Percentage of graduates from tertiary … graduates Services both sexes in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Percentage of graduates from tertiary … graduates Services both sexes was 5.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kazakhstan, 2013–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kazakhstan stood at 5.8%.
The figure is down 8.2% on the previous year and up 73.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kazakhstan peaked at 7.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2015.
That places Kazakhstan 29th out of 124 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary … graduates Services both sexes in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3.5% | — |
| 2014 | 3.7% | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 6.7% | +99.2% |
| 2017 | 6.8% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 6.9% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 5.6% | -17.8% |
| 2024 | 6.4% | +12.5% |
| 2025 | 5.8% | -8.2% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 5.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.6%, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 5.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5.0%, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.4% | 3.4% | 7.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 5.6% | 6.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More education data for Kazakhstan
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 91.33 (2025)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 92.09 (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kazakhstan?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Kazakhstan was 5.8% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 7.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2015.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Kazakhstan ranks 29th out of 124 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.2%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release