Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kenya
Kenya: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 27.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kenya, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kenya stood at 27.2%.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kenya peaked at 41.8% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 25.4%, in 2019.
That places Kenya 13th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 41.6% | — |
| 1992 | 41.7% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 41.8% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 41.8% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 41.8% | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 41.7% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 41.6% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 41.5% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 41.4% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 40.8% | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 40.0% | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 39.4% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 38.7% | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 38.0% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 37.2% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 36.4% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 35.5% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 34.7% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 33.9% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 33.1% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 32.2% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 31.4% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 30.5% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 29.7% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 28.8% | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 27.9% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 27.1% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 26.2% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 25.4% | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 26.9% | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 28.1% | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 27.9% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 27.6% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 27.3% | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 27.2% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.7% | 41.4% | 41.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 37.5% | 33.9% | 40.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.2% | 25.4% | 33.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.5% | 26.9% | 28.1% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kenya?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kenya was 27.2% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 41.8% in 1994.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.4% in 2019.
- How does Kenya rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Kenya ranks 13th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.