Primary completion rate, female in Kenya
Kenya: Primary completion rate, female was 102.1% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Kenya, 1970–2016
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 102.1% for primary completion rate, female in 2016. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Kenya peaked at 102.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 36.6%, in 1970.
Kenya ranks 31st of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 36.6% | — |
| 1971 | 39.0% | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 42.1% | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 44.3% | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 56.1% | +26.6% |
| 1978 | 58.2% | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 77.4% | +32.9% |
| 1981 | 77.7% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 84.2% | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 86.4% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 99.3% | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 101.4% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 102.1% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 46.1% | 36.6% | 58.2% | 6 |
| 1980s | 77.5% | 77.4% | 77.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 85.3% | 84.2% | 86.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 100.9% | 99.3% | 102.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 28 Bangladesh 102.8% compare
- 29 Mexico 102.8% compare
- 30 Republic of Korea 102.6% compare
- 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 102.0% compare
- 33 Sierra Leone 101.8% compare
- 34 Uruguay 101.6% compare
More education data for Kenya
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0496 % change on previous year (2017)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 281,500 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Kenya?
- Primary completion rate, female in Kenya was 102.1% in 2016, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 102.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.6% in 1970.
- How does Kenya rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Kenya ranks 31st out of 189 countries with data for 2016.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.