Kenya
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Lower middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
33% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
8,318,181 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
7,686,730 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
23%
Source: UNSDG, 2014
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
75
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
45%
Source: DHS, 2014
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
75%
Source: DHS, 2014
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
12
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 87%
-
Male 81%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 75%
-
Male 66%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 39%
-
Male 46%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 4%
-
Male 4%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Lower secondary school
-
Female 4%
-
Male 3%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Upper secondary school
-
Female 24%
-
Male 17%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Programs Back to Top
Network/Convening/Conference
AMPLIFY Girls Collective
Research Project/Report/Study
AMPLIFY: COVID-19 Response Research
Project/Program
ARK Secondary School Education Program
Project/Program
Accelerated Learning Program
Project/Program
Accelerated Learning in the Classroom Program
Research Project/Report/Study
Adolescent Girls Initiative - Kenya
Project/Program
Adolescent Girls' Programming Community of Practice
Research Project/Report/Study
Advancing Learning Outcomes for Transformational Change (A LOT-Change)
Project/Program
Advancing Learning Outcomes for Transformational Change (A Lot-Change) III
Project/Program
African Women Making A Difference
Research Project/Report/Study
Afya Pwani
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Afya kwa Elimu Project
Project/Program
Alternative Rite of Passage
Research Project/Report/Study
Anasoma
Project/Program
BEST Girls- Being Empowered, Strong and Together
Project/Program
Break free program
Project/Program
Bridge the Technology Gap
Project/Program
Building Schools
Project/Program
COVID-19 Response in Kenya
Project/Program
COVID-19 Response – Leaders of Learning
Project/Program
Capacity Building of Grassroots Organizations
Project/Program
Center of Worth
Child Development Programs
Network/Convening/Conference
Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi (CGC Nairobi)
Project/Program
Community Action Plan
Project/Program
Community Grants Program
Project/Program
Community-Based Teaching Assistants Fellowship (CBTAF)
Project/Program
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Data-Driven Advocacy for Girls' Education in Emergencies in Africa
Project/Program
Dottie Scholarship Program
Project/Program
Draw Your Dreams
Project/Program
Early Childhood Care Development and Education (ECDDE)
Educate! Experience - Leadership and Entrepreneurship Course
Project/Program
Educated and Confident
Project/Program
Education Access and Equity
Project/Program
Education Program
Project/Program
Education Support Program
Project/Program
Education and Mentorship
Project/Program
Education and Skills— Pastoralist Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Education and Training
Project/Program
Education and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Project/Program
Education for Life
Project/Program
Education in Emergencies
Research Project/Report/Study
Estimating the Impacts of Microfranchising on Young Women in Nairobi
Research Project/Report/Study
Evaluation of World University Service of Canada’s Remedial Education Program in Dadaab and Kakuma in Kenya
Research Project/Report/Study
Evaluation of the Nia Project
Project/Program
Expanding Access to Education for Teenage Mothers in Kenya
Project/Program
Feminist and Youth-led Action (FAYA)
Project/Program
Fighting Period Poverty— Monthly sanitary pad distributions at school
Project/Program
Food for Education
Project/Program
Four Pillar Approach— Child-focused Community Development Program
Project/Program
Four Pillars PLUS
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Funding For Girls Education Programs
Project/Program
GSL: COVID-19 Response Research
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender Empowerment
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender Equality Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender Equality Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender Equity Initiative
Project/Program
Gender-Responsive Pedagogy
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girl Child Education Fund
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Girls Education in Emergencies Project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Girls Voices Initiative (GVI)
Project/Program
Girls for Leaders Club
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls' Education Challenge
Project/Program
Global Engagement Initiative
Project/Program
Happy Home Orphanage
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Healthy Choices and Life-Skills Empowerment Program
Project/Program
Homabay County: "Not Any Girl"
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: 160 Girls Project Virtual Justice Clubs
Project/Program
Homabay County: Adult Learning Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Advocacy for Safe Community
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Better Together
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Business For Good (B1G1)
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Combination Comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention and Advocacy
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Comprehensive Care, Treatment and Advocacy
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Dream, Believe, Repeat
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Economic Empowerment and Food Security
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Economic Livelihood Program
Project/Program
Homabay County: Education Empowerment and GBV
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Education Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Education and Mentorship
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Environment and Resource Stewardship (EARS)
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Feed for the Future
Project/Program
Homabay County: Gender Based Violence and Mitigation
Homabay County: Gender based advocacy and empowerment program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Girls Enrollment program/School Re-entry
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Global Glow
Project/Program
Homabay County: Gwasi Integrated Community Empowerment Program-GICEP
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Health and Education Program
Project/Program
Homabay County: Healthy Choices Program
Homabay County: Homa Bay Childrens home Child Welfare Innitiative
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: INUKA Program (Women Fighting AIDS in Kenya)
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Inuka Program (TMTK)
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Kageno Public Schools Feeding Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Keep A Girl In School (KAGIS)
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Kenya AIDS Response Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Library Program
Project/Program
Homabay County: MasterCard Foundation COVID–19 Project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Maternal, Child Health, GBV and School Based Literacy
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Mental Capacity Build Up
Homabay County: Mental Health Program
Project/Program
Homabay County: Mentorship and Career Development
Project/Program
Homabay County: Nuru Ya Mtoto
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Nyokal Local Right Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Orphans and Vulnerable Care and Advocacy Program
Project/Program
Homabay County: Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Homabay County: Orphans and Vulnerable Support Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: RAFIKI
Project/Program
Homabay County: Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Program
Project/Program
Homabay County: Shirikisho Crafts
Project/Program
Homabay County: Sponsorship Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Steven Lewis Foundation (SLF)
Project/Program
Homabay County: Student Sponsorship Program
Homabay County: Success for Girls
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Sustained Inclusive Civic Education Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: The Her Voice Fund
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: To building and Uplifting the young and the entire Community
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Uzazi Salama Program
Project/Program
Homabay County: Victoria Friendly Montessori Education Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Vukisha Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Water and Sanitation Program
Project/Program
How Refugee Children in Kenya are Continuing to Learn During the Coronavirus Lockdown
Project/Program
How cash transfers help girls continue their education in Kenya
Project/Program
How radio acts as an education tool to help girls continue learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Human Rights Education and Activism
Project/Program
IBUKA Women and Girl Empowerment
Research Project/Report/Study
IPA: COVID-19 Response Research
Project/Program
Judah Education Centre
Project/Program
Kenya Equity in Education Project (KEEP Project)
Project/Program
Kerwa Child and Family Programme
Project/Program
Kilifi County: AGECS - Adolescent Girls
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Abaki Shule
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Accelerating Health Advocacy Through AGOIW Engagement
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Adolescent and Young People HIV Prevention
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Aid Education
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Basic Education
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Beacon Teachers Education Program
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Building A Future
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Building Future
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Changing The Way We Care
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Economic Empowerment
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Kilifi County: Education (Gapeka)
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Education (Solidarieta Kenya)
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Education (Zawadi CBO)
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Education Program
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Education Programme
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Education and Empowerment
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Empowerment
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: End Gender Based Violence
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Ending Violence Against Girls and Women Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Erevuka Dada
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Faya
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Gender Based Violence And Child Protection
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Gifting Smiles Mentorship and Education Support
Project/Program
Kilifi County: HIV Prevention for Adolescent Girls, Youth and Women
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Haki Yetu Program
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Health Care Program
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Health Club
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Holistic Action Project for Young Adolescents (HAPA)
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Igniting Boda Boda Giving to Support Girls Education
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Kudzecha Women Program
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Menstrual Hygiene
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Mentor Mama Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Mob-Lib Program
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Mwembeni Technical Training Institute
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Nijitegemee
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Nilinde
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Nyatera Disability Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Pamoja for Transformation Trust
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Reproductive Health Program
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Safisha Dada
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Scholarship Program
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Scholarship and Mentorship Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: School GBV Talk
Project/Program
Kilifi County: School Sponsorship and Economic and Social Empowerment
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Sexual Gender Based Violence/Covid-19
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kilifi County: Sexual Reproductive Health and Gender based Violence
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Tawfiq Hospital
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Teen Mum Go to School Project
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Tujitegemee
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Tuungane Feeding programme
Project/Program
Kilifi County: Vocational And Youth Empowerment Programme
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Kuria Girls Project
Project/Program
Leadership Academies for Girls
Project/Program
Leadership and Entrepreneurship Incubator (LEI) Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Leading with Evidence to Achieve Real Reform Now (LEARRN)
Project/Program
Learn4Work
Project/Program
Learning through Education and Access to Employment Pathways (LEAP)
Project/Program
Let our Girls Succeed - Wasichana Wetu Wafaulu
Project/Program
Life Skills Program
Project/Program
LitClub
Project/Program
Literacy Boost
Research Project/Report/Study
Maintaining Learning Continuity During School Closure: Community Health Volunteer Support for Marginalized Girls in Kenya
Project/Program
Mentor, Educate, Empower & Employ HER
Project/Program
Mission with a Vision
Project/Program
NIGEE Vocational Training Centre
Project/Program
Narok County: 3K Project Kunoresha, Kudumisha na Kulinda)
Project/Program
Narok County: Adolescent Health Program
Project/Program
Narok County: COVID Resilience Support
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: DARUBINI YA WANAWAKE (WOMEN AS COMMUNITY MIRROR)
Project/Program
Narok County: EDUCATION AND CHILD PROTECTION
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Education Sponsorship Program
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Narok County: Education for all
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Education for pregnant and early prostitution teenage girls
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Empower Her Project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: End FGM , back to school program
Project/Program
Narok County: Ewangan Enkutoto Sponsorship program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: FGM and Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Narok County: Fistula awareness program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Future Chances
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: GALVANIZE project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Girl's Education (Rescued girls) and Advocacy
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Girls and women engagement program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Home for the homeless
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Human Rights
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Let's fight Gender Based Violence
Project/Program
Narok County: Maa Youth K-onnect Program
Project/Program
Narok County: Maasai Gender and community resilience project
Project/Program
Narok County: Manyatta Libs
Project/Program
Narok County: OLOIP LANG' EDUCATION PROGRAM
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC)
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Osiligi girls rescue
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Osotua Safety and Education Program for rescued girls
Project/Program
Narok County: Registered children sponsorship management
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Residential program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: STREET CHILDREN EDUCATION AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING
Project/Program
Narok County: Samoei commuity development program
Research Project/Report/Study
Narok County: Schools Motivation and Psycho Education
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Sexual Reproductive Health Program for Girls and Women
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Shakenisho uplift a child
Project/Program
Narok County: Smart Government Project
Project/Program
Narok County: Teenage mothers employment programme
Project/Program
Narok County: Teenage mothers employment programme
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Narok County: Youth let's Dialogue
Project/Program
Narok County: clean water and food security
Advocacy Campaign/Project
National Partner Support
Project/Program
No One Out Project (NOO Project)
Project/Program
One Girl Can Mentor Program
Project/Program
One Girl Can Scholarship Program
Project/Program
Operation Come To School Project
Project/Program
Orphans, Vulnerable Children and Youth Program
Project/Program
Our Right to Learn – Reaching the Unreached
Project/Program
Our Sisters Read
Project/Program
Out-of-School Girls' Empowerment Program
Project/Program
Out-of-School Youth Bootcamps
Project/Program
Overseers Education Centre
Research Project/Report/Study
Partnership for Research on Progress and Resilience in Education (PREPARE)
Research Project/Report/Study
Population Council - Kenya: COVID-19 Response Research
Research Project/Report/Study
Programmatic approaches to the gender-related impacts of COVID-19 on education: Lessons from 2020
Project/Program
Provide Tele-Psychosocial Support
Project/Program
RACHEL (Remote Area Community Hotspot for Education and Learning)
Project/Program
Rescue Dada Centre Sponsorship Program
Project/Program
SOMESHA Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Safe Space/House for Survivors of GBV, FGM, Child Marriages, Samburu Beading
Project/Program
Scholarship Program
Project/Program
School Solutions
Project/Program
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Project/Program
Second Chance
Project/Program
Second Chance Project
Project/Program
Service-learning for WASH in schools
Project/Program
Sexual Reproductive Health Education in Schools
Project/Program
Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
Project/Program
Starkid School and Rescue Centre
Research Project/Report/Study
Strengthening Monitoring and Reporting of Attacks on Education
Project/Program
Supporting Access for Adolescents to Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health Services (Safire)
Project/Program
Supporting Remote Learning
Teacher Professional Development
Project/Program
Teacher Training and Support
Project/Program
The ABCs of Sex Education
Research Project/Report/Study
The COVID-19 Crisis and its Impact on Global Education
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists
Project/Program
The Future is Now! Building knowledge and skills base of adolescent girls for a productive adult life.
Project/Program
The Gender and Development Programme
Research Project/Report/Study
The Impact of COVID-19 on Young Women
Research Project/Report/Study
The Impact of Training for Market-Oriented Farming on Farmer Livelihoods in Kenya
Research Project/Report/Study
The Nia Project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Turkana County: Education
Project/Program
Turkana County: Education
Project/Program
Turkana County: Education Program
Project/Program
Turkana County: GIRL - H Program
Project/Program
Turkana County: Gender Responsive Education
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Turkana County: Girl Child Mentorship Programme
Project/Program
Turkana County: Higher Education Programme - Certificate, Diploma and Degree
Project/Program
Turkana County: Learning for Life Project
Project/Program
Turkana County: Mobile Education
Project/Program
Turkana County: OUT OF SCHOOL BACK TO SCHOOL GIRLS PROJECT
Project/Program
Turkana County: School Outreach Program
Project/Program
Turkana County: School Wash Program
Project/Program
Turkana County: School feeding program
Project/Program
Turkana County: Skills Training Project
Project/Program
Turkana County: Turkana Mentorship Program
Project/Program
Turkana County: Youth Empowerment and Gender
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Turkana County: Youth and women empowerment
Project/Program
Tuseme Dada
Project/Program
Tuungane In School Mentorship Program
Research Project/Report/Study
Understanding pre- and post-COVID-19 landscapes to build back better for girls with disabilities
Project/Program
Unlocking Talent Through Technology
Project/Program
Vumilia Children's Home
Project/Program
Water and Sanitation
Network/Convening/Conference
Webinar: Using a gender lens to address COVID-19 response in refugee settings
Project/Program
Wezesha Elimu Project
Project/Program
Young Women's Academy for Conscious Change (YWA)
Project/Program
Youth Clubs
Research Project/Report/Study
Youth First Kenya
Research Project/Report/Study
Youth Think Tank
Project/Program
Youth and Women Health: Education, Health, Social, Economic and Political Development