Political centralization index in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Political centralization index was 0.834 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
0.834
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
29th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.976
in 1918
All-time low
0.373
in 1866
Years of data
237
1789–2025
Political centralization index in Kazakhstan, 1789–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political centralization index in Kazakhstan is 0.834, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political centralization index in Kazakhstan peaked at 0.976 in 1918 and was at its lowest, 0.373, in 1866.
Kazakhstan ranks 29th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Political centralization index in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1789 | 0.93 | — |
| 1790 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1791 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1792 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1793 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1794 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1795 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1796 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1797 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1798 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1799 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1800 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1801 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1802 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1803 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1804 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1805 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1806 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1807 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1808 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1809 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1810 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1811 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1812 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1813 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1814 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1815 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1816 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1817 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1818 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1819 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1820 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1821 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1822 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1823 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1824 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1825 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1826 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1827 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1828 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1829 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1830 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1831 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1832 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1833 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1834 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1835 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1836 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1837 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1838 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1839 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1840 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1841 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1842 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1843 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1844 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1845 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1846 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1847 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1848 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1849 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1850 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1851 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1852 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1853 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1854 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 1855 | 0.881 | -5.3% |
| 1856 | 0.881 | +0.0% |
| 1857 | 0.881 | +0.0% |
| 1858 | 0.881 | +0.0% |
| 1859 | 0.881 | +0.0% |
| 1860 | 0.881 | +0.0% |
| 1861 | 0.881 | +0.0% |
| 1862 | 0.881 | +0.0% |
| 1863 | 0.881 | +0.0% |
| 1864 | 0.597 | -32.2% |
| 1865 | 0.508 | -14.9% |
| 1866 | 0.373 | -26.6% |
| 1867 | 0.373 | +0.0% |
| 1868 | 0.373 | +0.0% |
| 1869 | 0.373 | +0.0% |
| 1870 | 0.373 | +0.0% |
| 1871 | 0.373 | +0.0% |
| 1872 | 0.373 | +0.0% |
| 1873 | 0.373 | +0.0% |
| 1874 | 0.373 | +0.0% |
| 1875 | 0.373 | +0.0% |
| 1876 | 0.373 | +0.0% |
| 1877 | 0.373 | +0.0% |
| 1878 | 0.77 | +106.4% |
| 1879 | 0.77 | +0.0% |
| 1880 | 0.77 | +0.0% |
| 1881 | 0.876 | +13.8% |
| 1882 | 0.876 | +0.0% |
| 1883 | 0.876 | +0.0% |
| 1884 | 0.876 | +0.0% |
| 1885 | 0.852 | -2.7% |
| 1886 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1887 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1888 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1889 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1890 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1891 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1892 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1893 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1894 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1895 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1896 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1897 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1898 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1899 | 0.852 | +0.0% |
| 1900 | 0.892 | +4.7% |
| 1901 | 0.892 | +0.0% |
| 1902 | 0.892 | +0.0% |
| 1903 | 0.892 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 0.892 | +0.0% |
| 1905 | 0.892 | +0.0% |
| 1906 | 0.884 | -0.9% |
| 1907 | 0.818 | -7.5% |
| 1908 | 0.807 | -1.3% |
| 1909 | 0.798 | -1.1% |
| 1910 | 0.805 | +0.9% |
| 1911 | 0.805 | +0.0% |
| 1912 | 0.805 | +0.0% |
| 1913 | 0.805 | +0.0% |
| 1914 | 0.807 | +0.2% |
| 1915 | 0.809 | +0.2% |
| 1916 | 0.814 | +0.6% |
| 1917 | 0.802 | -1.5% |
| 1918 | 0.976 | +21.7% |
| 1919 | 0.969 | -0.7% |
| 1920 | 0.969 | +0.0% |
| 1921 | 0.969 | +0.0% |
| 1922 | 0.969 | +0.0% |
| 1923 | 0.969 | +0.0% |
| 1924 | 0.97 | +0.1% |
| 1925 | 0.97 | +0.0% |
| 1926 | 0.97 | +0.0% |
| 1927 | 0.97 | +0.0% |
| 1928 | 0.97 | +0.0% |
| 1929 | 0.97 | +0.0% |
| 1930 | 0.971 | +0.1% |
| 1931 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1932 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1933 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1934 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1935 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1936 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1937 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1938 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1939 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1940 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1941 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1942 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1943 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1944 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1945 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1946 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1947 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1950 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1951 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.971 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.964 | -0.7% |
| 1955 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.964 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.963 | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.963 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.963 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.963 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.963 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.963 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.96 | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.943 | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.942 | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.922 | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.741 | -19.6% |
| 1991 | 0.755 | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.737 | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.738 | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.748 | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.804 | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 0.879 | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 0.875 | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.875 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.875 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.886 | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.886 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.874 | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.893 | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.881 | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.878 | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.878 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.878 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.878 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.878 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.878 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.878 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.878 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.867 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.867 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.86 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.855 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.846 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.832 | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.831 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.817 | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.812 | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.805 | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.812 | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.812 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.834 | +2.7% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 0.834 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3495, 2.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 0.834 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1585, 5.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 10 |
| 1800s | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 10 |
| 1820s | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.9055 | 0.881 | 0.93 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.6121 | 0.373 | 0.881 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.4524 | 0.373 | 0.77 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.8534 | 0.77 | 0.876 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.852 | 0.852 | 0.852 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.8659 | 0.798 | 0.892 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.8397 | 0.802 | 0.976 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.9696 | 0.969 | 0.97 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.971 | 0.971 | 0.971 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.971 | 0.971 | 0.971 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.9668 | 0.964 | 0.971 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.964 | 0.964 | 0.964 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.964 | 0.964 | 0.964 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9545 | 0.922 | 0.963 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8027 | 0.737 | 0.879 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.881 | 0.874 | 0.893 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8592 | 0.831 | 0.878 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8153 | 0.805 | 0.834 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
- 26 South Sudan 0.847 compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 0.843 compare
- 28 United Arab Emirates 0.837 compare
- 29 Iran 0.834 compare
- 31 Mauritania 0.826 compare
- 32 Haiti 0.809 compare
More reference data data for Kazakhstan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.3 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.8607 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 4.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 4.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 10.75 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 25.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 4.69 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political centralization index in Kazakhstan?
- Political centralization index in Kazakhstan was 0.834 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.976 in 1918.
- What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.373 in 1866.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for political centralization index?
- Kazakhstan ranks 29th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political centralization index rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kazakhstan data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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