Education spending in Kazakhstan

Government spending on education in Kazakhstan was equal to 4.9% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1995.

Kazakhstan, 2023 4.9% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.5percentage points 2022: 4.4%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate

Education spending in Kazakhstan over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2023
Period KazakhstanWorld
2023 4.9% 3.6%
2022 4.4% 3.9%
2021 4.4% 4.2%
2020 4.4% 4.3%
2019 2.9% 4.2%
2018 2.6% 4.2%
2017 2.8% 4.1%
2016 3.0% 4.2%
2015 2.8% 4.2%
2014 3.4% 4.2%
2013 3.4% 4.3%
2012 3.9% 4.0%
2011 3.6% 4.1%
2010 3.6% 4.2%
2009 3.1% 4.7%
2008 2.6% 4.2%
2007 2.8% 4.0%
2006 2.6% 4.0%
2005 2.3% 4.0%
2004 2.3% 3.9%
2003 – 4.1%
2002 3.0% 3.9%
2001 – 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 4.4% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 3.4%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 3.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1995 to 2023 for Kazakhstan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics