Kenya - Employment in agriculture

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Kenya was 59.34 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 68.33 in 2006, while its lowest value was 54.05 in 1996.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 54.90
1992 54.71
1993 54.53
1994 54.30
1995 54.13
1996 54.05
1997 54.18
1998 54.36
1999 54.97
2000 57.74
2001 60.29
2002 62.60
2003 64.66
2004 66.46
2005 68.11
2006 68.33
2007 68.13
2008 67.88
2009 67.45
2010 66.79
2011 66.07
2012 65.36
2013 64.59
2014 63.78
2015 62.92
2016 62.05
2017 61.15
2018 60.24
2019 59.34

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Kenya was 49.55 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 55.01 in 2009, while its lowest value was 34.74 in 1991.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 34.74
1992 34.89
1993 35.04
1994 35.07
1995 35.07
1996 35.18
1997 35.70
1998 36.03
1999 36.54
2000 40.01
2001 43.13
2002 46.47
2003 49.48
2004 52.11
2005 54.80
2006 54.72
2007 54.54
2008 54.98
2009 55.01
2010 54.41
2011 53.92
2012 53.54
2013 53.01
2014 52.50
2015 51.94
2016 51.33
2017 50.83
2018 50.14
2019 49.55

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Kenya was 54.34 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 61.14 in 2006, while its lowest value was 44.40 in 1995.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 44.48
1992 44.51
1993 44.53
1994 44.46
1995 44.40
1996 44.45
1997 44.80
1998 45.07
1999 45.66
2000 48.73
2001 51.50
2002 54.28
2003 56.76
2004 58.93
2005 61.06
2006 61.14
2007 60.97
2008 61.11
2009 60.94
2010 60.32
2011 59.74
2012 59.22
2013 58.59
2014 57.94
2015 57.26
2016 56.53
2017 55.86
2018 55.08
2019 54.34

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity