Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education in Kenya
Kenya: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education was 19.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education in Kenya, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 19.4% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education in Kenya peaked at 90.6% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 19.4%, in 2010.
That places Kenya 47th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 40-44 with no education in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 88.4% | — |
| 1965 | 89.4% | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 90.6% | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 84.2% | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 75.6% | -10.2% |
| 1985 | 76.2% | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 58.9% | -22.7% |
| 1995 | 58.5% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 40.4% | -31.0% |
| 2005 | 34.1% | -15.4% |
| 2010 | 19.4% | -43.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88.9% | 88.4% | 89.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 87.4% | 84.2% | 90.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 75.9% | 75.6% | 76.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 58.7% | 58.5% | 58.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 37.3% | 34.1% | 40.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 19.4% | 19.4% | 19.4% | 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 40-44 with no education in Kenya?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education in Kenya was 19.4% 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 40-44 with no education recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 90.6% in 1970.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.4% in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education?
- Kenya ranks 47th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.8%. 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 40-44 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education