Kenya - Agriculture Employment 2016
51.87%
−0.64% from 2015
Kenya's agriculture employment was 51.87% in 2016, decreased +0.64% from 52.51% in 2015. This was the 160th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 0.12% | -2.0% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.22% | -2.5% |
| 3rd | Macao SAR, China | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Israel | 1.02% | -0.3% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 1.04% | -2.8% |
| 6th | United Kingdom | 1.14% | -0.6% |
| 7th | Malta | 1.14% | -19.6% |
| 8th | Qatar | 1.22% | -1.4% |
| 9th | Belgium | 1.25% | 6.4% |
| 10th | Germany | 1.31% | -6.6% |
| 11th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.34% | -1.3% |
| 12th | Djibouti | 1.35% | -4.0% |
| 13th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.38% | -1.6% |
| 14th | Luxembourg | 1.43% | 32.3% |
| 15th | New Caledonia | 1.44% | -7.6% |
| 16th | Bahamas, The | 1.59% | -15.7% |
| 17th | Sweden | 1.89% | -7.4% |
| 18th | United States | 1.90% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Canada | 1.95% | 18.5% |
| 20th | Guam | 1.97% | -2.5% |
| 21st | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.99% | -3.0% |
| 22nd | Norway | 2.06% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Kuwait | 2.15% | -2.2% |
| 24th | Netherlands | 2.19% | -2.0% |
| 25th | Denmark | 2.33% | -6.3% |
| 26th | French Polynesia | 2.49% | -2.8% |
| 27th | Channel Islands | 2.56% | -2.0% |
| 28th | Australia | 2.62% | -0.6% |
| 29th | United Arab Emirates | 2.72% | -2.2% |
| 30th | Barbados | 2.86% | -1.0% |
| 31st | France | 2.87% | 4.6% |
| 32nd | Czechia | 2.90% | -0.8% |
| 33rd | Switzerland | 3.27% | -3.4% |
| 34th | Jordan | 3.43% | -0.3% |
| 35th | Slovak Republic | 3.47% | -11.0% |
| 36th | Portugal | 3.62% | -8.5% |
| 37th | Cyprus | 3.64% | -8.8% |
| 38th | Japan | 3.66% | -3.2% |
| 39th | Lebanon | 3.70% | -3.0% |
| 40th | Italy | 3.88% | 3.5% |
| 41st | Iceland | 3.90% | -8.1% |
| 42nd | Estonia | 3.90% | -3.3% |
| 43rd | Finland | 3.90% | -9.8% |
| 44th | Saudi Arabia | 4.02% | -3.0% |
| 45th | Spain | 4.18% | 4.8% |
| 46th | European Union | 4.31% | -4.5% |
| 47th | Austria | 4.35% | -4.0% |
| 48th | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.55% | -5.0% |
| 49th | Korea | 4.82% | -5.7% |
| 50th | Oman | 4.92% | -6.8% |
| 51st | Hungary | 5.04% | 2.8% |
| 52nd | Slovenia | 5.05% | -28.9% |
| 53rd | Ireland | 5.28% | -0.8% |
| 54th | South Africa | 5.52% | -0.9% |
| 55th | New Zealand | 6.60% | 7.8% |
| 56th | Russian Federation | 6.77% | -0.3% |
| 57th | Mauritius | 6.81% | -4.4% |
| 58th | Bulgaria | 6.90% | 1.4% |
| 59th | West Bank and Gaza | 7.47% | -14.8% |
| 60th | Croatia | 7.48% | -18.4% |
| 61st | Chile | 7.51% | 0.8% |
| 62nd | Suriname | 7.68% | -0.5% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 7.69% | -3.1% |
| 64th | Montenegro | 7.74% | 0.3% |
| 65th | Argentina | 7.94% | -0.5% |
| 66th | Lithuania | 7.98% | -12.1% |
| 67th | Algeria | 8.54% | -3.6% |
| 68th | Iraq | 8.95% | -5.5% |
| 69th | Uruguay | 8.99% | -6.7% |
| 70th | Dominican Republic | 9.02% | -8.1% |
| 71st | Maldives | 9.24% | -6.1% |
| 72nd | Belarus | 9.74% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Brazil | 9.80% | 5.0% |
| 74th | Poland | 10.58% | -8.2% |
| 75th | St. Lucia | 10.59% | -2.4% |
| 76th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.20% | -2.5% |
| 77th | Malaysia | 11.37% | -8.8% |
| 78th | Libya | 11.50% | -0.8% |
| 79th | Greece | 11.93% | -4.6% |
| 80th | São Tomé and Principe | 12.96% | -3.6% |
| 81st | Eswatini | 13.20% | -1.9% |
| 82nd | Mexico | 13.44% | -2.4% |
| 83rd | Cabo Verde | 13.92% | -2.3% |
| 84th | Romania | 14.14% | -11.7% |
| 85th | Tunisia | 14.77% | 0.1% |
| 86th | Ukraine | 15.19% | 2.3% |
| 87th | Colombia | 15.38% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Costa Rica | 15.72% | -0.5% |
| 89th | Syrian Arab Republic | 15.83% | 0.8% |
| 90th | Botswana | 15.98% | -3.4% |
| 91st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16.17% | -2.7% |
| 92nd | Kazakhstan | 16.33% | -9.4% |
| 93rd | North Macedonia | 16.39% | -8.0% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 16.72% | -5.8% |
| 95th | Guyana | 16.75% | -3.0% |
| 96th | Panama | 17.09% | 4.5% |
| 97th | Cuba | 18.13% | -1.9% |
| 98th | Belize | 18.56% | 2.7% |
| 99th | El Salvador | 18.68% | 3.1% |
| 100th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.05% | 0.4% |
| 101st | Türkiye | 19.65% | -4.4% |
| 102nd | Honduras | 19.88% | -5.5% |
| 103rd | Namibia | 20.07% | -17.8% |
| 104th | Kyrgyz Republic | 20.70% | -8.0% |
| 105th | Paraguay | 21.32% | 8.2% |
| 106th | Serbia | 24.46% | -3.4% |
| 107th | Peru | 25.12% | 0.2% |
| 108th | Turkmenistan | 25.39% | -2.3% |
| 109th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 25.57% | -1.6% |
| 110th | Nepal | 26.10% | -0.9% |
| 111th | Philippines | 26.72% | -4.0% |
| 112th | Sri Lanka | 27.10% | -5.4% |
| 113th | Uzbekistan | 27.42% | -0.6% |
| 114th | China | 27.42% | -3.1% |
| 115th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 27.52% | -1.7% |
| 116th | Ecuador | 28.06% | 2.7% |
| 117th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 28.77% | -2.5% |
| 118th | Guatemala | 29.38% | -7.8% |
| 119th | Lesotho | 29.75% | -0.5% |
| 120th | Papua New Guinea | 30.16% | 2.9% |
| 121st | Samoa | 30.37% | -2.8% |
| 122nd | Nicaragua | 30.53% | -1.5% |
| 123rd | Gambia, The | 30.64% | 0.2% |
| 124th | Yemen, Republic of | 30.84% | 1.3% |
| 125th | Thailand | 31.23% | -3.4% |
| 126th | Gabon | 31.26% | -1.5% |
| 127th | Indonesia | 31.56% | -3.7% |
| 128th | Tonga | 32.16% | 0.4% |
| 129th | Armenia | 33.60% | -4.9% |
| 130th | Togo | 34.29% | -0.9% |
| 131st | Morocco | 34.82% | -3.4% |
| 132nd | Congo, Republic of | 35.06% | 2.4% |
| 133rd | Mauritania | 36.10% | -0.5% |
| 134th | Azerbaijan | 36.34% | -0.1% |
| 135th | Senegal | 36.37% | 9.1% |
| 136th | Mongolia | 36.74% | 5.5% |
| 137th | Comoros | 37.12% | -1.8% |
| 138th | Cambodia | 37.54% | -11.6% |
| 139th | Sudan | 38.89% | -3.5% |
| 140th | Albania | 39.68% | -3.4% |
| 141st | Nigeria | 39.98% | -0.2% |
| 142nd | Fiji | 39.99% | -0.4% |
| 143rd | Solomon Islands | 41.31% | -0.9% |
| 144th | Liberia | 41.32% | 0.6% |
| 145th | Viet Nam | 41.86% | -4.9% |
| 146th | Pakistan | 42.27% | 3.1% |
| 147th | Bangladesh | 42.66% | -2.0% |
| 148th | Ghana | 42.86% | -1.3% |
| 149th | India | 43.20% | -2.4% |
| 150th | Benin | 43.33% | 0.3% |
| 151st | Afghanistan | 43.41% | -0.5% |
| 152nd | Timor-Leste | 44.11% | -2.8% |
| 153rd | Cameroon | 45.70% | -2.0% |
| 154th | Haiti | 45.93% | -0.7% |
| 155th | Georgia | 46.70% | -0.4% |
| 156th | Tajikistan | 47.50% | -1.9% |
| 157th | Vanuatu | 48.30% | -3.9% |
| 158th | Guinea | 50.31% | -2.7% |
| 159th | Myanmar | 51.54% | -0.3% |
| 160th | Kenya | 51.87% | -1.2% |
| 161st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 52.39% | -1.0% |
| 162nd | Sierra Leone | 52.87% | -7.1% |
| 163rd | Angola | 52.92% | 0.4% |
| 164th | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.92% | 4.7% |
| 165th | Rwanda | 53.93% | -1.4% |
| 166th | Equatorial Guinea | 56.01% | 1.1% |
| 167th | Burkina Faso | 56.16% | -2.5% |
| 168th | Eritrea | 56.20% | -2.0% |
| 169th | Bhutan | 56.57% | -2.4% |
| 170th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 60.31% | 0.2% |
| 171st | Moldova | 60.39% | 1.4% |
| 172nd | Zambia | 61.09% | -0.4% |
| 173rd | South Sudan | 62.46% | 0.1% |
| 174th | Zimbabwe | 63.72% | 0.0% |
| 175th | Central African Republic | 64.54% | -0.6% |
| 176th | Mali | 64.90% | 4.2% |
| 177th | Guinea-Bissau | 65.11% | -0.7% |
| 178th | Malawi | 65.17% | -0.3% |
| 179th | Tanzania | 65.98% | -0.7% |
| 180th | Uganda | 71.62% | -0.2% |
| 181st | Mozambique | 71.82% | -0.4% |
| 182nd | Lao PDR | 71.85% | -1.5% |
| 183rd | Chad | 71.85% | -0.7% |
| 184th | Madagascar | 73.82% | -1.1% |
| 185th | Niger | 74.57% | 0.1% |
| 186th | Burundi | 86.32% | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was Kenya's agriculture employment in 2016?▾
Kenya's agriculture employment in 2016 was 51.87%. This ranked 160th globally.
How did Kenya's agriculture employment change in 2016?▾
Kenya's agriculture employment decreased by 1.2% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 2016?▾
Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 2016 at 86.32%.
What is the agriculture employment of Kenya in 2016?▾
The agriculture employment of Kenya in 2016 was 51.87%. This ranked 160th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Kenya's agriculture employment?▾
Kenya's agriculture employment went from 52.51% in 2015 to 51.87% in 2016, a 1.2% decrease.
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