Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary was 25.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Kazakhstan, 2001–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Kazakhstan stood at 25.9%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 10.2% on the previous year and up 175.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Kazakhstan peaked at 25.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 2015.
Kazakhstan ranks 56th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 25.7% | — |
| 2002 | 25.0% | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 19.1% | -23.7% |
| 2004 | 19.1% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 16.0% | -15.8% |
| 2006 | 16.5% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 12.8% | -22.3% |
| 2008 | 9.8% | -23.3% |
| 2009 | 11.3% | +15.4% |
| 2011 | 12.6% | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 12.3% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | -14.1% |
| 2014 | 10.4% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 9.4% | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | +48.2% |
| 2019 | 9.5% | -31.9% |
| 2020 | 22.3% | +134.7% |
| 2021 | 25.5% | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 25.7% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 23.6% | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 23.5% | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 25.9% | +10.2% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 25.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14.6%, 1.8× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 25.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.8%, 9.1× the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Kazakhstan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +134.7% | 9.5% | 22.3% |
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
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 251,627 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 638 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 505,387 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 476,418 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.57 million (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.58 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.6994 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0756 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Kazakhstan?
- Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in Kazakhstan was 25.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 25.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.4% in 2015.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary?
- Kazakhstan ranks 56th out of 179 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 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, published as part of Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release