Kenya
Kenya
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Student performance in science
The mean score in science performance is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (335 PISA Score points, rank 88/90 , 2025) Download Indicator
Boys' performance in science is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (346 PISA Score points, rank 85/90 , 2025) Download Indicator
Girls' performance in science is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (322 PISA Score points, rank 89/90 , 2025) Download Indicator
The gender difference in science performance in favour of boys is one of the largest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (24 PISA Score points, rank 2/53 , 2025) Download Indicator
The percentage of low performers in science (below proficiency Level 2) is one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (84 %, rank 3/90 , 2025) Download Indicator
The percentage of low-performing boys in science (below proficiency Level 2) is one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (79.1 %, rank 6/90 , 2025) Download Indicator
The percentage of low-performing girls in science (below proficiency Level 2) is one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (89.3 %, rank 2/90 , 2025) Download Indicator
Kenya scored among the low-performing countries in the subscale about "explaining phenomena scientifically" of PISA science test. (333 PISA Score, rank 84/84 , 2025) Download Indicator
Student performance in mathematics
The mean score in mathematics performance is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (326 PISA Score points, rank 87/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
Boys' performance in mathematics is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (336 PISA Score points, rank 87/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
Girls' performance in mathematics is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (315 PISA Score points, rank 87/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
Boys outperform girls in mathematics performance with one of the largest score-point differences. (20 PISA Score points, rank 7/61 , 2025) Download Indicator
The percentage of low performers in mathematics (below proficiency Level 2) is one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (90.8 %, rank 4/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
The percentage of low-performing boys in mathematics (below proficiency Level 2) is one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (86.8 %, rank 7/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
The percentage of low-performing girls in mathematics (below proficiency Level 2) is one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (95.2 %, rank 1/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
Student performance in reading
The mean score in reading performance is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (320 PISA Score points, rank 87/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
Boys' performance in reading is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (319 PISA Score points, rank 85/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
Girls' performance in reading is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (322 PISA Score points, rank 88/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
The score difference in reading between the 10% of students with the highest scores and the 10% of students with the lowest scores is one of the smallest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (176 PISA Score, rank 83/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
The percentage of low performers in reading (below proficiency Level 2) is one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (88.9 %, rank 3/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
The percentage of low-performing boys in reading (below proficiency Level 2) is one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (87.4 %, rank 8/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
The percentage of low-performing girls in reading (below proficiency Level 2) is one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (90.6 %, rank 2/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
Student performance in mathematics, reading and science
The percentage of low performers in all subjects (mathematics, reading and science) is one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (82.1 %, rank 2/87 , 2025) Download Indicator
Student performance in computational problem solving
In Kenya, the share of students scoring higher than expected in computational problem-solving based on their performance in science was among the smallest across countries with available data. (10.7 %, rank 84/84 , 2025) Download Indicator
The mean score in computational problem-solving performance is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (278 PISA Score points, rank 84/84 , 2025) Download Indicator
Performance and socio-economic status
The variance of results in mathematics is weakly associated with the socio-economic status of students, as measured by the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS). (0 %, rank 86/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
The maths performance of students in the top international decile of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) scale is among the lowest, compared to countries and economies participating in PISA. (362 PISA Score, rank 85/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
Kenya is one of the countries where the relationship between reading performance and socio-economics status (ESCS) is the weakest. (0.4 %, rank 86/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
The reading performance of students in the top international decile of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) scale is among the lowest, compared to countries and economies participating in PISA. (361 PISA Score, rank 85/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
The variance of results in science is weakly associated with the socio-economic status of students, as measured by the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS). (0.2 %, rank 87/87 , 2025) Download Indicator
The science performance of students in the top international decile of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) scale is among the lowest, compared to countries and economies participating in PISA. (379 PISA Score, rank 86/87 , 2025) Download Indicator
Participation in education
The percentage of students who have repeated a grade during primary, lower secondary or upper secondary school is one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (45.2 %, rank 2/85 , 2025) Download Indicator
School climate
Students in Kenya reported feeling relatively less safe than students in other OECD and partner countries/economies. (-0.33 PISA Index, rank 82/85 , 2025) Download Indicator
Classroom environment
The ratio of students to teaching staff in socio-economically disadvantaged schools is one of the largest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (27 Students, rank 5/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
The ratio of students to teaching staff in socio-economically advantaged schools is one of the largest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (30 Students, rank 2/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
The ratio of students to teaching staff in schools attended by 15-year-olds is comparatively high in Kenya. (29 Students, rank 4/87 , 2025) Download Indicator
In Kenya, a large share of students attend schools whose principal reported that the school's capacity to provide instruction is hindered to some extent or a lot by a lack of teaching staff. (53 %, rank 8/88 , 2025) Download Indicator
In Kenya, the index of disciplinary climate in school science is relatively high. (0.57 PISA Index, rank 9/82 , 2025) Download Indicator
Student well-being
In 2025, the index of sense of belonging was one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (-0.21 PISA Index, rank 74/82 , 2025) Download Indicator
Bullying
In 2025, the index of exposure to bullying was one of the highest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (0.81 PISA Index, rank 2/88 , 2025) Download Indicator
Compared to other PISA-participating countries and economies, the percentage of students who reported being bullied (includes any type of bullying act) at least a few times a month is one of the highest. (54.9 %, rank 2/89 , 2025) Download Indicator
Kenya had one of the largest shares of students who reported being cyberbullied (information about them that was upsetting were published online without their consent). (13.4 %, rank 3/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
Students' engagement, drive and self-beliefs
In Kenya, a relatively large number of students students reported that they are interested in and enjoy learning about science, compared to other OECD and partner countries/economies. (0.5 PISA Index, rank 7/88 , 2025) Download Indicator
Students in Kenya show a high tendency to set clear goals for themselves compared to other PISA-participating countries and economies. (0.59 PISA Index, rank 1/82 , 2025) Download Indicator
The share of students who agreed or strongly agreed that they finish what they start was among the largest in Kenya compared with other countries with available data. (74.4 %, rank 6/87 , 2025) Download Indicator
The difference in the index of help seeking between advantaged and disadvantaged students placed Kenya among countries with the smallest differences. (-0.15 PISA Index, rank 59/59 , 2025) Download Indicator
Students’ readiness for learning in the digital age
Kenya has one of the lowest levels of preparedness for digital learning among OECD and partner countries/economies. (-1.16 PISA Index, rank 88/88 , 2025) Download Indicator
Students in Kenya spent among the longest amounts of time on digital devices per day for leisure at school across countries with available data. (2 Hours, rank 2/88 , 2025) Download Indicator
In Kenya, the science performance of students spending no time using digital devices for learning activities at school was among the lowest across countries with available data, after accounting for student socio-economic status. (380 PISA Score, rank 77/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
The science performance of students spending between 2 and 3 hours per day using digital devices for learning activities at school was among the lowest in Kenya compared with other countries with available data, after accounting for student socio-economic status. (332 PISA Score, rank 84/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
In Kenya, the science performance of students spending more than 7 hours per day using digital devices for learning activities at school was among the lowest across countries with available data, after accounting for student socio-economic status. (331 PISA Score, rank 84/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
The change in science performance associated with students reporting that students get distracted by using digital resources in most or every school science lesson was among the largest decreases in Kenya compared with other countries with available data, after accounting for student socio-economic status. (-49 PISA Score points, rank 60/61 , 2025) Download Indicator
Students' environmental competence
The mean score in environmental science is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (331 PISA Score points, rank 82/82 , 2025) Download Indicator
Boys' performance in environmental science is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (342 PISA Score points, rank 80/82 , 2025) Download Indicator
Girls' performance in environmental science is one of the lowest among PISA-participating countries and economies. (319 PISA Score points, rank 82/82 , 2025) Download Indicator
Boys tend to slightly outperform girls in environmental science. (22 PISA Score points, rank 1/52 , 2025) Download Indicator
In Kenya, socio-economically disadvantaged students had low performances in environmental science compared to other OECD and partner countries. (338 PISA Score points, rank 78/81 , 2025) Download Indicator
In Kenya, socio-economically advantaged students had low performances in environmental science compared to other OECD and partner countries. (347 PISA Score points, rank 81/81 , 2025) Download Indicator
The share of students achieving at least baseline proficiency in environmental science (Level 2) was among the smallest in Kenya compared with other countries with available data. (11.2 %, rank 82/83 , 2025) Download Indicator
Students' attitudes and beliefs regarding environmental issues
In Kenya, the difference between advantaged and disadvantaged students in the share interested, to some or a large extent, in contributing to environmental protection in their future jobs was among the largest in favor of disadvantaged students across countries with available data. (-7.7 % points, rank 44/44 , 2025) Download Indicator
In Kenya, the share of students who did not participate in environment-related activities and agreed or strongly agreed that someone else would take care of the problem was among the smallest across countries with available data. (34.2 %, rank 82/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
Student involvement in environmental actions
The percentage of students reporting their participation to at least one environmental-related activity is relatively high in Kenya. (93.7 %, rank 2/88 , 2025) Download Indicator
Parental involvement
The difference in the index of family support between advantaged and disadvantaged students in Kenya was among the narrowest across countries with available data. (-0.17 PISA Index, rank 86/86 , 2025) Download Indicator
Students’ use of artificial intelligence for schoolwork
The mean science performance of students reporting almost daily use of AI to help them learn and being tasked in school lessons to assess the quality of AI-generated information was among the lowest in Kenya compared with other countries with available data. (360 PISA Score, rank 83/83 , 2025) Download Indicator
In Kenya, the difference between the shares of advantaged and disadvantaged students reporting that they assess the quality of information generated by AI chatbots in their school lessons sometimes or very often was among the widest across countries with available data. (31.8 %, rank 1/76 , 2025) Download Indicator
Resources for education
In Kenya, a large share of students attend schools whose principal reported that the school's capacity to provide instruction is hindered to some extent or a lot by a lack of physical infrastructure. (54.1 %, rank 9/88 , 2025) Download Indicator
General findings
- B-S-J-Z (China) and Singapore were the two highest-performing systems across science, mathematics and reading in PISA 2025. Additionally, Estonia, Japan, Korea, Macao (China), Chinese Taipei and the United Kingdom were among the top-10 performing education systems in all three domains.
- PISA 2025 recorded the lowest OECD-average performance observed so far in science, reading and mathematics. Reading declined after peaking around 2012, science declined more gradually over the past decade, and mathematics fell especially sharply after 2018.
- Around three-quarters of students demonstrated at least baseline proficiency in science: they pass from knowing some science to using science at a basic level.
- Socio-economic background remains strongly associated with student achievement, accounting for 12% of within-country variation in science performance.
- Students reported more teacher support in science lessons compared to 2015 in about half of countries/economies. Teacher support remains positively associated with science performance and learning attitudes.
- The provision of study help such as peer-to-peer tutoring is associated with higher science performance.
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- Socio-economic background remains strongly associated with student achievement, accounting for 12% of within-country variation in science performance.
- Gender differences in performance in mathematics and reading are still remarquable, as for all previous PISA studies. Boys still perform better than girls in mathematics by 13 PISA score points while girls outperform boys in reading by 30 PISA score points in 2025, on average accross OECD countries. In science, girls perform almost as well as boys by only 1 score point difference.
- Some education systems, such as B-S-J-Z (China), Canada, Estonia, Ireland, Japan, Korea and Macao (China), achieved both socio-economic fairness and strong performance.
- Between 2022 and 2025, narrowing of socio-economic gaps in performance largely reflected declines among advantaged students rather than improvements among disadvantaged students.
- Two out of three students perceive social mobility as achievable, rising to 75% or more in Portugal and Israel.
- Girls generally reported higher levels of curiosity, perseverance, help seeking, goal setting a growth mindset, while boys tend to report higher cognitive adaptability.
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- Some 69% of students reported that they like learning new things and 74% reported that they like to know how things work.
- While 61% of students reported finishing what they start and 60% reported putting in extra effort when work becomes challenging, 52% reported finishing tasks they have started even when they become boring.
- Girls generally reported higher levels of curiosity, perseverance, help seeking, goal setting a growth mindset, while boys tend to report higher cognitive adaptability.
- Between 2022 and 2025 students' self-reported curiosity and perseverance declined.
- Most students feel they belong at school (76%) and make friends easily (80%), and believe their peers like them (83%).
- While 67% of students believe that school has taught them things that could be useful in a job, 49% reported that school has done little to prepare them for adult life, 24% viewed school has been a waste of time.
- Bullying is associated with lower student performance and sense of belonging even after accounting for students’ and schools’ socio-economic profiles.
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- On average, 79% of students use AI chatbots to help them to learn, including 26% weekly and 19% almost daily or more.
- The relationship between AI use and science performance is complex. Students who frequently use AI for learning and learn to assess the quality of AI-generated information at school achieve higher science performance than non- or infrequent users. However, advantaged students have greater access to these opportunities, raising concerns about an AI divide.
- Moderate use of digital devices for learning at school relates to higher science performance than no or heavy use. However, more than one hour of leisure use at school is linked to lower performance.
- Some 28% of students reported that their peers are distracted by the use of digital devices during most or every science lesson. Cell-phone bans or subject-specific guidelines relate to less distraction and less time spent on digital devices at school, but their relationship with performance remains unclear.
- Almost half of 15 year old students are in schools where the use of cell phones is not allowed on the school premises.
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- About three in four students achieve at least baseline proficiency (Level 2) in environmental science.
- Higher-performing students tend to report stronger environmental awareness, personal agency and collective efficacy.
- Caring for the environment is widespread: 75% of students reported looking after the global environment is important to them; it is over 90% in B-S-J-Z (China), Indonesia, Korea and Cambodia.
- Most students believe collective action (82%) and individual action (81%) can address environmental challenges, though fewer know how to collaborate effectively (68%).
- On average, 28% of students never participated in any of the five environmental activities examined. Among them, 56% do not know anyone engaged in environmental actions, 49% believe others will address the problem and 47% feel their actions would not make a difference.
- On average, 62% of students are interested in contributing to environmental protection through their future careers, particularly girls, socio-economically advantaged students, higher performing students and students with pro-environmental attitudes.
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All rankings for individual variables are compiled on the basis of OECD and G20 countries for which data are available. The OECD average includes only OECD countries which are listed here: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/members-partners.html
Reference years displayed in the Education GPS correspond to the most common year of reference among countries for which data is available on each variable. Data for the latest available year is preferred and some countries may have provided data refering to a more recent or late year. To know more about possible exceptions on data please click on the "Download Indicator" link on each variable. When a year of reference corresponds to a school year encompassing two years, the reference reads as follows: 2026 for school year 2025/2026.
*TALIS averages are based on all countries participating in the TALIS survey, including partner countries and economies. This explains the difference between the OECD average and the TALIS averages. Data from the TALIS survey and Education at a Glance (EAG) may differ. See Annex E of the TALIS technical report and Annex 3 of EAG 2024 for more details about the data collections.
For additional notes, please refer to annexes in the list of links below the introductory country profile text.


