In 2024, 648.8 thousand people were covered by state benefits, as well as payments from the State Social Insurance Fund (hereinafter referred to as the SSF) for childbirth and care of a child until the child reaches 1.5 years of age, totaling 895.3 billion tenge.
In 2024, 378.1 thousand people received benefits for childbirth from the republican budget in the amount of 64 billion tenge. Citizens of our country who have children born, adopted, or under guardianship, relatives, as well as foreigners permanently residing in Kazakhstan, can apply for this benefit.
In the event that the person caring for the child is not a participant in the compulsory social insurance system, persons (families) with children born, adopted, or under guardianship, and stepchildren, if they are not included in the family of another parent, have the right to receive benefits for child care. During the reporting period, 126.3 thousand people received child care benefits for children up to 1.5 years of age in the amount of 41.6 billion tenge.
The amount of state benefits for childbirth and child care is determined by the law on the republican budget, depending on the monthly calculation index (hereinafter referred to as the MCI) approved for the relevant financial year. From the beginning of 2025, the amount of state benefits has been indexed by 6.5%.
The amount of the benefit for childbirth:
- for the first, second, third child - 38.0 MCI or 149,416 tenge;
- for the fourth and subsequent children - 63.0 MCI or 247,716 tenge.
The benefit for the care of the child until he reaches 1.5 years of age is paid monthly in the following amounts:
- for the first child - 5.76 MCI or 22,648 tenge;
- for the second child - 6.81 MCI or 26,777 tenge;
- for the third child - 7.85 MCI or 30,866 tenge;
- for the fourth and subsequent children - 8.90 MCI or 34,995 tenge.
In addition, working citizens are entitled to a monthly allowance for pregnancy and childbirth, care of a newborn child (children) In case of loss of income due to adoption, the social payment from the Social Insurance Institution is assigned for all days of leave granted for pregnancy and childbirth.
The amount of the payment depends on the average monthly income for which social transfers were made to the Social Insurance Institution during the last 12 months prior to the issuance of the temporary disability certificate for pregnancy and childbirth and the number of days of disability.
In 2024, 245.7 thousand people received this lump-sum payment for a total amount of 385.6 billion tenge, which is 11% more than in 2023. The average amount of the assigned payment was 1,621,299 tenge.
Also, in case of loss of income from the Social Insurance Institution due to the care of a child until he or she reaches the age of one and a half, a monthly social payment is assigned to the participant of the social insurance system from the date of birth of the child. The amount of the payment is 40% of the average monthly income for which social transfers to the Social Insurance Fund were made in the last 2 years. In the case of the birth of two or more children, the payment is assigned separately for each child.
In 2024, this payment was assigned to 276.8 thousand people, the average monthly payment was 86,758 tenge. Payments were made in the amount of 404.1 billion tenge, which is 1.4 times more than the amount paid in 2023.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/enbek/press/news/details/922009