Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Kenya
Kenya: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education was 14.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Kenya, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Kenya stood at 14.9%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Kenya peaked at 80.3% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 14.9%, in 2010.
That places Kenya 46th 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 population age 40-44 with no education in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 76.8% | — |
| 1965 | 78.4% | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 80.3% | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 69.8% | -13.0% |
| 1980 | 59.2% | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 58.8% | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 48.5% | -17.4% |
| 1995 | 50.7% | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 30.1% | -40.6% |
| 2005 | 26.3% | -12.8% |
| 2010 | 14.9% | -43.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77.6% | 76.8% | 78.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 75.1% | 69.8% | 80.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 59.0% | 58.8% | 59.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 49.6% | 48.5% | 50.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.2% | 26.3% | 30.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 14.9% | 14.9% | 14.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More education data for Kenya
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Kenya?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Kenya was 14.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 80.3% in 1970.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.9% in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education?
- Kenya ranks 46th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.5%. 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 population age 40-44 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education