Unemployment Rate in Kenya increased to 10.40 percent in the second quarter of 2020 from 5.20 percent in the first quarter of 2020. source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
Unemployment Rate in Kenya averaged 9.93 percent from 1991 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 12.20 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 and a record low of 4.70 percent in the second quarter of 2019. This page provides - Kenya Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Kenya Unemployment Rate - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on January of 2021.
Unemployment Rate in Kenya is expected to be 11.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Kenya to stand at 12.90 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Kenya Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 12.30 percent in 2021 and 9.80 percent in 2022, according to our econometric models.