Upper secondary completion in Kenya

In Kenya, 65.0% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Kenya, 2024 65.0% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2022 +10.0percentage points 2022: 55.0%

Upper secondary completion in Kenya over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2024
Period Kenya
2024 65.0%
2022 55.0%
2021 53.1%
2020 50.2%
2019 55.6%
2014 42.3%
2009 26.5%
2008 31.1%
2003 24.7%
2000 24.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 55.0% in 2022, a change of +10.0 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 24.7%, the figure has changed by +40.4 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Kenya
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org