Abstract
The dynamic development of the economies of countries depends on all economic entities of various forms of ownership. In most countries, a significant share is occupied by the public sector, and its effective management affects the state of economic sectors. In Kazakhstan, a large share of the economy belongs to the state, in this regard, the article considers one of the priority sectors – the railway industry. To assess the effectiveness of railway industry infrastructure management, the authors applied an index method, based on the author’s methodology, an integral index for evaluating the effectiveness of railway industry infrastructure management was calculated. This index was applied on the example of the regions of Kazakhstan. As a result of the study, regions with low, medium and high efficiency of infrastructure management were identified. This technique makes it possible to assess how effective the management of infrastructure facilities in the industry is.