Education in Kenya

144 indicators covering education for Kenya.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 93.6% 2014 up 16.1% 75th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 3,222 2024 down 50.5% 34th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2,775 2024 down 33.1% 33rd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 7,011 2024 down 1.0% 20th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 10,150 2024 up 10.2% 18th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 92.3% 2016 down 5.6% 159th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 95.8% 2016 down 5.9% 143rd
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 2.8% 2100 down 13.9% 21st
Number of adults with no formal education by region 2.79 million people 2100 down 14.4% 11th
Population by level of education 23.07 million people 2100 up 15.0% 32nd
Repeaters, primary, female 2.7% 2016 down 52.2% 72nd
Repeaters, primary, male 3.2% 2016 down 47.2% 82nd
School enrollment, primary 80.0% 2012 up 34.3% 160th
Trained teachers in primary education 100.0% 2023 up 3.3% 1st
Over-age students, primary 26.0% 2012 down 18.4% 10th
Secondary education, teachers 43.4% 2023 up 5.4% 153rd
School enrollment, primary, female 81.7% 2012 up 37.0% 132nd
School enrollment, primary, male 78.3% 2012 up 31.6% 146th
Over-age students, primary, male 27.3% 2012 down 19.3% 9th
Over-age students, primary, female 24.6% 2012 down 17.1% 10th
Compulsory education, duration 12 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Progression to secondary school 99.2% 2015 45th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 81.2% 2012 up 35.0% 159th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 100.0% 2023 up 1.7% 1st
Trained teachers in primary education, male 100.0% 2023 up 1.5% 1st
Primary education, pupils 49.7% 2016 up 1.3% 22nd
Persistence to grade 5, female 82.8% 2004 105th
Persistence to grade 5, male 78.6% 2004 106th
School enrollment, secondary 47.4% 2009 up 44.3% 128th
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th
Progression to secondary school, male 98.4% 2015 62nd
School enrollment, secondary, female 45.8% 2009 up 40.9% 127th
School enrollment, secondary, male 49.0% 2009 up 47.6% 122nd
Progression to secondary school, female 100.0% 2015 1st
Expenditure on tertiary education 13.1% 2015 up 1.3% 126th
Children out of school, primary 468,923 2023 down 62.5% 23rd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 83.0% 2012 up 37.4% 133rd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 79.5% 2012 up 32.6% 145th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 30.65 2015 down 27.0% 41st
Expenditure on secondary education 41.8% 2015 up 78.4% 19th
Expenditure on primary education 36.3% 2015 down 41.5% 57th
Secondary education, pupils 47.3% 2009 down 2.9% 163rd
Children out of school, primary, female 17,499 2023 down 96.9% 82nd
Children out of school, primary, male 386,718 2023 down 43.0% 18th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 100.0% 2023 up 24.0% 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education 100.0% 2023 up 8.3% 1st
Adolescents out of school 4.4% 2006 down 56.4% 103rd
Current education expenditure, total 92.5% 2015 59th
Current education expenditure, primary 95.7% 2015 50th
Current education expenditure, secondary 97.2% 2015 32nd
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 100.0% 2023 up 22.4% 1st
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 33.44 2009 up 13.9% 9th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 28.87 2016 up 28.7% 24th
Current education expenditure, tertiary 97.6% 2015 21st
Trained teachers in preprimary education, male 100.0% 2023 up 32.3% 1st
Adolescents out of school, female 5.6% 2006 down 39.2% 92nd
Adolescents out of school, male 3.2% 2006 down 70.6% 105th
Trained teachers in lower secondary education 100.0% 2023 up 3.3% 1st
Trained teachers in upper secondary education 100.0% 2023 up 0.4% 1st
Pupils per qualified teacher in primary education 28.57 pupils per teacher 2023 39th