Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Kenya
Kenya: Teachers in lower secondary education, female was 35,736 number in 2015. ▲ Rising
Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Kenya, 2003–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 35,736 number for teachers in lower secondary education, female in 2015. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 10.2% on the previous year and up 125.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in lower secondary education, female in Kenya peaked at 35,736 number in 2015 and was at its lowest, 12,027 number, in 2003.
That places Kenya 32nd out of 138 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Kenya, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 12,027 number | — |
| 2004 | 16,367 number | +36.1% |
| 2005 | 15,861 number | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 16,340 number | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 15,322 number | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 17,587 number | +14.8% |
| 2009 | 16,713 number | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 16,082 number | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 32,439 number | +101.7% |
| 2015 | 35,736 number | +10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15,745 number | 12,027 number | 17,587 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 28,086 number | 16,082 number | 35,736 number | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More education data for Kenya
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0496 % change on previous year (2017)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in lower secondary education, female in Kenya?
- Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Kenya was 35,736 number in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in lower secondary education, female recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 35,736 number in 2015.
- What is the lowest teachers in lower secondary education, female recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,027 number in 2003.
- How does Kenya rank for teachers in lower secondary education, female?
- Kenya ranks 32nd out of 138 countries with data for 2015.
- Is teachers in lower secondary education, female rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 125.3%. 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 Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of female teachers in public and private lower secondary education institutions (ISCED 2). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.