups [score] | 0.10 |
Meetups groups | 4 |
Meetups members | 703 |
Number of investors | 4 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 5 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.25 |
Startups [score] | 0.39 |
Total number of startups | 4 |
Airport hub | 45 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.26 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.66 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/Kazakhstan/Almaty |
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Traffic handling [score] | 0.89 |
Business freedom | 72.30 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.61 |
Freedom from corruption | 29.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.15 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 82.70 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.85 |
Time to open a business | 9.00 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.91 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.47 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 1 |
Guns per 100 residents | 1 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.96 |
Lack of guns [score] | 1.00 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.98 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.44 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.45 |
Life expectancy (years) | 70.24 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.22 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 427.97 |
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Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 392.74 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 424.71 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 32 |
PISA ranking | 36 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.46 |
PISA reading (high school) | 39 |
PISA science (high school) | 32 |
Percent of happy students | 0.89 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.45 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.57 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.42 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.01 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.00 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.00 |
Air quality [score] | 0.12 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.34 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.47 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.61 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 332.37 |
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Currency for urban area | KZT |
GDP growth rate | 0.04 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.66 |
GDP per capita | $24019.95 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.39 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.81 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.90 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.29 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 178 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.12 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 10.92 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.20 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.38 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 8.19 |
Art galleries | 61 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.36 |
Cinemas | 41 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.59 |
Comedy clubs | 21 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.57 |
Concert venues | 68 |
Concerts [score] | 0.38 |
Historical sites | 28 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.32 |
Museums | 24 |
Museums [score] | 0.27 |
Performing art venues | 71 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.48 |
Sport venues | 53 |
Sports [score] | 0.56 |
Zoos | 8 |
Zoos [score] | 0.66 |
LGBT Equality Index | 66.56 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.67 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✔ Legal |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✖ Not banned |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | Ambiguous |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, surgery not required |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | Ambiguous |
LGBT marriage rights | ✖ Not legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.64 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 1.00 |
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Median peak in meters | 4100.00 |
Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 787.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.10 |
Costs of living in Almaty are in the least expensive 10 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Average living expenses are significantly lower compared to other cities, especially in the housing market. Moving to Almaty will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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Software Engineer salaries in Almaty are very low. For this job type, Almaty ranks 245th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Almaty.
The overall crime rate puts Almaty in position 188 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Almaty, surrounded by Almaty Province (but not the part of the province), is the former capital of Kazakhstan, and still its largest city and the financial and cultural center. It is an old city, once one of the main centers of the Zhetysu region along the Silk Road.
On a clear day you can see the beautifully rugged, snow-capped mountains, right at the city's doorstep to the south. The city, in general, slopes from south to north which makes navigating the streets easy. If you are traveling uphill, you're going south. There is also a small mountain range bordering the city to the east.
As an important hub, not just for Kazakhstan but for Central Asia as a whole, Almaty has a moderately large expatriate community and is on the itinerary for most tourists in the region.
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