Level of water stress in Kazakhstan

Freshwater withdrawals in Kazakhstan were equal to 34.6% of available resources in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest since 1997.

Measure: Level of water stress Unit: % of available freshwater resources Data: 1993 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Kazakhstan, 2022 34.6% % of available freshwater resources
Change from 2021 +0.6percentage points 2021: 34.0%
Position in 2022 47th of 176 See the full ranking

Level of water stress in Kazakhstan over time

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% of available freshwater resources. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Level of water stress (% of available freshwater resources), 1998 to 2022
Period Kazakhstan
2022 34.6%
2021 34.0%
2020 34.1%
2019 32.6%
2018 32.7%
2017 31.1%
2016 30.0%
2015 30.0%
2014 32.0%
2013 32.0%
2012 31.3%
2011 29.7%
2010 30.5%
2009 33.1%
2008 28.4%
2007 31.6%
2006 29.5%
2005 34.4%
2004 32.8%
2003 31.9%
2002 30.9%
2001 28.9%
2000 29.1%
1999 30.4%
1998 33.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 34.0% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 31.3%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2022, Kazakhstan has the 47th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AQUASTAT
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.H2O.FWST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1993 to 2022 for Kazakhstan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AQUASTAT