Energy consumption in Kazakhstan

The most important figure in the energy balance of Kazakhstan is the total consumption of

92.13 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 4,849 kWh.

Kazakhstan could be self-sufficient with domestically produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 102 bn kWh, which is 111 percent of the country's own usage. Despite this, Kazakhstan trades energy with foreign countries. Along with pure consumption, the production, imports and exports play an important role. Other energy sources, such as natural gas or crude oil are also used.

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Energy Balance

Electricity	total	Kazakhstan per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	92.13 bn kWh	4,848.90 kWh	11,744.38 kWh
Production	102.31 bn kWh	5,384.30 kWh	12,198.66 kWh
Import	1.94 bn kWh	101.84 kWh	185.15 kWh
Export	2.42 bn kWh	127.31 kWh	42.59 kWh
100.0% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity.
Crude Oil	Barrel/day	Kazakhstan per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	320,600.00 bbl	0.017 bbl	0.062 bbl
Production	1.86 m bbl	0.098 bbl	0.054 bbl
Import	500.00 bbl	0.000 bbl	0.023 bbl
Export	1.53 m bbl	0.081 bbl	0.006 bbl

In 2021 there were still 30.00 bn barrels of recoverable but not yet used crude oil reserves in the currently known deposits of Kazakhstan. Worldwide, there are still proved oil reserves totaling around 1.7 tn billion barrels. Kazakhstan therefore has a share of 1.75% and ranks 12th out of 211 countries with crude oil reserves.

Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Kazakhstan per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	14.56 bn m³	766.12 m³	2,583.79 m³
Production	25.79 bn m³	1,357.09 m³	2,914.02 m³
Import	7.71 bn m³	405.98 m³	239.57 m³
Export	16.42 bn m³	864.06 m³	567.66 m³

CO₂ emissions

	CO₂ emissions in 2019	Kazakhstan per capita	USA per capita
total	212.11 m t	11.46 t	14.52 t
› of which diesel + gasoline	39.21 bn t	2,117.62 t	7,179.51 t
› of which natural gas	28.56 bn t	1,542.48 t	5,073.94 t
› of which coal	195.93 bn t	10,582.77 t	3,246.58 t

Development of CO₂ emissions from 1990 to 2019 in million tons
See also: CO₂ equivalents by country

Production capacities per energy source

The given production capacities for electric energy have a theoretical value, which can only be obtained under ideal conditions. They are measuring the generatable amount of energy, that would be reached under permanent and full use of all capacities of all power plants.

In practice this isn't possible, because e.g. solar collectors are less efficient under clouds. Also wind- and water-power plants are not always operating under full load. All these values are only useful in relation to other energy sources or countries.

Energy source	total in Kazakhstan	Percentage in Kazakhstan	Percentage USA	per capita in Kazakhstan	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	193.33 bn kWh	88,2 %	59,9 %	10,174.63 kWh	2.06 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	19,5 %	0.00 kWh	0.67 kWh
Solar energy	1.97 bn kWh	0,9 %	3,2 %	103.82 kWh	0.11 kWh
Wind power	1.53 bn kWh	0,7 %	8,3 %	80.75 kWh	0.29 kWh
Water power	22.14 bn kWh	10,1 %	7,0 %	1,165.12 kWh	0.24 kWh
Tidal Power Plants	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	0,0 %	0.00 kWh	0.00 kWh
Geothermics	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	0,4 %	0.00 kWh	0.01 kWh
Biomass	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	1,7 %	0.00 kWh	0.06 kWh

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energy includes wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. This means all energy sources that renew themselves within a short time or are permanently available. Energy from hydropower is only partly a renewable energy. This is certainly the case with river or tidal power plants. Otherwise, numerous dams or reservoirs also produce mixed forms, e.g. by pumping water into their reservoirs at night and recovering energy from them during the day when there is an increased demand for electricity. Since it is not possible to clearly determine the amount of generated energy, all energy from hydropower is displayed separately.

In 2019, renewable energy accounted for around 1.7 percent of actual total consumption in Kazakhstan. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2019:

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