ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Kenya
Kenya: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0179 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
The most recent figure for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Kenya is 0.0179 1000 No per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Kenya peaked at 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0092 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
Kenya ranks 29th of 164 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.0092 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0096 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0099 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0102 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0105 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0108 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0115 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0119 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0123 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0127 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0132 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0137 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0141 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0145 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0148 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0152 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0156 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0161 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0164 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0168 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0172 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0175 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0178 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0175 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.017 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0177 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0183 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0176 1000 No per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0179 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0105 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0092 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0119 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0142 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0123 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0161 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0175 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0164 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0179 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0176 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0183 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 26 Madagascar 0.0188 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 0.0183 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 28 China 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 30 Burkina Faso 0.0175 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 31 Sierra Leone 0.0171 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 32 Albania 0.0156 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 0.0179 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 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre in 2016.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0092 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Kenya rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Kenya ranks 29th 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 2.3%. 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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.