Kazakhstan's adult literacy rose from 97.5 % in 1989 to 99.7 % in 2009.
Kazakhstan's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 93.6 % in 1996 to 97.3 % in 2025.
Kazakhstan · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Kazakhstan's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 99.7 % in 1989 to 99.8 % in 2009.
Kazakhstan's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 92.3 % in 1981 to 97.6 % in 2025.
Kazakhstan's tertiary enrolment rose from 32.9 % in 1981 to 52.9 % in 2025.
Kazakhstan's children out of school, primary rose from 53,182 in 2000 to 128,155 in 2025.
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- Primary completion rateup +3.7 pts4th of 11
- Tertiary attainmentdown −1.1 pts36th of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −3.1 pts4th of 119*
- Expected years of schoolingdown −0.0 yrs86th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.1 yrs32nd of 145
- Learning povertyup +7.3 pts29th of 53
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- Education spendingup +0.5 pts34th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +1.2 pts10th of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −12.3 %2nd of 4
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