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Kazakhstani Tenge
KZTKazakhstan · Issued by National Bank of Kazakhstan
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+8.69%
10y M2 change
+257%
M69 Score
41.9
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
45.66T KZT
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+8.69%
World Bank · annual
Country
Kazakhstan
ISO 4217 · KZT
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Kazakhstani Tenge M2 money supply
Broad money in KZT (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Kazakhstani Tenge inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Kazakhstan. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Kazakhstani Tenge be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 KZT in 2001 buys today
0.35 KZTworth of goods
Lost 100% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
28,578.13 KZT
69 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 15:52:43
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- KAZ
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/KZT
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Kazakhstani Tenge?+
The Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT) is issued by National Bank of Kazakhstan. As the monetary authority for Kazakhstan, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Kazakhstani Tenge?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Kazakhstani Tenge: 8.69% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Kazakhstani Tenge been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 257% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between KZT as accounting unit and KZT as a store of value.
Is the Kazakhstani Tenge sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Kazakhstani Tenge currently scores 41.9. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Kazakhstani Tenge compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.