Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Kazakhstan

Gross tertiary enrolment in Kazakhstan was 52.9% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2018.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1981 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Kazakhstan, 2025 52.9% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2024 −0.6percentage points 2024: 53.5%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as Kazakhstan (2025).

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Kazakhstan over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2025
Period KazakhstanWorld
2025 52.9% –
2024 53.5% 43.6%
2023 54.7% 43.2%
2022 57.2% 42.0%
2021 59.4% 41.1%
2020 62.3% 39.7%
2019 57.3% 38.7%
2018 52.0% 37.9%
2017 50.0% 37.5%
2016 46.0% 37.1%
2015 48.3% 36.6%
2014 51.1% 35.6%
2013 45.9% 33.1%
2012 52.2% 32.3%
2011 50.4% 31.1%
2010 46.7% 29.6%
2009 – 28.3%
2008 – 27.4%
2007 – 26.3%
2006 54.5% 25.7%
2005 – 24.3%
2004 – 23.6%
2003 – 22.8%
2002 – 21.6%
2001 – 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 53.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 48.3%, the figure has changed by +4.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1981 to 2025 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