Lower secondary completion rate, female in Kenya
Kenya: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 104.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Kenya, 1971–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, female in Kenya is 104.1%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.0% on the previous year and up 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Kenya peaked at 104.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 1971.
Kenya ranks 15th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 8.7% | — |
| 1972 | 9.8% | +12.4% |
| 2014 | 79.2% | +706.2% |
| 2015 | 79.9% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 80.4% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 76.5% | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 84.2% | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 91.0% | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 90.5% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 104.1% | +15.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.3% | 8.7% | 9.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 79.0% | 76.5% | 80.4% | 4 |
| 2020s | 92.4% | 84.2% | 104.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More education data for Kenya
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 23.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 170,289 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 135,124 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 273,073 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 29.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 338,073 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 19.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Kenya?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Kenya was 104.1% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 104.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 1971.
- How does Kenya rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Kenya ranks 15th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.