Kazakhstan's children out of school, primary was 128,155 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 21.97% from 105,069 in 2015 (2.01% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 128,155 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 165,748 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 105,069 | 2015 |
| Highest | 170,299 | 2021 |
| Lowest | 21,178 | 2005 |
| Average since 2016 | 114,881 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 53,182 | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Kazakhstan's children out of school, primary rose 24.7% on 2024 (from 102,766 to 128,155).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was +8.9% and a typical year strayed about 44.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 183.2% in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 47.2% in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Kazakhstan had the 4th highest value of the 12 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 128,155 | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 9.28 million | 2025 |
Closest to Kazakhstan in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
Limitations: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 26 values
| Year | Children out of school, primary |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 128,155 |
| 2024 | 102,766 |
| 2023 | 93,210 |
| 2022 | 162,925 |
| 2021 | 170,299 |
| 2020 | 165,748 |
| 2019 | 58,533 |
| 2018 | 72,946 |
| 2017 | 80,808 |
| 2016 | 113,415 |
| 2015 |
Children out of school, primary in nearby economies
More education data for Kazakhstan
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 1.58 million (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 97.33% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 98.43% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers — 113,317 (2025)
- Primary education, teachers (% female)
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Questions people ask
- What is Kazakhstan's children out of school, primary?
- 128,155 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 140.97% from 53,182 in 2000 (3.58% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 170,299 in 2021 and the lowest 21,178 in 2005.
- How does Kazakhstan rank?
- 4th highest of 12 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in children out of school, primary unusual for Kazakhstan?
- In 2025, Kazakhstan's children out of school, primary rose 24.7% on 2024 (from 102,766 to 128,155). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was +8.9% and a typical year strayed about 44.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.UNER, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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