What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, female between Kenya and Uganda?

327,200 number, with Uganda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Uganda?

40 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Uganda: Enrolment in primary education, female

Kenya

4.12 million number

in 2016

Uganda

4.45 million number

in 2017

Kenya rank

16th

Uganda rank

15th

Enrolment in primary education, female over time

Kenya
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 4.45 million number against 4.12 million number in Kenya, a difference of 327,200 number.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 16th and Uganda ranks 15th of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Uganda in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1.07 million number	396,760 number	668,498 number	Kenya
1980s	1.92 million number	852,354 number	1.07 million number	Kenya
1990s	2.25 million number	1.61 million number	641,415 number	Kenya
2000s	2.92 million number	3.67 million number	748,475 number	Uganda
2010s	4.06 million number	4.22 million number	163,890 number	Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in primary education, female, Kenya or Uganda?: Uganda, at 4.45 million number against 4.12 million number in Kenya as of 2017.
What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, female between Kenya and Uganda?: 327,200 number, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Uganda?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do Kenya and Uganda rank globally for enrolment in primary education, female?: Kenya ranks 16th and Uganda ranks 15th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Enrolment in primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 9,587 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of female students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions regardless of age.