Net attendance rate of primary school in Kenya
Kenya: Net attendance rate of primary school was 93.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Net attendance rate of primary school in Kenya, 2003–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 93.8% for net attendance rate of primary school in 2024.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net attendance rate of primary school in Kenya peaked at 95.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 89.7%, in 2020.
Kenya ranks 22nd of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.4% | 90.4% | 94.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 94.4% | 93.1% | 95.7% | 2 |
| 2020s | 91.7% | 89.7% | 93.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More education data for Kenya
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 98.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 281,500 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.17 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net attendance rate of primary school in Kenya?
- Net attendance rate of primary school in Kenya was 93.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net attendance rate of primary school recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest net attendance rate of primary school recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.7% in 2020.
- How does Kenya rank for net attendance rate of primary school?
- Kenya ranks 22nd out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net attendance rate of primary school rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net attendance rate of primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total number of students of the official age group for primary education who are attending school at any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population.