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Employment in services — Kenya

Employment in services in Kenya in 2025 — 41.7%. Ranked 148 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 13.9 pp.

2025 41.7% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 148of 182
Period maximum 41.7%2025
Period minimum 27.8%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Kenya, 1991–2025253035404519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 27.8%1992: 27.9%1993: 28.1%1994: 28.3%1995: 28.6%1996: 28.9%1997: 29.1%1998: 29.4%1999: 29.7%2000: 30%2001: 30.6%2002: 31%2003: 31.5%2004: 32%2005: 32.5%2006: 33.1%2007: 33.6%2008: 34%2009: 34.3%2010: 34.7%2011: 35.1%2012: 35.6%2013: 36.1%2014: 36.6%2015: 37.1%2016: 37.5%2017: 37.9%2018: 38.5%2019: 38.9%2020: 37.5%2021: 37.4%2022: 40.2%2023: 40.7%2024: 41.2%2025: 41.7%
Change over the period: +13.9 pp Annual average: 0.41 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kenya

Kenya 41.7%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.7 +0.6 pp
2024 41.2 +0.5 pp
2023 40.7 +0.5 pp
2022 40.2 +2.8 pp
2021 37.4 −0.1 pp
2020 37.5 −1.4 pp
2019 38.9 +0.4 pp
2018 38.5 +0.5 pp
2017 37.9 +0.4 pp
2016 37.5 +0.5 pp
2015 37.1 +0.4 pp
2014 36.6 +0.5 pp
2013 36.1 +0.5 pp
2012 35.6 +0.5 pp
2011 35.1 +0.4 pp
2010 34.7 +0.5 pp
2009 34.3 +0.3 pp
2008 34 +0.3 pp
2007 33.6 +0.6 pp
2006 33.1 +0.6 pp
2005 32.5 +0.5 pp
2004 32 +0.5 pp
2003 31.5 +0.5 pp
2002 31 +0.5 pp
2001 30.6 +0.6 pp
2000 30 +0.3 pp
1999 29.7 +0.3 pp
1998 29.4 +0.3 pp
1997 29.1 +0.3 pp
1996 28.9 +0.3 pp
1995 28.6 +0.3 pp
1994 28.3 +0.2 pp
1993 28.1 +0.1 pp
1992 27.9 +0.1 pp
1991 27.8 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DJ Djibouti 92.2 MU Mauritius 74.7 SO Somalia 52.2 KM Comoros 51.6 RW Rwanda 46.5 KE Kenya 41.7 ZM Zambia 35.2 ZW Zimbabwe 34.2 ET Ethiopia 33.4 ER Eritrea 31.8 UG Uganda 27.9 MW Malawi 27.7 TZ Tanzania 27.3 MG Madagascar 20.9 MZ Mozambique 20.6 BI Burundi 11.6
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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