Kenya vs Pre-demographic dividend: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Kenya
27.2%
in 2025
Pre-demographic dividend
17.0%
in 2025
Kenya rank
13th
Pre-demographic dividend rank
10th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Kenya
- Pre-demographic dividend
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 27.2% against 17.0% in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 10.2%.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.6 times Pre-demographic dividend's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 13th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 10th of 187 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Pre-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.7% | 22.6% | 19.1% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 37.5% | 21.2% | 16.3% | Kenya |
| 2010s | 29.2% | 18.3% | 10.9% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 27.5% | 17.4% | 10.1% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), Kenya or Pre-demographic dividend?
- Kenya, at 27.2% against 17.0% in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Kenya and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 10.2%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Kenya ranks 13th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 10th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.