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Observation period
Q4 2022
Highest
12.20%Dec 31, 2009
Lowest
4.70%Jun 30, 2019
About Kenya unemployment rate
In Kenya, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Kenya unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Kenya unemployment rate is 4.70%.
The highest figure Kenya unemployment rate has ever reached is 12.20%.
Last quarter Kenya unemployment rate was 4.90%, and the quarter before that it amounted to 5.30%.