Kenya: Employment in agriculture
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Kenya |
Employment in agriculture, % of total employment |
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Latest value | 32.63 |
Year | 2022 |
Measure | percent |
Data availability | 1991 - 2022 |
Average | 41.26 |
Min - Max | 32.63 - 47.99 |
Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2022 is 32.63 percent, a decline from 33.26 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 23.00 percent, based on data from 179 countries. Historically, the average for Kenya from 1991 to 2022 is 41.26 percent. The minimum value, 32.63 percent, was reached in 2022 while the maximum of 47.99 percent was recorded in 1991.
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Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).
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Forest area, percent | 6.3 | 2021 | percent |
Percent agricultural land | 48.69 | 2021 | percent |
Employment in agriculture | 32.63 | 2022 | percent |
GDP share of agriculture | 21.30 | 2023 | percent |
Agriculture value added | 22.89 | 2023 | billion U.S. dollars |
Agricultural land | 277,100 | 2021 | sq. km. |
Crop production index | 117.0 | 2022 | index points |
Precipitation | 630 | 2020 | mm per year |
Arable land, percent of land area | 10.2 | 2021 | percent |
Cereal crop yield by hectar | 1,449 | 2022 | kg per hectar |
Food production index | 112.4 | 2022 | index points |
Fertilizer use | 60.7 | 2021 | kg per hectare of arable land |
Livestock production index | 103.7 | 2022 | index points |
Forest area, sq.km | 36,110.9 | 2021 | sq. km |