School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kenya

Kenya: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9736 GPI in 2016. ▬ Flat

Latest (2016)
0.9736 GPI
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
158th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.14 GPI
in 1990
All-time low
0.7799 GPI
in 2002
Years of data
26
1983–2016

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kenya, 1983–2016

00.250.50.7511.21983199920161983: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 0.932 GPI1987: 1.1 GPI1990: 1.1 GPI1993: 0.97 GPI1994: 0.974 GPI1995: 0.962 GPI1996: 0.966 GPI1997: 0.979 GPI1998: 0.954 GPI1999: 0.996 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 0.998 GPI2002: 0.78 GPI2003: 0.977 GPI2004: 0.987 GPI2005: 0.989 GPI2006: 0.941 GPI2007: 0.942 GPI2008: 0.956 GPI2009: 0.992 GPI2012: 1 GPI2014: 0.974 GPI2015: 0.988 GPI2016: 0.974 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2016, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kenya stood at 0.9736 GPI.

That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kenya peaked at 1.14 GPI in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.7799 GPI, in 2002.

That places Kenya 158th out of 189 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kenya, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Kenya, 1983 to 2016.
Year GPI Change
1983 1.02 GPI
1985 1 GPI -1.2%
1986 0.9323 GPI -7.2%
1987 1.07 GPI +14.6%
1990 1.14 GPI +6.6%
1993 0.9699 GPI -14.9%
1994 0.9736 GPI +0.4%
1995 0.9617 GPI -1.2%
1996 0.9659 GPI +0.4%
1997 0.9794 GPI +1.4%
1998 0.9544 GPI -2.6%
1999 0.9956 GPI +4.3%
2000 1.01 GPI +1.3%
2001 0.9979 GPI -1.0%
2002 0.7799 GPI -21.8%
2003 0.977 GPI +25.3%
2004 0.9868 GPI +1.0%
2005 0.9889 GPI +0.2%
2006 0.9413 GPI -4.8%
2007 0.9423 GPI +0.1%
2008 0.9565 GPI +1.5%
2009 0.9918 GPI +3.7%
2012 1.03 GPI +3.4%
2014 0.974 GPI -5.0%
2015 0.9876 GPI +1.4%
2016 0.9736 GPI -1.4%

Kenya compared with similar countries

  • Kenya's 0.9736 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.02 GPI, 96% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
  • Kenya's 0.9736 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.02 GPI, 95% of the median. (42 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kenya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2003 +25.3% 0.7799 GPI 0.977 GPI

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 1.01 GPI 0.9323 GPI 1.07 GPI 4
1990s 0.9925 GPI 0.9544 GPI 1.14 GPI 8
2000s 0.957 GPI 0.7799 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2010s 0.9902 GPI 0.9736 GPI 1.03 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 155 Libya 0.9749 GPI compare
  2. 156 Czechia 0.9749 GPI compare
  3. 157 Ukraine 0.9748 GPI compare
  4. 159 Macao 0.9719 GPI compare
  5. 160 Malta 0.9714 GPI compare
  6. 161 Cyprus 0.9692 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kenya?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kenya was 0.9736 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 1990.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7799 GPI in 2002.
How does Kenya rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Kenya ranks 158th out of 189 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Kenya data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.