Kazakhstan
KAZ · 2024 energy mix · renewables 5.1% · fossil fuels 94.9%
Threat reading 58 of 100, classified HIGH THREAT, HOLDING. 255 events recorded here in the last seven days, 280 in the last thirty.
That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.
Where its energy comes from
| Coal | 48.4% |
|---|---|
| Gas | 24.1% |
| Oil | 22.4% |
| Hydro | 3.2% |
| Wind | 1.4% |
| Solar | 0.5% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 5.1% and fossil fuels for 94.9%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Kazakhstan is close to balanced on electricity trade.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 7 significant earthquakes in or just off Kazakhstan since 1887.
The deadliest was the 1 December 2003 magnitude 6.0 earthquake (China: Xinjiang: Zhaosu), which killed 11 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 8.3, on 11 July 1889 (Kazakhstan: Cilik, Alma-ata).
The most recent entry is the 13 June 2009 magnitude 5.4 earthquake (Kazakhstan: Tekeli), which killed one person.
Across the entries that record a death toll, 13 people died.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 December 2003 | magnitude 6.0 earthquake | China: Xinjiang: Zhaosu | 11 dead, 769 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 14 June 1990 | magnitude 6.8 earthquake | Kazakhstan: Ust, Zaysan | 1 dead, 3,000 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 13 June 2009 | magnitude 5.4 earthquake | Kazakhstan: Tekeli | 1 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 11 July 1889 | magnitude 8.3 earthquake | Kazakhstan: Cilik, Alma-ata | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 8 June 1887 | magnitude 7.3 earthquake | Kazakhstan: Vernensk | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 3 August 1990 | magnitude 6.1 earthquake | Kazakhstan: Akkal, Ust | 500 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 27 September 1990 | magnitude 4.5 earthquake | Kazakhstan: Zaysan | damage under $1 million |
A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
The most recent events our feeds placed in Kazakhstan:
- 7 November 2026: Fog - Bukhar-Zhyrau district (Karaganda Region)
- 7 November 2026: Fog - Karkaraly district (Karaganda Region)
- 7 November 2026: Fog - Osakarov district (Karaganda Region)
- 7 November 2026: Freezing rain, icing - Katonkaragay district (East Kazakhstan Region)
- 7 November 2026: Freezing rain, icing - Kurshim district (East Kazakhstan Region)
- 7 November 2026: Freezing rain, icing - Ridder (East Kazakhstan Region)
- 7 November 2026: Freezing rain, icing - Alty district (East Kazakhstan Region)
- 7 November 2026: Fog - Katonkaragay district (East Kazakhstan Region)
- 7 November 2026: Snow - Glubokoye district (East Kazakhstan Region)
- 7 November 2026: Snow - Katonkaragay district (East Kazakhstan Region)
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 0 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 0 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 5 |
| Natural hazard | 95 |
| Resilience | 78 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
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Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.