Kenya Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Kenya decreased to 9.30 percent in 2018 from 11.50 percent in 2017. Unemployment Rate in Kenya averaged 10.75 percent from 1991 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 12.20 percent in 2009 and a record low of 9.30 percent in 2018.

Unemployment Rate in Kenya is expected to be 10.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Kenya Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 10.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Kenya Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	9.30	11.50	12.20	9.30	percent	[+]
Population	46.60	45.40	46.60	8.11	Million	[+]
Living Wage Family	48500.00	47500.00	48500.00	46600.00	KES/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	22300.00	21400.00	22400.00	20900.00	KES/Month	[+]
Minimum Wages	13572.00	12926.55	13572.00	1700.00	KES/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	60500.00	62300.00	62300.00	60500.00	KES/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	17500.00	19100.00	19100.00	16400.00	KES/Month	[+]

Kenya Unemployment Rate

In Kenya, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Kenya Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Kenya Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	9.30	11.50	12.20	9.30	1991 - 2018	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.60	Mar/19	27.1	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.70	Mar/19	14.45	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	14.10	Mar/19	14.7	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.30	May/19	12.5	13.7 : 6.2	%
Argentina	10.10	Mar/19	9.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
Italy	9.90	May/19	10.1	13.1 : 5.8	%
France	8.70	Mar/19	8.8	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.50	May/19	7.6	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.00	Dec/18	5	8.3 : 3.53	%
Saudi Arabia	5.70	Mar/19	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.50	Jun/19	5.4	13.1 : 2.9	%
Australia	5.20	May/19	5.2	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.50	May/19	4.7	14.1 : 4.5	%
South Korea	4.00	Jun/19	4	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	Apr/19	3.8	12 : 3.4	%
United States	3.70	Jun/19	3.6	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.67	Mar/19	3.8	4.3 : 3.67	%
Mexico	3.50	May/19	3.5	6.42 : 2.22	%
Netherlands	3.30	May/19	3.3	7.9 : 3.3	%
Germany	3.10	May/19	3.1	11.5 : 0.4	%
Japan	2.40	May/19	2.4	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Mar/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%
Switzerland	2.10	Jun/19	2.3	5.7 : 1.5	%