Lower secondary school starting age in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Lower secondary school starting age was 10 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary school starting age in Kazakhstan, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, lower secondary school starting age in Kazakhstan stood at 10 years. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in Kazakhstan peaked at 11 years in 1995 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 1970.
Kazakhstan ranks 192nd of 209 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.5 years | 10 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 11 years | 11 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11 years | 11 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 6 |
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More education data for Kazakhstan
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.1% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.9% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.3% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 113,317 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, male 98.4% (2025)
- Labor force, total 10.01 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 48.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9978 GPI (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school starting age in Kazakhstan?
- Lower secondary school starting age in Kazakhstan was 10 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 11 years in 1995.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 1970.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for lower secondary school starting age?
- Kazakhstan ranks 192nd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kazakhstan data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.