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.
Distribution of employment in Kenya from 2011 to 2020, by economic sector
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