Kazakhstan has been using the Digital Family Card since 2023. It is a tool that helps the state better understand the socio-economic situation of families and determine what social support they need.
The system covers 6.2 million families, or about 20.4 million people, and uses information from 30 digital systems. The necessary data is received automatically.
Today, the Digital Family Card assesses a family’s situation in two main areas: material well-being and life circumstances.
When material well-being is assessed, the family’s assets are taken into account: whether it has housing, a car, a land plot or commercial real estate, participation in business, and its debt burden. Not only the presence of property matters, but also its characteristics. Owning an apartment, a car or a small plot of land does not in itself mean that a family is well-off.
In addition, the tool takes into account the age of family members, the presence of children, family members with disabilities or chronic illnesses, and other circumstances that may affect the family’s situation.
For example, two families may have the same income but live in different conditions. In one family both parents work, while in the other only one parent supports the whole family. A family may also have young children or people with disabilities who need additional care and expenses.
That is why the Digital Family Card considers not only a family’s income, but also its property, composition and life circumstances.
Based on the data collected, the family’s level of well-being is determined: high, well-off, satisfactory, economically vulnerable, or economically and socially vulnerable. The assessment is carried out on an ongoing basis, taking into account updated information from digital systems.
The main goal of the Digital Family Card is to assess each family’s situation more accurately and to provide social support that takes its life circumstances into account.
