Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) fell 1.37% to 5.40% in Kenya in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) in Kenya reached an all time high of 5.48% in 2020 and an all time low of 2.58% in 2016. When compared to Kenya's main peers, Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) in Ethiopia amounted to 2.82%, 17.1% in Somalia, 2.00% in Tanzania and 2.21% in Uganda in 2021.
Kenya has been ranked 99th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force), 52 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 5.19% | 5.18% | 5.14% | 5.10% | 5.08% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 22.8% | 22.6% | 22.4% | 22.6% | 22.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 5.02% | 5.10% | 5.19% | 5.25% | 5.32% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 1.68% | 1.69% | 1.71% | 1.73% | 1.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 2.60% | 2.58% | 3.32% | 4.03% | 4.77% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 3.16% | 3.17% | 3.17% | 3.17% | 3.17% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 1.06% | 1.05% | 1.04% | 1.01% | 0.994% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 16.5% | 16.5% | 16.4% | 16.4% | 16.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 11.3% | 11.3% | 11.3% | 11.2% | 11.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 12.5% | 12.6% | 12.7% | 12.8% | 12.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 1.60% | 1.62% | 1.63% | 1.66% | 1.68% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 1.39% | 1.40% | 1.41% | 1.40% | 1.41% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 12.6% | 12.3% | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 9.53% | 10.1% | 10.8% | 10.9% | 12.0% |
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