School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Kenya
Kenya: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.4865 years in 2017. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Kenya, 1984–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Kenya stood at 0.4865 years. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 346.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Kenya peaked at 0.4865 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0328 years, in 1985.
Kenya ranks 139th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0379 years | 0.0328 years | 0.041 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.1114 years | 0.0947 years | 0.1638 years | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.4469 years | 0.3839 years | 0.4865 years | 3 |
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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 life expectancy, tertiary, female in Kenya?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Kenya was 0.4865 years in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4865 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0328 years in 1985.
- How does Kenya rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Kenya ranks 139th out of 177 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 346.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.