definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.5% male: 99.8% female: 99.3% (1999 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2007)
Education expenditures:
2.3% of GDP (2005)
Government
Kazakhstan
Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Kazakhstan conventional short form: Kazakhstan local long form: Qazaqstan Respublikasy local short form: Qazaqstan former: Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Government type:
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch