Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Kazakhstan

Freshwater withdrawal in Kazakhstan in 2022 — 24.97 km³. Ranked 30 in the world out of 179. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 24.9%.

2022 25 km³ +1.83% vs 2021
World rank 30of 179
Period maximum 33 km³1993
Period minimum 20 km³2008

Trend over time

1993–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Kazakhstan, 1993–202220253035199319961999200220052008201120142017202020221993: 33.24 km³1994: 32.66 km³1995: 32.07 km³1996: 29.54 km³1997: 27.01 km³1998: 24.47 km³1999: 21.94 km³2000: 21 km³2001: 20.84 km³2002: 22.26 km³2003: 22.97 km³2004: 23.64 km³2005: 24.79 km³2006: 21.24 km³2007: 22.82 km³2008: 20.47 km³2009: 23.86 km³2010: 22 km³2011: 21.4 km³2012: 22.59 km³2013: 23.11 km³2014: 23.08 km³2015: 21.66 km³2016: 21.63 km³2017: 22.45 km³2018: 23.54 km³2019: 23.52 km³2020: 24.59 km³2021: 24.52 km³2022: 24.97 km³
Change over the period: −8 (−24.89%) Average annual rate: -0.98 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Kazakhstan 25 km³
World 3,853 km³
Central Asia computed 112 km³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1,368 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Kazakhstan, by year Kazakhstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 25 +0 +1.83%
2021 25 −0 −0.28%
2020 25 +1 +4.55%
2019 24 −0 −0.11%
2018 24 +1 +4.85%
2017 22 +1 +3.8%
2016 22 −0 −0.12%
2015 22 −1 −6.18%
2014 23 −0 −0.1%
2013 23 +1 +2.27%
2012 23 +1 +5.59%
2011 21 −1 −2.72%
2010 22 −2 −7.81%
2009 24 +3 +16.56%
2008 20 −2 −10.29%
2007 23 +2 +7.41%
2006 21 −4 −14.32%
2005 25 +1 +4.89%
2004 24 +1 +2.92%
2003 23 +1 +3.19%
2002 22 +1 +6.83%
2001 21 −0 −0.78%
2000 21 −1 −4.28%
1999 22 −3 −10.35%
1998 24 −3 −9.38%
1997 27 −3 −8.58%
1996 30 −3 −7.9%
1995 32 −1 −1.79%
1994 33 −1 −1.76%
1993 33

Central Asia, 2022

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

About the indicator

Annual freshwater withdrawal for all uses: irrigation, industry, municipal supply. More than two-thirds of global withdrawal goes to agriculture, so the volume is tied more closely to the area under irrigation than to the number of residents or the size of industry. Withdrawal is not consumption: part of the water returns to water bodies, though usually in worse condition.

Important: Withdrawal, not consumptive use. It can exceed a country's own renewable resources: the country then takes water from across the border, from non-renewable groundwater, or desalinates it.

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