School life expectancy, secondary, female in Kenya
Kenya: School life expectancy, secondary, female was 4.89 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in Kenya, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, female in Kenya is 4.89 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in Kenya peaked at 4.89 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7654 years, in 1970.
Kenya ranks 144th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9099 years | 0.7654 years | 1.09 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 2.01 years | 1.62 years | 2.51 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 2.38 years | 2.38 years | 2.38 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.77 years | 2.41 years | 3.3 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.25 years | 4.16 years | 4.34 years | 2 |
| 2020s | 4.82 years | 4.69 years | 4.89 years | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 141 Côte d’Ivoire 4.93 years compare
- 142 Trinidad and Tobago 4.93 years compare
- 143 Myanmar 4.91 years compare
- 145 Malaysia 4.88 years compare
- 146 Dominica 4.85 years compare
- 147 Dominican Republic 4.83 years compare
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, secondary, female in Kenya?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in Kenya was 4.89 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 4.89 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7654 years in 1970.
- How does Kenya rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- Kenya ranks 144th out of 207 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. 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, secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release