Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kyrgyzstan, 1999–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Kyrgyzstan recorded 0.9% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.8% on the previous year and down 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 1.6% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2025.
That places Kyrgyzstan 117th out of 122 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.0% | — |
| 2001 | 1.3% | +31.0% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -24.5% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | +28.8% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | -17.9% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | +57.1% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 1.4% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | -31.5% |
| 2025 | 0.9% | -6.8% |
Kyrgyzstan compared with similar countries
- Kyrgyzstan's 0.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.3%, 67% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Kyrgyzstan's 0.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.6%, 57% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kyrgyzstan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +57.1% | 1.0% | 1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
More education data for Kyrgyzstan
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 63,346 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 54 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 134,559 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 148,770 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 909,619 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 630,435 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0859 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kyrgyzstan?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kyrgyzstan was 0.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2008.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2025.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 117th out of 122 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Health and Welfare programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release