Employment by economic sector in Kenya 2011-2020

The agricultural sector accounted for 53.8 percent of the total employment in Kenya as of 2020. Despite being the industry with a higher employment level, the services sector is growing steadily as well, reaching a share of 38.7 percent in 2020. A similar tendency was registered in the manufacturing sector, which accounted for 7.4 percent of the employment in the same period.