Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Kenya
Kenya: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 102.2% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Kenya, 1970–2016
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2016, primary completion rate, total in Kenya stood at 102.2%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Kenya peaked at 102.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 47.3%, in 1970.
Kenya ranks 26th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 47.3% | — |
| 1971 | 49.0% | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 51.9% | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 53.1% | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 57.2% | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 58.8% | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 62.8% | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 64.0% | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 84.2% | +31.5% |
| 1980 | 81.7% | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 81.0% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 86.0% | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 87.8% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | +12.7% |
| 2015 | 101.3% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 102.2% | +0.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 102.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.6%, 1.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 102.2% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.7%, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Kenya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +31.5% | 64.0% | 84.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 58.7% | 47.3% | 84.2% | 9 |
| 1980s | 81.4% | 81.0% | 81.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 86.9% | 86.0% | 87.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 100.8% | 99.0% | 102.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More aid effectiveness data for Kenya
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 2.64 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 9.57 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 43.55 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 150.79 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 10.40 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 80.50 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France -2.65 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 60.11 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 16.93 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 56.02 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Kenya?
- Primary completion rate, total in Kenya was 102.2% in 2016, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 102.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.3% in 1970.
- How does Kenya rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Kenya ranks 26th out of 189 countries with data for 2016.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.