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In Kazakhstan, working women who return to work early in 2027 will keep receiving childcare benefits, ER10 reports (er10.kz). This also applies to women who resume operating as individual entrepreneurs before their child turns 18 months old. The benefit will be 40% of the average monthly income on which social insurance contributions were paid over the previous 24 months.
Childcare benefits will continue after returning to work
Women will be able to return to work before their child turns 18 months old and continue receiving childcare benefits. Returning to work will not, in itself, be grounds for stopping the payments.
The same rule will apply to women registered as individual entrepreneurs. If a woman resumes her business activity, her benefit will continue until the end of the set payment period.
How childcare benefits will be calculated
The calculation will use average monthly income over the previous 24 months on which social insurance contributions were paid. The benefit will be 40% of that amount.
One important detail: the calculation is based on income on which contributions were paid. So your latest salary alone is not a reliable guide to how much you will receive.
Pregnancy and childbirth benefit rules will stay the same
The lump-sum pregnancy and childbirth benefit from the State Social Insurance Fund will continue to be awarded under the existing rules. The family’s financial well-being category will not be taken into account.
This payment is separate from the monthly childcare benefit paid until a child turns 18 months old: the two have different eligibility criteria. Read more about the former in our article on maternity benefits in Kazakhstan.
Pension accounts will receive only deductions from the benefit
Currently, 10% of the childcare benefit is deducted as pension contributions. The state tops this up so that total contributions equal 10% of the average monthly income used to calculate the benefit.
From 1 January 2027, this state-funded top-up will end. Only the amount deducted from the childcare benefit itself will go into the account at the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund.
This change affects pension savings contributions while caring for a child. The conditions for receiving money through a pension annuity in Kazakhstan are explained separately.
Put simply
After returning to work or resuming business activity as an individual entrepreneur, a woman will keep receiving childcare benefits until her child turns 18 months old. From 2027, however, the state will stop topping up the pension contributions deducted from this benefit.
If you are planning to return to work, account for the monthly benefit and the money going into your pension account separately when working out your family budget.
