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Kenya — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Kenya, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
67.39%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -7.7% since 1990
Labor participation for Kenya was 67.39% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 74.41% in 2016. The lowest was 67.08% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.23% per year.
Kenya ranks 42 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 22%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Kenya sits above it. It peaked in 2016 and has fallen 9% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 9%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
67.39%
First (1990)
73.00%
Change
-7.7%
Highest
74.41%
in 2016
Lowest
67.08%
in 2020
Average
71.96%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.23%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.39% |
| 2024 | 67.42% |
| 2023 | 67.46% |
| 2022 | 67.5% |
| 2021 | 67.46% |
| 2020 | 67.08% |
| 2019 | 67.8% |
| 2018 | 70.1% |
| 2017 | 72.31% |
| 2016 | 74.41% |
| 2015 | 74.29% |
| 2014 | 74.17% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.