Education in Kyrgyzstan

796 indicators covering education for Kyrgyzstan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Average years of schooling among adults 12.07 years 2023 up 7.2% 41st
Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 12.07 years 2023 up 7.2% 41st
Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 12.07 years 2023 up 7.2% 41st
Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 4.3% 2021 up 49.7% 183rd
Average years of schooling, males vs. females 12.17 years 2023 up 8.2% 42nd
Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 12.58 years 2023 up 1.1% 121st
Primary completion rate, male 95.0% 2025 down 3.5% 86th
Primary completion rate, female 95.7% 2025 down 2.2% 87th
Duration of compulsory education 10 years 2025 unchanged 86th
Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st
Government expenditure on education, total 6.8% 2023 up 0.7% 16th
Secondary education, general pupils 620,568 2018 down 8.1% 84th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 93.7% 2025 up 6.4% 72nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 100.4% 2019 up 10.6% 72nd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 10.82 years 2019 up 7.6% 133rd
School enrollment, preprimary, male 38.4% 2021 up 89.1% 135th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 38.7% 2021 up 90.5% 136th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 97.7% 2020 up 2.5% 46th
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 2.12 years 2019 down 10.6% 76th
Government expenditure on education, total 19.6% 2024 up 36.8% 20th
Secondary education, general pupils 49.7% 2018 down 0.6% 105th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 95.2% 2025 up 8.0% 68th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 92.3% 2025 up 4.9% 74th
Children out of school 3.0% 2025 down 40.3% 109th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 251,012 number 2019 up 246.6% 73rd
Share of children in primary school age who are in school 97.0% 2025 up 2.1% 93rd
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Primary education, pupils 630,435 2025 up 39.7% 98th
Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 186th
Secondary education, pupils 909,619 2025 up 41.4% 83rd
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 3.0% 2025 down 40.3% 114th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 100.7% 2019 up 12.6% 72nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 100.1% 2019 up 8.5% 79th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 10.85 years 2019 up 9.6% 130th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 0.9931 GPI 2019 down 3.5% 113th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 10.78 years 2019 up 5.7% 133rd
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 97.5% 2020 up 3.0% 43rd
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 97.8% 2020 up 2.0% 48th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 54,632 2018 up 86.3% 88th
Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 97.3% 2025 up 2.9% 59th
Number of under-five deaths, male 1,447 2024 down 30.0% 89th
Number of under-five deaths, female 1,085 2024 down 29.4% 89th
Number of infant deaths, male 1,271 2024 down 29.7% 87th
Number of infant deaths, female 946 2024 down 29.1% 89th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 1.87 years 2019 down 8.0% 73rd
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.27 GPI 2019 down 4.7% 76th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 2.38 years 2019 down 12.3% 79th
Teachers in primary education, female 21,188 number 2019 up 33.1% 100th
Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 index 2025 up 1.5% 63rd
Children out of school, female 2.7% 2025 down 50.1% 122nd
Children out of school, male 3.2% 2025 down 29.0% 111th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 122,635 number 2019 up 247.0% 73rd
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 3.9% 2019 up 6.0% 172nd
Secondary education, vocational pupils 41.0% 2018 up 25.8% 100th
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 9.4% 2018 up 70.9% 96th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 13.04 years 2019 up 4.4% 100th
Productivity vs. educational attainment 12.12 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 44.9% 94th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 106.0% 2018 up 4.5% 53rd
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 7.2% 2024 down 23.5% 94th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.5% 2025 down 14.8% 129th