Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Kenya
Gross tertiary enrolment in Kenya was 10.4% in 2024.
Kenya, 2024
10.4%
Change from 2023
+1.7percentage points
World, 2024
43.6%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Kenya over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.4% | 43.6% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | 43.2% |
| 2022 | – | 42.0% |
| 2021 | – | 41.1% |
| 2020 | – | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | – | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 11.8% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 11.6% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 9.3% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | – | 35.6% |
| 2013 | – | 33.1% |
| 2012 | – | 32.3% |
| 2011 | – | 31.1% |
| 2010 | – | 29.6% |
| 2009 | 4.0% | 28.3% |
| 2008 | – | 27.4% |
| 2007 | – | 26.3% |
| 2006 | – | 25.7% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 3.0% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | – | 22.8% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | 21.6% |
| 2001 | 2.9% | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.7 percentage points from 8.7% in 2023.
- Since 2001, when it was 2.9%, the figure has changed by +7.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.
More for Kenya
All statistics for Kenya
Primary school enrolment (gross)
98.2%
2023 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
19.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
90.8%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
86.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
65.0%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
32.9%
2022 · UNESCO UIS