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
Value0.161 (2021)
Rank41st out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index
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.