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Start month of the academic school year in Kenya

Kenya: Start month of the academic school year was 1 tertiary education in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1 tertiary education
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
174th
of 205 countries
All-time high
10 tertiary education
in 1998
All-time low
1 tertiary education
in 2015
Years of data
21
1998–2019

Start month of the academic school year in Kenya, 1998–2019

02468101998200820191998: 10 tertiary education1999: 10 tertiary education2000: 10 tertiary education2001: 10 tertiary education2002: 10 tertiary education2003: 10 tertiary education2004: 10 tertiary education2005: 10 tertiary education2006: 10 tertiary education2007: 10 tertiary education2008: 10 tertiary education2009: 9 tertiary education2010: 9 tertiary education2011: 9 tertiary education2012: 9 tertiary education2013: 9 tertiary education2014: 9 tertiary education2015: 1 tertiary education2016: 1 tertiary education2017: 1 tertiary education2019: 1 tertiary education

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in tertiary education.

Analysis

In 2019, start month of the academic school year in Kenya stood at 1 tertiary education. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 88.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, start month of the academic school year in Kenya peaked at 10 tertiary education in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1 tertiary education, in 2015.

That places Kenya 174th out of 205 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 10 tertiary education 10 tertiary education 10 tertiary education 2
2000s 9.9 tertiary education 9 tertiary education 10 tertiary education 10
2010s 5.44 tertiary education 1 tertiary education 9 tertiary education 9

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 174 Australia 1 tertiary education compare
  2. 174 Burundi 1 tertiary education compare
  3. 174 Cambodia 1 tertiary education compare
  4. 174 Colombia 1 tertiary education compare
  5. 174 Costa Rica 1 tertiary education compare
  6. 174 Dominican Republic 1 tertiary education compare
  7. 174 Ecuador 1 tertiary education compare
  8. 174 El Salvador 1 tertiary education compare
  9. 174 Eswatini 1 tertiary education compare
  10. 174 Fiji 1 tertiary education compare
  11. 174 Guatemala 1 tertiary education compare
  12. 174 Honduras 1 tertiary education compare
  13. 174 Kiribati 1 tertiary education compare
  14. 174 Malaysia 1 tertiary education compare
  15. 174 Maldives 1 tertiary education compare
  16. 174 Montenegro 1 tertiary education compare
  17. 174 Namibia 1 tertiary education compare
  18. 174 Nauru 1 tertiary education compare
  19. 174 New Zealand 1 tertiary education compare
  20. 174 Papua New Guinea 1 tertiary education compare
  21. 174 Puerto Rico 1 tertiary education compare
  22. 174 Samoa 1 tertiary education compare
  23. 174 Seychelles 1 tertiary education compare
  24. 174 Solomon Islands 1 tertiary education compare
  25. 174 Sri Lanka 1 tertiary education compare
  26. 174 Tanzania 1 tertiary education compare
  27. 174 Tuvalu 1 tertiary education compare
  28. 174 Venezuela 1 tertiary education compare
  29. 174 Zambia 1 tertiary education compare
  30. 174 Zimbabwe 1 tertiary education compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is start month of the academic school year in Kenya?
Start month of the academic school year in Kenya was 1 tertiary education in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest start month of the academic school year recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 10 tertiary education in 1998.
What is the lowest start month of the academic school year recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 1 tertiary education in 2015.
How does Kenya rank for start month of the academic school year?
Kenya ranks 174th out of 205 countries with data for 2019.
Is start month of the academic school year rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is down 88.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kenya data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Start month of the academic school year (tertiary education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Start month of the academic school year (tertiary education)
Unit
tertiary education
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 4,023 data points, 1991–2020
Last refreshed

Starting month of the academic school year for tertiary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/