Women in Kazakhstan

Women in Kazakhstan
Kazakh women wearing ceremonial dress
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)51 (2010)
Women in parliament18.2% (2012)
Women over 25 with secondary education99.3% (2010)
Women in labour force66.6% (2011)
Gender Inequality Index[1]
Value0.161 (2021)
Rank41st out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index[2]
Value0.719 (2022)
Rank65th out of 146

Women in Kazakhstan are women who live in or are from Kazakhstan. Their position in society has been and is influenced by a variety of factors, including local traditions and customs, decades of Soviet regime, rapid social and economic changes and instability after independence, and new emerging Western values.

  1. ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 22 February 2023.