We are interested in your feedback about the index. We are also interested in your feedback about the website and/or any issue you have found navigating it:
Contact usKazakhstan
GDP (PPP) per capita (2021): 28,684.90 Int. Dollar | Population (2021): 19,000,988 | HDI (2021): 0.81 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
36
Score: 59.8
Vulnerability
0.322
Readiness
0.518
The low vulnerability score and high readiness score of Kazakhstan places it in the lower-right quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. Adaptation challenges still exist, but Kazakhstan is well positioned to adapt. Kazakhstan is the 164th most vulnerable country and the 51st most ready country.
ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995
Year | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ranking | 50 | 52 | 49 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 51 | 47 | 46 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 36 |
Indicator | 2002 to 2021 | Score |
---|---|---|
Vulnerability | 0.322 | |
Food | 0.423 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.574 | |
Projected population change | 0.223 | |
Food import dependency | 0.160 | |
Rural population | 0.455 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.985 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.141 | |
Water | 0.222 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | 0 | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.490 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.327 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0.406 | |
Dam capacity | 0 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | 0.109 | |
Health | 0.265 | |
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.061 | |
Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.658 | |
Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.006 | |
Slum population | 0.008 | |
Medical staff | 0.591 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.423 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.659 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0 | |
Natural capital dependency | - | |
Ecological footprint | 0.261 | |
Protected biome | 0.359 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.838 | |
Human Habitat | 0.452 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 0.034 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.796 | |
Urban concentration | 0.545 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.594 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.628 | |
Paved roads | 0.114 | |
Infrastructure | 0.148 | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.364 | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | - | |
Dependency on imported energy | 0 | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 0 | |
Electricity access | 0 | |
Disaster preparedness | 0.375 |