Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 97.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Kazakhstan, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Kazakhstan is 97.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Kazakhstan peaked at 97.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 80.9%, in 2000.
That places Kazakhstan 65th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.2% | 80.9% | 87.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.5% | 88.2% | 94.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.7% | 95.5% | 97.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More environment data for Kazakhstan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 330.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 16.04 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 22.33 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 28.91 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0514 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 57.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0467 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1425 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.22 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Kazakhstan?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Kazakhstan was 97.6% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 97.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.9% in 2000.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Kazakhstan ranks 65th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kazakhstan data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.