How Kenya’s Employment Was Split by Sector, 2024

Agriculture, services and industry as shares of total employment; percent, 2024.

What the Data Shows

Kenya’s employment is divided among agriculture, services and industry in 2024. The modelled ILO shares use total employment as the common denominator and reconcile to 100%. Agriculture is the largest sector at 46.5%, followed by services at 41.2%. Industry accounts for 12.3%, leaving a 34.2-percentage-point gap between the largest and smallest sectors.

Data table

Agriculture 46.502625702127
Services 41.182572879007
Industry 12.314805821674
Total employment 100%

Sources

Source 1: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Publisher: World Bank WDI

Dataset/table: World Development Indicators

Units: percent of total employment

Date checked: 2026-07-17

Evidence: Provides Kenya’s 2024 agriculture share of total employment.

Source 2: Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Publisher: World Bank WDI

Dataset/table: World Development Indicators

Units: percent of total employment

Date checked: 2026-07-17

Evidence: Provides Kenya’s 2024 services share of total employment.

Source 3: Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Publisher: World Bank WDI

Dataset/table: World Development Indicators

Units: percent of total employment

Date checked: 2026-07-17

Evidence: Provides Kenya’s 2024 industry share of total employment.

Data notes & caveats

The values are modelled ILO shares of employment, not shares of economic output.

Methodology

Agriculture, services and industry shares are taken for the same country and year; only negligible numerical residue is rounded.

Source consistency notes

All three sector measures refer to Kenya in 2024 and use percent of total employment.

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