Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) fell 0.390% to 66.7% in Kenya in 2024, according to .
Historically, Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) in Kenya reached an all time high of 74.4% in 2016 and an all time low of 66.7% in 2024. When compared to Kenya's main peers, Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) in Ethiopia amounted to 67.7%, 33.9% in Somalia, 83.7% in Tanzania and 80.8% in Uganda in 2024.
Kenya has been ranked 40th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+), 22 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Congo (DRC) | % | 66.0% | 66.0% | 63.4% | 65.8% | 65.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 32.1% | 31.9% | 31.1% | 31.3% | 32.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 78.4% | 78.1% | 77.1% | 77.6% | 78.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 73.1% | 71.5% | 69.4% | 68.3% | 68.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 70.1% | 67.8% | 67.0% | 67.5% | 67.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 79.0% | 79.0% | 78.2% | 78.2% | 79.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 60.4% | 58.5% | 62.7% | 58.2% | 60.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 34.1% | 34.0% | 33.7% | 33.7% | 33.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 74.3% | 73.9% | 73.2% | 73.5% | 73.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 41.4% | 40.4% | 39.1% | 38.2% | 37.5% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 83.8% | 83.8% | 80.4% | 83.6% | 83.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 74.0% | 77.2% | 78.7% | 79.2% | 81.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 32.6% | 32.7% | 32.5% | 32.4% | 32.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 58.5% | 59.5% | 60.9% | 60.1% | 59.5% |
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