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Kenya's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 108.9 % in 1989 to 98.2 % in 2023.
Kenya · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
33rd of 52 · 2nd in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Kenya's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 92.5 % in 2000 to 93.2 % in 2014.
Kenya's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 21.0 % in 1975 to 84.3 % in 2023.
Kenya's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.8 % in 1970 to 10.4 % in 2024.
Kenya's children out of school, primary fell from 1.96M in 1999 to 468,923 in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +0.9 pts23rd of 145*
- Tertiary attainmentup +1.3 pts66th of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +2.7 pts62nd of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs148th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs116th of 145
- Learning poverty1st of 1
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- Education spendingup +0.1 pts22nd of 40
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.6 pts1st of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −2.2 %110th of 142*
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Kenya.