Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Kenya
Kenya: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education was 19.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Kenya, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Kenya is 19.0%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Kenya peaked at 83.2% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 19.0%, in 2010.
Kenya ranks 45th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 83.2% | — |
| 1965 | 81.1% | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 75.7% | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 68.3% | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 58.2% | -14.8% |
| 1985 | 46.4% | -20.3% |
| 1990 | 37.2% | -19.7% |
| 1995 | 31.4% | -15.8% |
| 2000 | 28.0% | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 24.6% | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 19.0% | -22.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82.2% | 81.1% | 83.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 72.0% | 68.3% | 75.7% | 2 |
| 1980s | 52.3% | 46.4% | 58.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 34.3% | 31.4% | 37.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 26.3% | 24.6% | 28.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 19.0% | 19.0% | 19.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More education data for Kenya
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 168,396 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 235,728 (2016)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.74 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 8.04 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.7181 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1453 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Kenya?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Kenya was 19.0% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 83.2% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.0% in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education?
- Kenya ranks 45th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education