Definition of Youth
The national youth policy (2004). defines youth as between 14 - 29 years of age. The national youth policy (2013) does not specific an age.
Marriageable Age
- Opposite Sex
- Same Sex
- Without parental consent
- with parental consent
- Male
- 18
- 16
- --
Candidacy Age
- Lower House
- 25 Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union Partially indirectly elected.
- Upper House
- 30
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union
Partially indirectly elected and appointed.
Situation of Young People
Literacy Rates
- 99.81% Male (15-24) %
- 99.87% Female (15-24) %
- Year: 2015
- Source: UNESCO
Net Enrolment Rate
Secondary School- 86.90%Male %
- 85.70% Female %
- Year: 2012
- Source: UNESCO
Situation of Young People
Tobacco Use
Consumed any smokeless or smoking tobacco product at least once 30 days prior to the survey.- 12.20% Male (13-15) %
- 7.80% Female (13-15) %
- Year: 2010
- Source: WHO
Policy & Legislation
In 2013, the new national youth policy (2013) was approved replacing the previous national youth policy (2004). An action plan is currently being developed, though an Implementation Plan (2012) exists. The youth policy focuses on 6 problem areas:
- The pressures of globalization on traditional values system
- Non-dominant status of labor values
- Paternalism and social infantilism
- The cult of consumption
- Risk youth radicalization environment
- Marginalization of youth
Public Institutions
(ministry, department or office) that is primarily responsible for youth?
Youth and Representation
Budget & Spending
- % of GDP
- % of gov. expenditure
Source: World Bank
Gaps indicate missing data from the original data source. (Accessed August 2013).
Additional Background
In the context of the modernization of society and the increasing demands for human capital state youth policy should be a tool for development and transformation of the country.
This requires all participants in the process of social formation of youth development and consistent implementation of the approaches focused on the direct involvement of young people in solving their own problems and national problems.
Objectives of State Youth Policy of this magnitude can only be solved through the application of the design approach aimed at the successful socialization of young people and priorities of statehood. All of this, ultimately, generate (sic) sustainable conditions for self-organization of youth and the entire population, the development of initiatives to meet the scale of the challenges facing Kazakhstan - the growth of the welfare of citizens and improve public relations.
However, similar to other former-Soviet states, governmental focus is often on ‘gifted and talented’ young people. Kazakhstan Live note,Bolashak is a long running programme managed by the Centre for International Programs, on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan. The programme's objective is to provide an opportunity for the most talented students from Kazakhstan to undertake higher education courses at the best universities overseas, enabling them to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to build a democratic and prosperous society.