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Youth literacy in Kenya

In Kenya, 93.2% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2014.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 2000 to 2014 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Kenya is for 2014. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Kenya, 2014 93.2% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2000 +0.7percentage points 2000: 92.5%

Youth literacy in Kenya over time

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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2000 to 2014
Period Kenya
2014 93.2%
2000 92.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • The previous available figure was 92.5% in 2000, a change of +0.7 percentage points.

More for Kenya

All statistics for Kenya
Adult literacy rate 82.2% 2000 · 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 Out-of-school children 32.9% 2022 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2014 for Kenya
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org