Population of compulsory school age, female in Kenya

Kenya: Population of compulsory school age, female was 7.84 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
7.84 million number
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
14th
of 186 countries
All-time high
7.84 million number
in 2019
All-time low
3.49 million number
in 1998
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Population of compulsory school age, female in Kenya, 1998–2019

02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M1998200820191998: 3.5M number1999: 3.5M number2000: 3.6M number2001: 3.6M number2002: 3.6M number2003: 3.7M number2004: 3.8M number2005: 3.9M number2006: 4.1M number2007: 4.2M number2008: 4.3M number2009: 4.4M number2010: 4.5M number2011: 4.7M number2012: 4.8M number2013: 7.0M number2014: 7.1M number2015: 7.3M number2016: 7.5M number2017: 7.6M number2018: 7.7M number2019: 7.8M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for population of compulsory school age, female in Kenya is 7.84 million number, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 77.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of compulsory school age, female in Kenya peaked at 7.84 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.49 million number, in 1998.

Kenya ranks 14th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 3.50 million number 3.49 million number 3.52 million number 2
2000s 3.93 million number 3.56 million number 4.43 million number 10
2010s 6.60 million number 4.54 million number 7.84 million number 10

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 11 Ethiopia 10.96 million number compare
  2. 12 Russia 8.56 million number compare
  3. 13 Turkey 7.95 million number compare
  4. 15 Democratic Republic of Congo 7.28 million number compare
  5. 16 Bangladesh 7.24 million number compare
  6. 17 Vietnam 6.79 million number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of compulsory school age, female in Kenya?
Population of compulsory school age, female in Kenya was 7.84 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of compulsory school age, female recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 7.84 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest population of compulsory school age, female recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 3.49 million number in 1998.
How does Kenya rank for population of compulsory school age, female?
Kenya ranks 14th out of 186 countries with data for 2019.
Is population of compulsory school age, female rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is up 77.0%. 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, published as part of Population of compulsory school age, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Population of compulsory school age, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 4,849 data points, 1975–2020
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Population of female children within the age span that children are legally obliged to attend school.