Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Kenya
Kenya: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.3852 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Kenya, 1999β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 0.3852 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Kenya peaked at 0.4023 LPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2695 LPIA, in 1999.
That places Kenya 80th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2695 LPIA | 0.2695 LPIA | 0.2695 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2891 LPIA | 0.2883 LPIA | 0.2899 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.3283 LPIA | 0.3283 LPIA | 0.3283 LPIA | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.3854 LPIA | 0.3642 LPIA | 0.4023 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More education data for Kenya
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 281,500 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0051 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Kenya?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Kenya was 0.3852 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4023 LPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2695 LPIA in 1999.
- How does Kenya rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Kenya ranks 80th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release