Abstract
Environmental protection is an essential direction among the issues protectingthe national interests of any state. Today the question is highly relevant; it becomes the subjectof interest and new researches by academic economists. The future well-being of mankind andthe sustainable development of the economy are due to the successful solution of the problemof environmental protection as one of the most debated issues of our time. To a large extent,the successful implementation of this activity depends on the volume of investments and theeffectiveness of environmental protection measures. The purpose of the article is to analyze theexpenditure of environmental protection for adequacy to high man-made loads. In the processof researching the expenditures of environmental activities, methods of logical, statistical andcomparative analysis were used. In this research, firstly, identified priority areas for environmentalactivities in Kazakhstan, secondly, a decrease in the share of environmental protection expendituresas a percentage of the country’s GDP, and also an analysis of the environmental costs of the Republicof Kazakhstan for 2013~2017 by regions. The research confirmed that despite the annual increasein the cost of environmental protection in Kazakhstan, environmental protection is ineffective.The results of the research show that in order to level the negative impact on the environment, itis necessary to increase the costs of environmental protection activities as a percentage of GDP,including research and development in the field of environmental protection.