Kazakhstan: Current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2019, Kazakhstan's current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions) rose 4.55 percentage points on 2018 (from 95.45% to 100%).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2018), the average change was +0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.55 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.74 percentage points in 2006. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2010 to 2019 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.76 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 77% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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What this measures

Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration).

Limitations: The indicator depends on comprehensive and accurate data regarding government expenditure by type and nature of spending. In some cases, data on total government expenditure on education only includes the Ministry of Education, excluding other ministries that may also allocate part of their budget to educational services.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 17 values

Current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions) in nearby economies

• Albania — 82.49% (2023)
• Andorra — 98.62% (2023)
• Armenia — 92% (2023)
• Austria — 92.16% (2022)
• Azerbaijan — 91.55% (2023)
• Belarus — 93.39% (2024)
• Belgium — 95.44% (2022)
• Bulgaria — 92.81% (2022)

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 current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions)?

100% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is up 6.95 percentage points from 93.05% in 2002. The highest value was 100% in 2019 and the lowest 90.43% in 2008.

Is the latest change in current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions) unusual for Kazakhstan?

In 2019, Kazakhstan's current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions) rose 4.55 percentage points on 2018 (from 95.45% to 100%). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2018), the average change was +0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.CTOT.ZS, 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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