Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) rose 4.14% to 51.3% in Kenya in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Kenya reached an all time high of 68.5% in 2006 and an all time low of 49.3% in 2019. When compared to Kenya's main peers, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Ethiopia amounted to 86.3%, 88.3% in Somalia, 85.3% in Tanzania and 78.2% in Uganda in 2020.
Kenya has been ranked 56th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce), 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 80.6% | 80.2% | 80.3% | 80.0% | 79.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 38.0% | 37.3% | 36.6% | 36.0% | 35.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 86.4% | 87.0% | 86.6% | 86.9% | 86.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 87.5% | 86.8% | 86.0% | 85.3% | 84.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 55.1% | 53.6% | 52.3% | 51.3% | 50.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 86.5% | 86.0% | 85.3% | 84.5% | 84.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 69.3% | 68.4% | 68.0% | 67.8% | 67.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 91.9% | 91.8% | 91.8% | 91.8% | 91.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 90.9% | 91.0% | 91.7% | 92.0% | 92.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 55.9% | 55.4% | 54.8% | 54.3% | 54.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 86.6% | 86.2% | 85.7% | 85.1% | 84.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 79.0% | 78.7% | 78.3% | 78.3% | 77.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 49.4% | 51.0% | 52.6% | 54.0% | 54.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 77.7% | 77.1% | 76.2% | 74.8% | 75.1% |
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