The employment in the agricultural sector as share of total employment in Kenya decreased by 0.6 percentage points (-1.8 percent) compared to the previous year. As a result, the share in Kenya saw its lowest number in 2022 with 32.63 percent. Notably, the share is continuously decreasing over the last years. Employment in agriculture is the share of individuals working in agriculture, hunting, forestry, and fishing in order to produce a good or service for profit or pay from the total employed. The data covers people working in a certain period, or not working as a result of being temporarily absent from a job, or in a working-time arrangement.
Employment in agriculture as a share of total employment in Kenya from 2012 to 2022
The source defined employment as 'people of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement'. It added that the agriculture sector consisted of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing.
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World Bank. (October 24, 2024). Employment in agriculture as a share of total employment in Kenya from 2012 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1204049/employment-in-agriculture-as-a-share-of-total-employment-in-kenya/
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Employment in agriculture as a share of total employment in Kenya from 2012 to 2022 [Graph], World Bank, October 24, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1204049/employment-in-agriculture-as-a-share-of-total-employment-in-kenya/
