Kenya vs Upper middle income: Primary education, pupils, per capita

Kenya
0.1453 units per person
in 2023
Upper middle income
0.0774 units per person
in 2024
Kenya rank
37th
Upper middle income rank
34th

Primary education, pupils, per capita over time

  • Kenya
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.1453 units per person against 0.0774 units per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0679 units per person.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.9 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Kenya ranks 37th and Upper middle income ranks 34th of 206 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1647 units per person 0.133 units per person 0.0317 units per person Kenya
1980s 0.2096 units per person 0.127 units per person 0.0826 units per person Kenya
1990s 0.1779 units per person 0.1107 units per person 0.0672 units per person Kenya
2000s 0.1684 units per person 0.0932 units per person 0.0752 units per person Kenya
2010s 0.1637 units per person 0.0775 units per person 0.0862 units per person Kenya
2020s 0.1465 units per person 0.0777 units per person 0.0688 units per person Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, pupils, per capita, Kenya or Upper middle income?
Kenya, at 0.1453 units per person against 0.0774 units per person in Upper middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary education, pupils, per capita between Kenya and Upper middle income?
0.0679 units per person, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Upper middle income?
49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Upper middle income rank globally for primary education, pupils, per capita?
Kenya ranks 37th and Upper middle income ranks 34th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary education, pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 11,297 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Primary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.