Kenya - Self-employed

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Kenya was 57.23 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 80.86 in 1995, while its lowest value was 57.23 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 80.48
1992 80.48
1993 80.63
1994 80.47
1995 80.86
1996 80.46
1997 80.40
1998 80.24
1999 80.23
2000 79.56
2001 79.32
2002 79.01
2003 78.90
2004 78.61
2005 78.41
2006 78.45
2007 76.54
2008 74.91
2009 73.08
2010 71.18
2011 69.19
2012 67.36
2013 65.59
2014 63.90
2015 62.21
2016 60.61
2017 59.46
2018 58.34
2019 57.23

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Kenya was 41.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 59.65 in 2006, while its lowest value was 41.63 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 49.21
1992 49.61
1993 50.23
1994 50.36
1995 51.18
1996 50.94
1997 51.51
1998 51.79
1999 52.35
2000 53.47
2001 54.75
2002 56.16
2003 57.49
2004 58.19
2005 58.74
2006 59.65
2007 57.45
2008 56.43
2009 54.90
2010 52.87
2011 51.02
2012 49.58
2013 48.15
2014 46.85
2015 45.58
2016 44.46
2017 43.59
2018 42.58
2019 41.63

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Kenya was 49.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 68.52 in 2006, while its lowest value was 49.27 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 64.32
1992 64.58
1993 65.03
1994 65.06
1995 65.72
1996 65.44
1997 65.75
1998 65.83
1999 66.14
2000 66.30
2001 66.73
2002 67.22
2003 67.76
2004 67.89
2005 67.99
2006 68.52
2007 66.48
2008 65.21
2009 63.56
2010 61.61
2011 59.72
2012 58.12
2013 56.55
2014 55.08
2015 53.63
2016 52.29
2017 51.33
2018 50.29
2019 49.27

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity