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Kenya

Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income· 56.43M inhabitants

Last updated: November 1, 2025

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Futures readiness profile

Key insights: Kenya

Kenya lags behind global peers in Infrastructure (44, 26th percentile), Human Capital (35, 24th percentile), and School Access and Gender Parity (10, 28th percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.

Composite GEFRI Score

33.75
27th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness

Component scores

School Access and Gender Parity10.00
Below global avg. · 28th %-tile
Infrastructure44.23
Below global avg. · 26th %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance40.76
Near the global average · 41st %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Human Capital35.02
Below global avg. · 24th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation38.72
Near the global average · 43rd %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.

Regional peers: Sub-Saharan Africa

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
671South Africa57.46
692Mauritius57.15
——Seychelles(microstate)56.38
753Botswana55.79
1124Namibia44.52
1165Equatorial Guinea40.82
1176Ghana40.79
1207Cabo Verde39.65
1248Eswatini37.11
1279Gabon35.25
13010Kenya33.75
13211Senegal32.90
13312Rwanda32.79
13513Cote d'Ivoire31.31
13814Lesotho30.80
——Sao Tome and Principe(microstate)30.79
14015Gambia, The30.16
14116Zambia29.98
14317Zimbabwe28.03
14518Tanzania27.71
14619Benin27.46
14820Togo27.30
14921Angola27.12
15022Cameroon26.66
15123Sierra Leone25.51
15224Nigeria25.34
15425Mauritania24.95
15526Congo, Rep.24.86
15627Comoros24.58
15828Mozambique23.72
15929Uganda23.62
16030Ethiopia23.20
16131Guinea-Bissau23.13
16232Guinea22.69
16333Madagascar22.51
16434Malawi22.41
16535Burkina Faso22.16
16636Mali21.92
16737Liberia19.95
16838Congo, Dem. Rep.19.22
16939Niger18.89
17040Sudan18.72
17241Burundi17.51
17342Eritrea17.07
17443South Sudan15.84
17544Somalia, Fed. Rep.15.50
17645Chad13.99
17746Central African Republic13.93