Progression to secondary school in Kenya
Kenya: Progression to secondary school was 99.2% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school in Kenya, 1970–2015
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2015, progression to secondary school in Kenya stood at 99.2%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school in Kenya peaked at 99.2% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 85.6%, in 1980.
Kenya ranks 45th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 92.4% | 87.3% | 95.8% | 9 |
| 1980s | 85.6% | 85.6% | 85.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.0% | 98.8% | 99.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More education data for Kenya
- Population ages 0-14 36.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 281,500 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.6% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.8% (2023)
- Labor force, female 47.4% (2025)
- Labor force, total 24.71 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school in Kenya?
- Progression to secondary school in Kenya was 99.2% in 2015, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 2015.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.6% in 1980.
- How does Kenya rank for progression to secondary school?
- Kenya ranks 45th out of 167 countries with data for 2015.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Progression to secondary school (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).