Kenya

Adult literacy in Kenya

Adult literacy in Kenya: 82.2% in 2000 and 82.2% in 2000, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2000
82.2%
World, 2000
81.1%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in KenyaAdult literacy in Kenya: 82.2% in 2000 and 82.2% in 2000, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 81.1% in 2000.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearKenyaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200082.281.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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