Kenya: Tertiary school enrollment

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 Kenya

Tertiary school enrollment, percent of all eligible children

 Latest value 10.42
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1970 - 2024
 Average 3.45
 Min - Max 0.75 - 11.80
 Source UNESCO
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The latest value from 2024 is 10.42 percent, an increase from 8.68 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 52.34 percent, based on data from 91 countries. Historically, the average for Kenya from 1970 to 2024 is 3.45 percent. The minimum value, 0.75 percent, was reached in 1977 while the maximum of 11.8 percent was recorded in 2017. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Kenya: Tertiary school enrollment
 2024 10.42
 2023 8.68
 2019 10.50
 2017 11.80
 2016 11.63
 2015 9.25
 2009 3.99
 2005 3.00




The tertiary school enrollment in Kenya is the number of students in tertiary level education as percent of all people who have finished secondary school in the last five years.
Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.

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