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Astana and Almaty Enter Global Top 300 Cities, Stand Out for Human Capital

By Dana Omirgazy  on 22 September 2026

ASTANA – Astana and Almaty have placed among the world’s 300 highest-ranked cities in the 2026 Global Cities Index by Oxford Economics, with both Kazakhstan’s major urban centers showing their strongest performance in human capital. Almaty ranked 265th globally and Astana 281st among 1,000 cities assessed by the international...