ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Kenya
Kenya: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Kenya, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2023.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Kenya peaked at 0.0088 1000 No per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0039 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
That places Kenya 38th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0039 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.004 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0042 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0043 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0044 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0045 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0047 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0048 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.005 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0052 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0054 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0056 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0059 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0063 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0065 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0066 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0069 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0071 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0073 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0075 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0077 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0079 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0081 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0085 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0088 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0081 1000 No per square kilometre | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0044 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0039 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.005 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0062 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0052 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0071 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.008 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0073 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0081 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0088 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 35 Malta 0.0088 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 36 Tonga 0.0087 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0086 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 39 Equatorial Guinea 0.0077 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 40 Honduras 0.0074 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 41 Albania 0.0072 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Kenya?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Kenya was 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0088 1000 No per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0039 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Kenya rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Kenya ranks 38th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.