Education in Kenya

2,057 indicators covering education for Kenya.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 67.0% 2024 up 20.7% 54th
Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 100.0% 2024 up 24.1% 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 57.8% 2024 up 23.1% 60th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 90.5% 2024 up 10.6% 65th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.7% 2024 down 2.0% 63rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.6% 2024 up 8.9% 14th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 22.3% 2024 up 63.6% 77th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 88.1% 2024 up 13.3% 69th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.8626 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% 82nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.8% 2024 down 8.5% 45th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 8.69 2024 up 48.5% 88th
Capital expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 2.4% 2015 88th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.6838 GPIA 2024 up 12.2% 83rd
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9448 GPIA 2024 up 3.8% 76th
Initial government funding per secondary student as a percentage of 21.2% 2006 up 50.9% 38th
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 68.3% 2015 82nd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.4343 LPIA 2024 up 26.5% 79th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 67.8% 2024 up 60.1% 68th
Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 28.9% 2015 19th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 72.5% 2024 up 52.0% 66th
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 78.7% 2015 58th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 78.1% 2024 up 44.9% 62nd
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in public 60.9% 2015 91st
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.486 LPIA 2024 up 20.8% 73rd
Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 17.1% 2015 50th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.801 LPIA 2024 up 37.4% 67th
Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 31.6% 2015 15th
Initial government funding per secondary student, constant PPP$ 872.09 2006 up 50.8% 92nd
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 12.4% 2022 up 81.4% 91st
Government expenditure on upper secondary education, US$ 1,047 millions 2015 up 783.1% 40th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 10.6% 2022 up 82.5% 93rd
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in tertiary 97.6% 2015 22nd
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.8681 GPIA 2024 up 10.5% 74th
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in tertiary 2.4% 2015 93rd
All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 0.5% 2015 90th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.3852 LPIA 2024 up 32.9% 80th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 8.1 2024 up 52.4% 92nd
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 0.8647 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% 96th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 9.37 2024 up 47.6% 86th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 8.7% 2022 up 87.7% 93rd
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.8374 LPIA 2024 up 32.9% 68th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.7695 LPIA 2024 up 41.3% 71st
Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education as a 0.2% 2015 14th
Government expenditure on upper secondary education, constant US$ 1,237 millions 2015 up 227.3% 39th
Government expenditure on lower secondary education, US$ 305.63 millions 2015 up 157.7% 61st
Government expenditure on upper secondary education, PPP$ 2,372 millions 2015 up 488.2% 39th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 2.8% 2022 up 251.3% 81st
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 0.6966 GPIA 2022 up 3.5% 84th
Government expenditure on upper secondary education, constant PPP$ 3,449 millions 2015 up 329.0% 35th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 4.0% 2022 up 229.3% 77th
Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 50.8% 2016 down 23.0% 94th
Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 46.4% 2016 down 30.6% 88th
Government expenditure on lower secondary education, constant US$ 360.93 millions 2015 down 4.5% 58th
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in 43.0% 2015 106th
Current expenditure other than staff compensation as % of total 97.1% 2015 2nd
Government expenditure on lower secondary education, PPP$ 692.43 millions 2015 up 71.7% 60th
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in 57.0% 2015 2nd
Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 65.2% 2016 down 11.1% 68th
Government expenditure on lower secondary education, constant PPP$ 1,007 millions 2015 up 25.2% 57th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 0.2615 LPIA 2022 up 92.5% 76th