School enrollment, primary, female in Kenya
Kenya: School enrollment, primary, female was 81.7% in 2012. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, primary, female in Kenya, 1999–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
In 2012, school enrollment, primary, female in Kenya stood at 81.7%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and up 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, female in Kenya peaked at 81.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 59.6%, in 2002.
That places Kenya 132nd out of 167 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.2% | 61.2% | 61.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 69.8% | 59.6% | 78.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.7% | 81.7% | 81.7% | 1 |
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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 school enrollment, primary, female in Kenya?
- School enrollment, primary, female in Kenya was 81.7% in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 81.7% in 2012.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.6% in 2002.
- How does Kenya rank for school enrollment, primary, female?
- Kenya ranks 132nd out of 167 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school enrollment, primary, female rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, primary, female (% net). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.