Situation of Adolescents in Kenya 2024

An Infographic Snapshot

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Highlights

Kenya is a demographically diverse country with many issues affecting different population groups: children, adolescents, young people, youth, women, men, elderly population and other key populations. This demographic diversity creates major opportunities and challenges that are continuously harnessed and addressed respectively.

This document summarises data describing the Situation of Adolescents in Kenya collected from government reports. The raison d’etre for producing the Situation of Adolescents in Kenya was to provide a snapshot of adolescent indicators that include: Population size and growth, gender and disability status, poverty levels, health and well being, nutrition status, education, information, communication and technology use, child labour and participation. Notably, the report captures new patterns and opportunities that the country must be prepared to invest in to harness the demographic dividend. It further signals us to other existing knowledge gaps that have either not been prioritized nationally.

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