Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 25.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Kazakhstan, 2001–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Kazakhstan is 25.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.2% on the previous year and up 175.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Kazakhstan peaked at 25.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 2015.
That places Kazakhstan 56th out of 179 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.3% | 9.8% | 25.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.2% | 9.4% | 13.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 24.4% | 22.3% | 25.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More education data for Kazakhstan
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.3% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 113,317 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.98 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Kazakhstan?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Kazakhstan was 25.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 25.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.4% in 2015.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Kazakhstan ranks 56th out of 179 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 175.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kazakhstan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.