Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Kenya
Kenya: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1 GPIA in 2016. ▬ Flat
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Kenya, 1998–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Kenya is 1 GPIA, measured in 2016. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Kenya peaked at 1 GPIA in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1 GPIA, in 1998.
Kenya ranks 50th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Kenya, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Kenya
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0496 % change on previous year (2017)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Kenya?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Kenya was 1 GPIA in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 1998.
- How does Kenya rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- Kenya ranks 50th out of 192 countries with data for 2016.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release