Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya
Kenya: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9761 index in 2006. ▼ Falling
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya, 2000–2006
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 0.9761 index for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in 2006.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Kenya ranks 136th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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More education data for Kenya
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 281,500 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.17 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Kenya was 0.9761 index in 2006, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 index in 2002.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9347 index in 2004.
- How does Kenya rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Kenya ranks 136th out of 163 countries with data for 2006.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.