Primary school completion rate in Kenya
The primary completion rate in Kenya was 102.2% in 2016. The value for 2016 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
The latest value for Kenya is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Kenya, 2016
102.2%
Change from 2015
+0.9percentage points
World, 2016
88.5%
Primary school completion rate in Kenya over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 88.0% |
| 2023 | – | 87.3% |
| 2022 | – | 91.1% |
| 2021 | – | 88.7% |
| 2020 | – | 88.0% |
| 2019 | – | 87.9% |
| 2018 | – | 88.1% |
| 2017 | – | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 102.2% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 101.3% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | – | 88.3% |
| 2012 | – | 88.1% |
| 2011 | – | 87.8% |
| 2010 | – | 88.5% |
| 2009 | – | 89.0% |
| 2008 | – | 88.2% |
| 2007 | – | 86.5% |
| 2006 | – | 85.3% |
| 2005 | 87.8% | 85.0% |
| 2004 | 86.0% | 84.2% |
| 2003 | – | 83.5% |
| 2002 | – | 83.3% |
| 2001 | – | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 101.3% in 2015.
- Since 1976, when it was 58.8%, the figure has changed by +43.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2016 was 88.5%.
More for Kenya
All statistics for Kenya
Primary school enrolment (gross)
98.2%
2023 · World Bank
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
84.3%
2023 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
19.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
90.8%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
86.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
65.0%
2024 · UNESCO UIS