School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kenya
Kenya: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9413 GPI in 2009. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kenya, 1970–2009
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kenya is 0.9413 GPI, measured in 2009.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kenya peaked at 0.9651 GPI in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.6589 GPI, in 1970.
Kenya ranks 165th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kenya, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6589 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6808 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 0.7006 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 0.7227 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 0.7732 GPI | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 0.8025 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 0.8678 GPI | +8.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8805 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.8846 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.8842 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8962 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.8896 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8993 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.9015 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.9108 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9567 GPI | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9651 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.9574 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9402 GPI | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.962 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9295 GPI | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9469 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9474 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9395 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9454 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9413 GPI | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7231 GPI | 0.6589 GPI | 0.8025 GPI | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.8905 GPI | 0.8678 GPI | 0.9108 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9567 GPI | 0.9567 GPI | 0.9567 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9475 GPI | 0.9295 GPI | 0.9651 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for Kenya
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.25 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 98.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kenya?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Kenya was 0.9413 GPI in 2009, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9651 GPI in 2000.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6589 GPI in 1970.
- How does Kenya rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Kenya ranks 165th out of 193 countries with data for 2009.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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 and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.