Work & Labour in Kenya 85 indicators covering work & labour for Kenya. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 33.2% 2025 down 24.7% 94th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 37.6% 2025 down 19.2% 132nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 67.4% 2025 down 9.3% 42nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 71.8% 2025 down 7.0% 75th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 87.7% 2025 down 5.0% 39th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 35.4% 2025 down 21.9% 111th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 63.8% 2025 down 11.0% 80th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 72.3% 2025 down 6.7% 138th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 68.0% 2025 down 8.8% 104th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 63.0% 2025 down 11.7% 29th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 35.2% 2025 down 4.4% 146th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 41.4% 2025 up 11.7% 144th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 26.0% 2025 down 3.7% 149th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 43.3% 2025 down 6.0% 142nd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 42.1% 2025 up 13.7% 157th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 33.6% 2025 down 6.7% 18th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 21.5% 2025 down 2.0% 10th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 27.2% 2025 down 5.6% 13th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 4.5% 2025 up 21.8% 165th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 19.5% 2025 up 16.3% 135th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 12.5% 2025 up 19.6% 157th Employment in services (% of total employment) 41.7% 2025 up 12.6% 151st Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 64.8% 2025 up 2.6% 41st Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 56.7% 2025 up 5.1% 45th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 74.0% 2025 up 1.4% 38th Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.0% 2025 down 64.9% 172nd Employers, male (% of male employment) 1.1% 2025 down 57.7% 171st Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.9% 2025 down 71.7% 154th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 19.0% 2025 up 160.9% 69th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 11.9% 2025 up 62.9% 95th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 15.2% 2025 up 108.9% 77th GDP per person employed 14,763 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 32.2% 143rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.6% 2021 down 41.8% 88th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.8% 2021 down 61.3% 110th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.4% 2021 down 21.2% 69th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 64.1% 2021 down 10.4% 35th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 73.8% 2021 down 9.7% 68th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 68.7% 2021 down 10.2% 46th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 33.7% 2021 down 22.4% 89th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 39.3% 2021 down 15.9% 113th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 86.9% 2021 down 0.7% 52nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 36.4% 2021 down 19.2% 103rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 12.3% 2021 up 67.7% 90th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 8.2% 2021 up 12.3% 114th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 17.0% 2021 up 128.3% 67th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 25.7% 2025 up 33.8% 74th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 13.3% 2025 up 35.7% 102nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 19.5% 2025 up 34.1% 85th Productivity: output per hour worked 7.77 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 66.6% 106th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 55.6% 2025 up 8.2% 37th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 26.9% 2025 down 34.2% 103rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 33.1% 2025 down 23.2% 116th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 30.0% 2025 down 28.6% 106th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 63.8% 2025 up 5.7% 35th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 73.2% 2025 up 4.5% 38th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 63.7% 2025 down 11.8% 44th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 68.8% 2025 down 8.6% 69th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 58.8% 2025 down 15.1% 39th Unemployment with basic education 3.8% 2022 up 139.1% 90th Unemployment with basic education, male 3.1% 2022 up 122.8% 91st 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