As of 2022, females represented 49.7 percent of the total labor force in Kenya. The share has slowly increased in the last years. In 2010, women accounted for 48.8 percent of the economically active population aged 15 years and older.
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"Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period."
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World Bank. (September 28, 2023). Female labor force as a percentage of the total labor force in Kenya from 2010 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1233978/share-of-women-in-the-labor-force-in-kenya/
World Bank. "Female labor force as a percentage of the total labor force in Kenya from 2010 to 2022." Chart. September 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1233978/share-of-women-in-the-labor-force-in-kenya/
World Bank. (2023). Female labor force as a percentage of the total labor force in Kenya from 2010 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1233978/share-of-women-in-the-labor-force-in-kenya/
World Bank. "Female Labor Force as a Percentage of The Total Labor Force in Kenya from 2010 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1233978/share-of-women-in-the-labor-force-in-kenya/
World Bank, Female labor force as a percentage of the total labor force in Kenya from 2010 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1233978/share-of-women-in-the-labor-force-in-kenya/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Female labor force as a percentage of the total labor force in Kenya from 2010 to 2022 [Graph], World Bank, September 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1233978/share-of-women-in-the-labor-force-in-kenya/