Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Kenya
Kenya: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary was 58.2% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Kenya, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Kenya stood at 58.2%.
The figure is down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Kenya peaked at 72.6% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 16.2%, in 1960.
That places Kenya 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 16.2% | — |
| 1965 | 19.5% | +20.4% |
| 1970 | 22.3% | +14.4% |
| 1975 | 35.5% | +59.2% |
| 1980 | 36.4% | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 45.4% | +24.9% |
| 1990 | 53.0% | +16.5% |
| 1995 | 72.6% | +37.0% |
| 2000 | 62.7% | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 61.0% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 58.2% | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.9% | 16.2% | 19.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 28.9% | 22.3% | 35.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 40.9% | 36.4% | 45.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 62.8% | 53.0% | 72.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 61.9% | 61.0% | 62.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 58.2% | 58.2% | 58.2% | 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 25-29 with primary in Kenya?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Kenya was 58.2% 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 25-29 with primary recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 72.6% in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.2% in 1960.
- How does Kenya rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary?
- Kenya ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)