Kenya: Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

Since 1970 it is up 10.03 percentage points from 85.77% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 32 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2016, Kenya's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) fell 1.13 percentage points on 2015 (from 96.93% to 95.8%).

Across the 8 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2015), the average change was −3.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.31 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.51 percentage points in 1972 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.19 percentage points in 1981. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2016, Kenya had the 13th highest value of the 13 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Kenya in the 2016 ranking

• Gambia, The — 9th of 13: 100.07%
• Uruguay — 10th of 13: 99.67%
• Croatia — 11th of 13: 97.02%
• Marshall Islands — 13th of 13: 81.35%

What this measures

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.

Limitations: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 15 values

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies

• Benin — 150.23% (2018)
• Burkina Faso — 113.96% (2018)
• Burundi — 129.07% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 99.45% (2018)
• Cameroon — 122.95% (2018)
• Central African Republic — 140.34% (2016)
• Chad — 120.95% (2016)
• Comoros

More education data for Kenya

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 8.04 million (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 98.25% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.63% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 99.85% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.97 (2019)
• Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

What is Kenya's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)?

95.8% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 10.03 percentage points from 85.77% in 1970. The highest value was 141.28% in 1980 and the lowest 85.1% in 1971.

How does Kenya rank?

13th highest of 13 economies with data for 2016.

Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) unusual for Kenya?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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