Kenya · annual SERIES
Lower secondary completion rate in Kenya
Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.
86.58%%
2024Observation year
+7.62 pp from 2022
Source note for 2024: [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Kenya Housing Survey 2023/24. The survey collected data on school attendance and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}]
% · UNESCO Institute for Statistics · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 86.58088684082031 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Kenya Housing Survey 2023/24. The survey collected data on school attendance and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
| 2022 | 78.96488189697266 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Kenya Continuous Household Survey Programme (KCHSP) 2022. The survey collected data on school attendance and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
| 2021 | 73.3347396850586 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Kenya Continuous Household Survey Programme (KCHSP) 2021. The survey collected data on school attendance and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
| 2020 | 71.41105651855469 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Kenya Continuous Household Survey Programme (KCHSP) 2020. The survey collected data on school attendance and attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
| 2019 | 72.00045776367188 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Kenya Continuous Household Survey Programme (KCHSP) 2019. The survey collected data on school attendance and attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
| 2014 | 70.51126861572266 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Kenya DHS 2014. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 3-24 and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
| 2009 | 47.47549057006836 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Kenya Population and Housing Census 2009. IPUMS-International, National Bureau of Statistics."}] |
| 2008 | 61.24576187133789 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Kenya DHS 2008-09. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 4-24 and educational attainment for age 4 and above."}] |
| 2003 | 37.53115081787109 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Kenya DHS 2003. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 4-24 and educational attainment for age 4 and above."}] |
| 2000 | 44.41 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Kenya MICS 2000 (GEMR)."}] |
Definition & method
UIS SDG 4.1.2 completion rate, CR.2, total population. Original national survey/census observations, not gross intake ratios or modelled completion series.
Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.
What to keep in mind
- Survey and census coverage is irregular; no interpolation is applied.
- Survey reference periods and sources are retained in each observation note.
- Selected data and adaptations retain the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.