Kazakhstan
Background Information
Region
Europe & Central Asia
World Bank income group
Upper middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
20% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
1,508,234 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
1,951,046 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
7%
Source: UNSDG, 2015
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
30
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15
No data available
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
49%
Source: DHS, 1999
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
11
Source: UIS, 2020
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
-
Female 98%
-
Male 98%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
-
Female 80%
-
Male 79%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 100%
-
Male 100%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 100%
-
Male 100%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 95%
-
Male 93%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 0%
-
Male 0%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Lower secondary school
-
Female 0%
-
Male 1%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Upper secondary school
-
Female 6%
-
Male 8%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015