Kazakhstan: Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 0.44 percentage points from 49.39% in 2014. Since 1993 it is down 1.16 percentage points from 50.12% in 1993. The World Bank has no value for 11 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2019, Kazakhstan's secondary education, pupils (% female) rose 0.02 percentage points on 2018 (from 48.93% to 48.96%).

Across the 11 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2018), the average change was −0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.71 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 1.05 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.56 percentage points in 1998. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 24% 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

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Closest to Kazakhstan in the 2019 ranking

• Nepal — 1st of 5: 51.43%
• Monaco — 2nd of 5: 49.76%
• Ghana — 4th of 5: 48.88%
• Djibouti — 5th of 5: 45.78%

What this measures

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

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

All 16 values

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Albania — 47.09% (2018)
• Andorra — 48.35% (2018)
• Armenia — 47.27% (2018)
• Austria — 47.66% (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 46.74% (2018)
• Belarus — 48.29% (2018)
• Belgium — 51.68% (2017)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 49.39% (2018)
• Bulgaria — 47.8% (2017)
• Croatia — 49.87% (2017)
• Cyprus

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 secondary education, pupils (% female)?

48.96% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1993?

It is down 1.16 percentage points from 50.12% in 1993. The highest value was 52.07% in 1997 and the lowest 48.93% in 2018.

Is the latest change in secondary education, pupils (% female) unusual for Kazakhstan?

In 2019, Kazakhstan's secondary education, pupils (% female) rose 0.02 percentage points on 2018 (from 48.93% to 48.96%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2018), the average change was −0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.71 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) 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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