Kazakhstan

Adult literacy in Kazakhstan

Adult literacy in Kazakhstan: 97.5% in 1989 and 99.7% in 2009, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2009
99.7%
Since 1989
+2.2 percentage points
World, 2009
83.8%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in KazakhstanAdult literacy in Kazakhstan: 97.5% in 1989 and 99.7% in 2009, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 83.8% in 2009.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearKazakhstanWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
200999.783.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
199999.580.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
198997.574.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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