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Kenya Unemployment Rate 2010s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
3.21% decade average (2010-2019)

Kenya's unemployment rate during the 2010s ranged from 2.68% (2012) to 5.01% (2019), averaging 3.21% over 10 years of data.

2010s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2010 2.79% −0.02pp 22nd
2011 2.70% −0.09pp 25th
2012 2.68% −0.02pp 25th
2013 2.76% +0.08pp 27th
2014 2.77% +0.00pp 30th
2015 2.76% −0.00pp 31st
2016 2.76% −0.00pp 29th
2017 3.54% +0.79pp 45th
2018 4.28% +0.74pp 69th
2019 5.01% +0.73pp 91st