International Rankings of Kazakhstan 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Kazakhstan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Kazakhstan, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	93	13.28	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	51	2.511 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	67	78.9 %	2018
Internet users - total	45	14.789 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	94	16.24	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	45	3.073 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	135.96	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	50	25.718 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	61	38.300 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	61	35.480 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	47	1.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	3	81.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	19	79.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	16	94.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	79	70.4	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	57	181.194 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	95	35.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	112	11.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	136	53.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	36	27.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	69	22.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	19	4.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	108	4.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	43	34.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	90	61.2 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	94	23.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	11	4.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	35	5.8 %	2017
Labor force	57	8.685 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	74	18.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	66	20.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	74	61.6 %	2017
Population below poverty line	148	4.3	2018
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	43	487.868 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	58	26351 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	109	22.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	24	304.600 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	10	1.409 million	2015
Crude oil - imports	79	1480	2015
Crude oil - production	13	1.856 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	12	30.000 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	34	94.230 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	38	5.100 billion kWh	2017
Electricity - from fossil fuels	13	86	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	56	14	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	65	1.318 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	45	20.150 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	35	100.800 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	44	15.370 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	18	12.800 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	35	5.748 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	31	22.410 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	14	2.407 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	47	274000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	41	105900 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	90	39120 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	45	290700 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	21	247.21 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	40	45.03 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	155	11.32 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	8	77.4	2018
Land use - arable land	99	8.9	2018
Land use - forest	171	1.2	2018
Land use - other	111	21.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	9	68.5	2018
Revenue from coal	6	0.99 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	64	108.410 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	30	15.120 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	15	6.984 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	34	2.347 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	101	1.19	2025
Urbanization - urban population	105	57.8	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	49	4.660 million tons	2012
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	73	136064 tons	2012
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	77	2.9 %	2012
Geography
Area - land	12	2.700 million sq km	0
Area - total	12	2.725 million sq km	0
Area - water	26	2.520 million sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	51	132 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	89	387 meters	0
Irrigated land	28	20660 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	5	13364 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	8	77.4	2018
Land use - arable land	99	8.9	2018
Land use - forest	171	1.2	2018
Land use - other	111	21.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	9	68.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	63	108.410 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	134	12.97 %	2645
Age structure - 25-54 years	69	42.23 %	2845
Age structure - 55-64 years	89	10.25 %	9923
Birth rate	101	15.87 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	68	53 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	80	2.9 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	72	8.14 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	72	12.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	82	8 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	65	58.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	69	46.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	80	6.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	82	2.6 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	51	2.6 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.3	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	54	35000	2020
Hospital bed density	15	6.1 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	83	17.17 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	86	22.18 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	84	19.59 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	109	77.06 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	150	67.12 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	131	72.25 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	105	10	2017
Median age - female	81	32.8 years	2020
Median age - male	79	30.3 years	0
Median age - total	77	31.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	16	28.9	2019
Net migration rate	66	0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	72	21 %	2016
Physicians density	23	3.98 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	63	19.246 million	2021
Population growth rate	99	0.81 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	2	99.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	112	0.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	106	0.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	16 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	19	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	44	0.78	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	53	0.54 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	14	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	26	0.91 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	77	2.13 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	134	4	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	127	3.6	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	133	3.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	101	1.19	2025
Urbanization - urban population	105	57.8	2021
Transportation
Airports	55	96	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	15	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	17	25	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	39	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	17	10	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	35	63	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	27	8	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	53	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	64	33	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	55	13	2013
Heliports	23	3	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	45	50.220 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	53	7.144 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	51	84	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	16	12	2020
Railways - total	17	16614 km	2017
Roadways - paved	28	81814 km	2017
Roadways - total	42	95409 km	2017
Waterways	25	4000 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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