Kenya vs South Africa

Kenya vs South Africa: Learning-adjusted schooling

Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 8.5 years in Kenya and 5.6 years in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Kenya, by 2.9 years, or 1.51 times that in South Africa.

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years · World Bank

Kenya vs South Africa: Learning-adjusted schoolingLearning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 8.5 years in Kenya and 5.6 years in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Kenya, by 2.9 years, or 1.51 times that in South Africa.
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What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
  • In 2020, Kenya ranked 74 and South Africa ranked 138 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

years · World Bank

YearKenyaSouth Africa
20208.55.6
20188.45.6
20177.85.1
2010–6.2

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Good to know

  • The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
  • Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.

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