Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Kenya
Kenya: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.8% in 2009. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Kenya, 1999–2009
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2009, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Kenya stood at 0.8%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 49.4% on the previous year and down 46.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Kenya peaked at 2.3% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2009.
Kenya ranks 158th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.5% | — |
| 2000 | 1.6% | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 2.1% | +36.0% |
| 2002 | 2.3% | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 1.9% | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 1.8% | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | -12.6% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | -49.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 0.8% | 2.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 155 Myanmar 1.2% compare
- 156 Yemen 0.9% compare
- 157 Mauritania 0.9% compare
- 159 Barbados 0.2% compare
- 160 Anguilla 0.0% compare
- 160 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% compare
- 160 Dominica 0.0%
- 160 Gibraltar 0.0%
- 160 Jamaica 0.0% compare
- 160 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 160 Marshall Islands 0.0%
- 160 Malawi 0.0%
- 160 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% compare
More education data for Kenya
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.74 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 8.04 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.7181 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1453 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.04 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.7181 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Kenya?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Kenya was 0.8% in 2009, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 2002.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2009.
- How does Kenya rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Kenya ranks 158th out of 168 countries with data for 2009.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.1%. 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, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release