School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya
Kenya: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9675 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya, 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 0.9675 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7384 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Kenya 164th out of 209 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8355 GPIA | 0.7384 GPIA | 0.91 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9458 GPIA | 0.9236 GPIA | 0.9603 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9675 GPIA | 0.9583 GPIA | 0.9771 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.955 GPIA | 0.9297 GPIA | 0.9737 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9887 GPIA | 0.9673 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.9585 GPIA | 0.9525 GPIA | 0.9675 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More education data for Kenya
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 98.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 281,500 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.17 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya was 0.9675 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7384 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Kenya rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Kenya ranks 164th out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release