Education in Kazakhstan

132 indicators covering education for Kazakhstan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 61.9% 2025 down 5.7% 151st
Population ages 0-14 29.1% 2025 up 5.3% 75th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 down 14.3% 33rd
Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 down 9.1% 192nd
School enrollment, primary 97.3% 2025 up 2.4% 133rd
Primary education, teachers 113,317 2025 up 53.5% 53rd
School enrollment, primary, female 96.2% 2025 up 1.3% 144th
School enrollment, primary, male 98.4% 2025 up 3.4% 122nd
Labor force, total 10.01 million 2025 up 8.7% 57th
Labor force, female 48.3% 2025 down 2.6% 35th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9978 GPI 2020 down 0.7% 77th
School enrollment, secondary 97.6% 2025 down 0.6% 70th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.7 per 1,000 2024 down 31.5% 118th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.7 per 1,000 2024 down 20.6% 118th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 12.5% 104th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.2 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 101st
Secondary education, teachers 251,627 2024 up 12.5% 30th
School enrollment, secondary, female 97.1% 2025 down 2.2% 79th
School enrollment, secondary, male 98.1% 2025 up 1.0% 67th
School enrollment, tertiary 52.9% 2025 up 9.3% 80th
School enrollment, primary, private 1.6% 2020 up 88.9% 181st
School enrollment, preprimary 74.1% 2020 up 115.2% 88th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 48.0% 2025 up 10.9% 70th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 58.0% 2025 up 8.6% 85th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 down 0.4% 112th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.17 GPI 2025 down 1.4% 106th
Secondary education, teachers, female 187,261 2024 up 12.2% 26th
Primary completion rate, female 97.3% 2025 up 4.4% 71st
Primary completion rate, male 98.8% 2025 up 6.0% 51st
Government expenditure on education, total 4.9% 2023 up 41.2% 67th
Secondary education, general pupils 1.72 million 2019 up 5.7% 51st
Lower secondary completion rate, total 97.4% 2025 down 0.8% 43rd
School enrollment, preprimary, female 73.6% 2020 up 105.9% 91st
School enrollment, preprimary, male 74.7% 2020 up 124.2% 82nd
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 97.1% 2019 down 1.7% 49th
Government expenditure on education, total 22.0% 2024 up 36.5% 10th
Secondary education, general pupils 49.7% 2019 up 0.6% 110th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 96.5% 2025 down 2.4% 59th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 98.3% 2025 up 0.8% 34th
Children out of school 7.9% 2025 down 5.3% 60th
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 186th
Primary education, pupils 1.58 million 2025 up 31.8% 74th
Secondary education, pupils 2.57 million 2025 up 53.3% 48th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 94.2% 2019 down 5.0% 75th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 100.0% 2019 up 1.6% 1st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 203,284 2019 down 7.4% 48th
Number of under-five deaths, male 2,225 2024 down 26.2% 75th
Number of infant deaths, female 1,272 2024 down 27.6% 76th
Number of infant deaths, male 1,734 2024 down 29.6% 74th
Number of under-five deaths, female 1,651 2024 down 24.5% 76th
Children out of school, female 8.7% 2025 up 1.3% 64th
Children out of school, male 7.2% 2025 down 12.0% 71st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 42.7% 2019 down 10.3% 81st
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 104.2% 2019 down 2.6% 75th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 5.5% 113th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.5% 2025 down 0.7% 99th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.8% 2025 down 3.2% 106th
Primary education, teachers 91.4% 2025 down 6.7% 25th
Repeaters, primary, total 0.0% 2019 down 48.8% 172nd