Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in Kenya
Kenya: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education was 65.7% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in Kenya, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 65.7% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in Kenya peaked at 97.6% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 65.7%, in 2010.
Kenya ranks 36th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 94.6% | — |
| 1965 | 96.0% | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 97.6% | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 94.4% | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 93.8% | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 93.2% | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 85.3% | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 83.1% | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 78.7% | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 78.8% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 65.7% | -16.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95.3% | 94.6% | 96.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 96.0% | 94.4% | 97.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 93.5% | 93.2% | 93.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 84.2% | 83.1% | 85.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 78.7% | 78.7% | 78.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 65.7% | 65.7% | 65.7% | 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 60-64 with no education in Kenya?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in Kenya was 65.7% 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 60-64 with no education recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 97.6% in 1970.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.7% in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education?
- Kenya ranks 36th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. 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 60-64 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education