Kenya: Secondary education, teachers (% female)

Key figures

Since 2001 it is up 4.14 percentage points from 39.25% in 2001. The World Bank has no value for 10 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.33 percentage points in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.67 percentage points in 2007. 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 2023, Kenya had the 29th highest value of the 36 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 2023 ranking

• Mexico — 25th of 36: 53.75%
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 26th of 36: 49.32%
• Togo — 27th of 36: 45.43%
• Bhutan — 29th of 36: 43.03%
• Cameroon — 30th of 36: 40.92%
• Afghanistan — 31st of 36: 35.55%

What this measures

Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Limitations: The indicator measures the level of gender representation in the teaching profession, rather than the effectiveness and quality of teaching.

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

All 13 values

Secondary education, teachers (% female) in nearby economies

• Benin — 12.17% (2022)
• Botswana — 55.82% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 18.39% (2024)
• Burundi — 26.16% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 50.57% (2022)
• Cameroon — 40.92% (2023)
• Central African Republic — 46.82% (2017)
• Chad — 10.07% (2024)
• Comoros — 10.74% (2022)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 17.58% (2023)

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 secondary education, teachers (% female)?

43.39% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is up 4.14 percentage points from 39.25% in 2001. The highest value was 43.39% in 2023 and the lowest 38.21% in 2007.

How does Kenya rank?

29th highest of 36 economies with data for 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.TCHR.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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