Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Kenya
Kenya: Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm was 51.69 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Kenya, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Kenya stood at 51.69 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Kenya peaked at 53.03 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 48.07 %, in 2004.
Kenya ranks 45th of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 48.92 % | — |
| 2001 | 49.18 % | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 48.51 % | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 48.74 % | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 48.07 % | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 48.97 % | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 49.08 % | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 49.81 % | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 49.66 % | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 49.08 % | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 49.39 % | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 48.83 % | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 49.13 % | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 49.32 % | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 49.56 % | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 49.84 % | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 50.29 % | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 50.54 % | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 50.54 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 53.03 % | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 51.71 % | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 48.45 % | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 50.67 % | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 51.69 % | +2.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 51.69 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 49.31 %, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 51.69 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 54.33 %, 95% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49 % | 48.07 % | 49.81 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.05 % | 48.83 % | 53.03 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.63 % | 48.45 % | 51.71 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Kenya?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Kenya was 51.69 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 53.03 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.07 % in 2004.
- How does Kenya rank for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm?
- Kenya ranks 45th out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm agrifood systems — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.