Kenya - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Kenya was 49.24 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 50.51 in 2003, while its lowest value was 31.51 in 1970.

Definition: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 31.51
1971 32.51
1972 34.08
1973 35.09
1974 36.05
1975 37.64
1976 38.58
1977 39.73
1978 40.78
1979 41.42
1980 41.61
1981 42.08
1982 41.80
1983 41.96
1984 43.30
1985 43.14
1986 44.18
1987 44.36
1988 44.59
1989 44.96
1990 45.89
1991 46.06
1992 46.56
1993 47.19
1994 47.86
1995 48.48
1998 48.75
1999 48.72
2000 48.63
2001 48.37
2002 48.80
2003 50.51
2004 48.12
2005 48.60
2006 47.97
2007 46.31
2008 47.49
2009 47.21
2012 47.96
2014 48.94
2015 48.47
2016 49.24

Development Relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation