Kazakhstan ranks first in Central and South Asia for education

The country placed 68th in the education category of the 2025 Global Innovation Index.

Kazakhstan ranked first among Central and South Asian countries for education in the 2025 Global Innovation Index. It placed 68th worldwide.

Author: Робот Source: Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan

Students in a classroom at a modern school in Kazakhstan — A modern school in Kazakhstan. Illustrative photo. Photo: Julan Shirwod Nueva / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Kazakhstan ranked first among Central and South Asian countries for education in the 2025 Global Innovation Index. The country placed 68th in the global ranking.

In the education subfactor of the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, Kazakhstan rose from 45th place in 2021 to 38th in 2025 among 69 countries. This was the country's best result in five years.

Kazakhstan ranked second among 69 countries for the ratio of students to teachers in secondary education in the IMD World Talent Ranking. There are 8.34 students per teacher in Kazakhstan.

Under the national project Keleshек Mektepteri, launched at the initiative of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, 217 modern schools with capacity for 460,000 students have been built.

Work to develop education infrastructure, improve support for teachers and raise the quality of learning is continuing.

Translated from Russian using artificial intelligence. Source: Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan