Afghanistan vs Kenya: Share of the population with tertiary education
Afghanistan
8.0%
in 2020
Kenya
8.4%
in 2020
Afghanistan rank
72nd
Kenya rank
70th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Afghanistan
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 8.4% against 8.0% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Kenya ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 72nd and Kenya ranks 70th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 7 and Kenya in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 4.2% | 1.6% | 2.7% | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 6.5% | 3.0% | 3.5% | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 5.8% | 2.4% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 8.6% | 0.2% | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 8.0% | 8.4% | 0.4% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Afghanistan or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 8.4% against 8.0% in Afghanistan as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Afghanistan and Kenya?
- 0.4%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Kenya?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Afghanistan and Kenya rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Afghanistan ranks 72nd and Kenya ranks 70th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.