Unemployment rate: Kenya
5.449% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.449 |
| 2024 | 5.487 |
| 2023 | 5.409 |
| 2022 | 5.565 |
| 2021 | 5.693 |
| 2020 | 5.613 |
| 2019 | 5.014 |
| 2018 | 4.284 |
| 2017 | 3.542 |
| 2016 | 2.757 |
| 2015 | 2.762 |
| 2014 | 2.767 |
| 2013 | 2.762 |
| 2012 | 2.678 |
| 2011 | 2.699 |
| 2010 | 2.793 |
| 2009 | 2.816 |
| 2008 | 2.751 |
| 2007 | 2.642 |
| 2006 | 2.673 |
| 2005 | 2.739 |
| 2004 | 2.844 |
| 2003 | 2.869 |
| 2002 | 2.916 |
| 2001 | 2.876 |
| 2000 | 2.884 |
| 1999 | 2.884 |
| 1998 | 2.843 |
| 1997 | 2.818 |
| 1996 | 2.773 |
| 1995 | 2.848 |
| 1994 | 2.955 |
| 1993 | 2.979 |
| 1992 | 2.894 |
| 1991 | 2.78 |