Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Kenya
Kenya: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education was 74.6% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 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 population age 55-59 with no education in Kenya is 74.6%, measured in 2010.
The figure is up 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Kenya peaked at 90.0% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 61.1%, in 2000.
That places Kenya 9th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 87.1% | — |
| 1965 | 90.0% | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 87.6% | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 86.1% | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 83.2% | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 70.6% | -15.1% |
| 1990 | 68.9% | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 61.5% | -10.8% |
| 2000 | 61.1% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 63.2% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 74.6% | +18.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88.6% | 87.1% | 90.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 86.9% | 86.1% | 87.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 76.9% | 70.6% | 83.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 65.2% | 61.5% | 68.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 62.2% | 61.1% | 63.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 74.6% | 74.6% | 74.6% | 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 55-59 with no education in Kenya?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Kenya was 74.6% 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 55-59 with no education recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 90.0% in 1965.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.1% in 2000.
- How does Kenya rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education?
- Kenya ranks 9th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.0%. 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 55-59 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education