Pollution problems in Kazakhstan have persisted despite rising environmental expenditure
In 2025, economic entities in Kazakhstan allocated 813.3 billion tenge to environmental protection. This is almost 1.8 times higher than the 2024 figure, when expenditure amounted to 456.1 billion tenge. At the same time, data on air pollution do not make it possible to unequivocally link the rise in expenditure to an improvement in the environmental situation.