Kazakhstan: Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Kazakhstan's tertiary education, academic staff (% female) rose 0.56 percentage points on 2024 (from 66.7% to 67.26%).

Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2024), the average change was +0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.88 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 3.08 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.79 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those 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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Closest to Kazakhstan in the 2025 ranking

• Kyrgyz Republic — 2nd of 6: 65.93%
• Georgia — 3rd of 6: 60.5%
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 4th of 6: 50.84%

What this measures

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education.

Limitations: The indicator measures the level of gender representation in the teaching profession, rather than the effectiveness and quality of teaching.

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

All 16 values

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in nearby economies

• Albania — 58.85% (2024)
• Andorra — 50.48% (2024)
• Armenia — 63.47% (2024)
• Austria — 45.74% (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 62.01% (2024)
• Belarus — 61.56% (2024)
• Belgium — 50.36% (2023)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 46.78% (2023)
• Bulgaria — 52.32% (2024)
• Croatia — 51.15% (2023)

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 tertiary education, academic staff (% female)?

67.26% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is up 9.04 percentage points from 58.22% in 1999. The highest value was 67.95% in 2014 and the lowest 58.22% in 1999.

Is the latest change in tertiary education, academic staff (% female) unusual for Kazakhstan?

In 2025, Kazakhstan's tertiary education, academic staff (% female) rose 0.56 percentage points on 2024 (from 66.7% to 67.26%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2024), the average change was +0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.88 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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.TER.TCHR.FE.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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