Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Kazakhstan

Water resources per capita in Kazakhstan in 2022 — 3,212 m³/person. Ranked 79 in the world out of 181. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 13.5%.

2022 3,212 m³/person −1.45% vs 2021
World rank 79of 181
Period maximum 4,163 m³/person1999
Period minimum 3,212 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1992–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Kazakhstan, 1992–20223,0003,2503,5003,7504,0004,250199219951998200120042007201020132016201920221992: 3,713 m³/person1993: 3,725 m³/person1994: 3,776 m³/person1995: 3,846 m³/person1996: 3,920 m³/person1997: 4,011 m³/person1998: 4,112 m³/person1999: 4,163 m³/person2000: 4,151 m³/person2001: 4,131 m³/person2002: 4,110 m³/person2003: 4,086 m³/person2004: 4,060 m³/person2005: 4,030 m³/person2006: 3,996 m³/person2007: 3,958 m³/person2008: 3,917 m³/person2009: 3,872 m³/person2010: 3,822 m³/person2011: 3,771 m³/person2012: 3,718 m³/person2013: 3,665 m³/person2014: 3,612 m³/person2015: 3,558 m³/person2016: 3,504 m³/person2017: 3,450 m³/person2018: 3,399 m³/person2019: 3,350 m³/person2020: 3,303 m³/person2021: 3,259 m³/person2022: 3,212 m³/person
Change over the period: −501 (−13.49%) Average annual rate: -0.48 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan 3,212 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Europe & Central Asia 7,674 m³/person
Central Asia computed 2,451 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Kazakhstan, by year Kazakhstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 3,212 −47 −1.45%
2021 3,259 −44 −1.32%
2020 3,303 −47 −1.4%
2019 3,350 −49 −1.44%
2018 3,399 −51 −1.48%
2017 3,450 −54 −1.55%
2016 3,504 −54 −1.52%
2015 3,558 −54 −1.48%
2014 3,612 −53 −1.46%
2013 3,665 −53 −1.43%
2012 3,718 −52 −1.39%
2011 3,771 −51 −1.34%
2010 3,822 −50 −1.29%
2009 3,872 −46 −1.16%
2008 3,917 −41 −1.03%
2007 3,958 −38 −0.94%
2006 3,996 −34 −0.84%
2005 4,030 −30 −0.74%
2004 4,060 −26 −0.65%
2003 4,086 −24 −0.58%
2002 4,110 −21 −0.52%
2001 4,131 −20 −0.48%
2000 4,151 −12 −0.29%
1999 4,163 +51 +1.24%
1998 4,112 +101 +2.53%
1997 4,011 +91 +2.32%
1996 3,920 +74 +1.92%
1995 3,846 +71 +1.87%
1994 3,776 +50 +1.35%
1993 3,725 +12 +0.34%
1992 3,713

Central Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Internal renewable water resources divided by the population. This is the conventional measure of water scarcity: below 1,700 cubic meters per person a year indicates water stress, below 1,000 scarcity, and below 500 absolute scarcity. The value falls even where the water itself does not diminish — simply from population growth — and the series shows which countries are entering scarcity demographically.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its water resources divided by all of its population. The thresholds of 1,700, 1,000 and 500 m³ are widely used benchmarks, not an official classification.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.