Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Kenya
Kenya: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 53.44 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood 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: total employment in agrifood in Kenya stood at 53.44 %.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Kenya peaked at 56.19 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 51.19 %, in 2021.
That places Kenya 13th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 56.19 % | — |
| 2001 | 55.99 % | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 55.57 % | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 55.35 % | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 54.99 % | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 54.98 % | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 54.82 % | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 54.8 % | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 54.48 % | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 54.13 % | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 54.06 % | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 53.77 % | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 53.69 % | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 53.57 % | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 53.49 % | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 53.4 % | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 53.36 % | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 52.89 % | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 52.34 % | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 52.39 % | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 51.9 % | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 51.19 % | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 53.06 % | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 53.44 % | +0.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 53.44 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 43.08 %, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 53.44 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 48.76 %, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 55.13 % | 54.13 % | 56.19 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.3 % | 52.34 % | 54.06 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.4 % | 51.19 % | 53.44 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 10 Guinea-Bissau 54.94 % compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 48.87 % compare
- 11 Burundi 54.07 % compare
- 12 Malawi 53.64 % compare
- 13 Benin 53.44 % compare
- 14 Micronesia 39.53 % compare
- 15 Namibia 53.28 % compare
- 15 Türkiye 35.13 % compare
- 16 Rwanda 53.26 % compare
- 16 Polynesia 33.76 % 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 share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Kenya?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Kenya was 53.44 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 56.19 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.19 % in 2021.
- How does Kenya rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Kenya ranks 13th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Total employment in agrifood systems — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — 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.