Primary completion (UIS) in Kenya
In Kenya, 90.8% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Kenya, 2024
90.8%
Change from 2022
+5.5percentage points
Primary completion (UIS) in Kenya over time: Girls
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kenya |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 93.0% |
| 2022 | 87.8% |
| 2021 | 81.4% |
| 2020 | 81.7% |
| 2019 | 83.9% |
| 2014 | 86.9% |
| 2009 | 63.3% |
| 2008 | 81.9% |
| 2003 | 58.6% |
| 2000 | 67.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 85.3% in 2022, a change of +5.5 percentage points.
- Since 2000, when it was 63.1%, the figure has changed by +27.7 percentage points.
More for Kenya
All statistics for Kenya
Lower secondary completion
86.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
102.2%
2016 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
19.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
65.0%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
32.9%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
4.4%
2006 · UNESCO UIS