Artur Miskaryan, head of the Agency for Monitoring and Analysis of the Automotive Market, has published calculations of the annual costs Kazakh drivers face for AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline, depending on engine size and mileage, according to infohub.kz.
The expert examined three annual mileage scenarios — 15,000, 20,000 and 25,000 km. The calculations used prices of 246 tenge per liter of AI-92 and 312 tenge per liter of AI-95.
At 15,000 km a year, the owner of a car with an engine of up to 1.5 liters will spend about 240,000 tenge on AI-92 and 304,000 tenge on AI-95. At 25,000 km, those figures rise to 400,000 and 507,000 tenge respectively.
For passenger cars with 1.5–2 liter engines, annual costs at 15,000 km will amount to 295,000 tenge for AI-92 and 374,000 tenge for AI-95. Driving 25,000 km a year pushes costs to 492,000 and 624,000 tenge.
For vehicles with 2–2.5 liter engines, costs at 25,000 km will come to about 554,000 tenge for AI-92 and 702,000 tenge for AI-95. For cars with 2.5–4 liter engines, the sums reach 738,000 and 936,000 tenge respectively.
The highest costs are for cars with engines larger than 4 liters. At 25,000 km a year, their owners will spend about 1.1 million tenge on AI-92 and 1.4 million tenge on AI-95.
According to Miskaryan, as of September 1, 2026, Kazakhstan had 2.1 million cars with 1.5–2 liter engines. This category accounts for the largest fuel bill among the groups studied. The analyst forecasts that fuel consumption in this segment will continue to grow as the national car fleet is renewed.
The calculations used average manufacturer-rated fuel consumption figures — from 6.5 liters per 100 km for engines up to 1.5 liters to 18 liters for engines above 4 liters. Actual costs may differ, since consumption depends on driving style, the vehicle's technical condition, traffic congestion, weather and operating conditions. Frequent short trips, traffic jams and prolonged idling also increase consumption.
Miskaryan noted that many car owners cannot say precisely how much they spend on gasoline. That makes it harder to assess what share of the family budget a car consumes.
Fuel spending does not reflect the full cost of owning a car. The annual budget also includes maintenance, replacement of consumables, tire fitting, car washes, insurance, vehicle tax, parking and repairs. As a result, even an economical car can require significant additional servicing costs.
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