Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya
Kenya: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9675 index in 2023. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya is 0.9675 index, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya peaked at 1.01 index in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7384 index, in 1970.
Kenya ranks 168th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7384 index | — |
| 1971 | 0.7623 index | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 0.776 index | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.7967 index | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 0.8354 index | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 0.8652 index | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 0.8826 index | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 0.8912 index | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.897 index | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.91 index | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.9236 index | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.9345 index | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.9408 index | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.94 index | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9481 index | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.9537 index | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.9489 index | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.9508 index | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.9603 index | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.9571 index | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.96 index | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.9643 index | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.9637 index | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9708 index | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.9771 index | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.9746 index | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9714 index | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9583 index | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9725 index | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9671 index | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9355 index | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9386 index | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9297 index | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9462 index | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9577 index | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9737 index | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.965 index | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9639 index | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9918 index | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9981 index | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9909 index | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9956 index | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.01 index | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9673 index | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9675 index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.961 index | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9525 index | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9532 index | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9675 index | +1.5% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 0.9675 index is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9807 index, 99% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 0.9675 index is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9709 index, 100% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8355 index | 0.7384 index | 0.91 index | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9458 index | 0.9236 index | 0.9603 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9675 index | 0.9583 index | 0.9771 index | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.955 index | 0.9297 index | 0.9737 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9887 index | 0.9673 index | 1.01 index | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.9585 index | 0.9525 index | 0.9675 index | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya was 0.9675 index in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 index in 2017.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7384 index in 1970.
- How does Kenya rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Kenya ranks 168th out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.