Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in in Kenya
Kenya: Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in was 55.3% in 2015. ▼ Falling
Latest (2015)
55.3%
Change on year
down 2.1%
World rank
13th
of 44 countries
All-time high
70.0%
in 2011
All-time low
55.3%
in 2015
Years of data
5
2011–2015
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in in Kenya, 2011–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 55.3% for teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in in 2015. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 21.0% over five years.
Kenya ranks 13th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70.0% | — |
| 2012 | 66.9% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 69.6% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 56.4% | -19.0% |
| 2015 | 55.3% | -2.1% |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 10 Switzerland 64.4%
- 11 Iceland 59.0%
- 12 Jamaica 56.0% compare
- 14 Bangladesh 54.0% compare
- 15 Bulgaria 51.5% compare
- 16 Czechia 48.0% compare
More education data for Kenya
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.74 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 8.04 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.7181 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1453 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.04 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.7181 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in in Kenya?
- Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in in Kenya was 55.3% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 70.0% in 2011.
- What is the lowest teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.3% in 2015.
- How does Kenya rank for teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in?
- Kenya ranks 13th out of 44 countries with data for 2015.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in post-secondary non-tertiary public institutions (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release