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Kazakhstan Energy Information

Kazakhstan Key Figures

Population:
19.2 million
GDP growth rate:
3.21 %/year
Energy independence:
100%

Data of the last year available: 2022

Total consumption/GDP:*
68.3 (2005=100)
CO2 Emissions:
11.5 tCO2/capita
Rate of T&D power losses:
9.31%

* at purchasing power parity

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Total Energy Consumption

Per capita consumption is about 3.7 toe and around 4 100 kWh of electricity (2022).

Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)

Total energy consumption rebounded by around 9% in 2021 and remained stable in 2022 after a 7% drop in 2020. It increased slightly over 2O10-2019 (+0.6%/year).

Coal is the main energy source consumed (48% of total consumption in 2022), followed by gas (26%) and oil (24%, up from 17% in 2010).

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Crude Oil Production

Oil production decreased by 2% in 2022 to 85 Mt, after remaining stable since 2020. It had decreased by 5% in 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, after a 5.1%/year rise between 2016 and 2019 (92 Mt). In 2016, the country agreed to cut a symbolic 20 000 bbl/d of its oil production under the OPEC/non-OPEC deal. The commitment was confirmed again in 2017 and extended again until the end of 2018. In January 2019, it pledged to cut 40 000 bbl/d from a baseline set at 1.9 mb/d, starting from January 2019. Production levels were raised in 2021.

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Renewable in % Electricity Production

The National Programme of Wind Power Sector Development set wind generation targets of 900 GWh in 2015 (700 GWh achieved) and 5 TWh in 2024.

According to the 2050 Strategy (2013), solar and wind were meant to account for 3% of the power mix by 2020 (2% reached in 2020) and about 10% by 2030. In 2021, the government raised the 2030 target to 15%. By 2050, the country aims to generate 50% of its power from "alternative (i.e. nuclear) or renewable sources".

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CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions

In its first NDC (2015, updated in June 2023 with the same objective), the country set an unconditional target to reduce GHG emissions to 15% below 1990 levels by 2030 and a conditional target of 25%. In 2020, the government announced an unconditional target to reach carbon neutrality by 2060.

CO2 emissions from energy combustion more than doubled between 2000 and 2013. After a decrease until 2015, they are increasing again (3.3%/year on average) and reached 221 MtCO2 in 2022.

Graph: CO2-ENERGY EMISSIONS (MtCO2)