Economy Welfare & population What is the unemployment rate in Kenya? Source World Bank: Unemployment, total (% of total labour force) (modelled ILO estimate) - Kenya Short answer What is the unemployment rate in Kenya? Kenya's unemployment rate was 5.5% in 2022. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture How much does agriculture contribute to Kenya’s GDP? Source Economic Survey 2023 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer How much does agriculture contribute to Kenya’s GDP? In 2022, the growing of crops, animal rearing and support activities to agriculture contributed KSh2.527 trillion. (21.2 % of nominal GDP). ... Back Full answer
Agriculture What is Kenya’s largest farming sector? Source Economic Survey 2023 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer What is Kenya’s largest farming sector? In 2022, cut flowers had the largest recorded marketed agricultural production in Kenya at KSh 103.5 billion, followed by tea at KSh 156.7 billion and cattle and calves at KSh 84.7 billion. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture How much wheat does Kenya produce and consume? Source Economic Survey 2023 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer How much wheat does Kenya produce and consume? Wheat production fell by 13% from 349,000 tonnes in 2021 to 271,000 tonnes in 2022, according to the Economic Survey 2023. The country consumed 2.1 million tonnes of wheat as food. A total of 11 tonnes were used as seed and 122 tonnes had “other” uses. Another 40 tonnes were lost. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture Land How much farmland does Kenya have? Source World Bank: Agricultural land (% of land area) - Kenya Short answer How much farmland does Kenya have? According to the World Bank, the agricultural area (as a percentage of the land area) in Kenya was reported to be 48.55% in 2020. ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population What is the size of Kenya’s population? Source World Population Dashboard: Kenya Short answer What is the size of Kenya’s population? Kenya's population was estimated to be 56.2 million in 2022. The 2019 census, the most recent, gave the population as 47.5 million. ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population How much does the Kenyan government budget for social assistance? Source Budget Statement 2022/2023 Short answer How much does the Kenyan government budget for social assistance? In the 2022/23 financial year, the government allocated KSh7.9 billion for orphans and vulnerable children, KSh17.5 billion for cash transfers to elderly persons, KSh1.2 billion in cash transfers to persons with severe disabilities and KSh5.1 billion for the hunger safety net programme. Others were ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population What share of households in Kenya have access to the internet? Source World Bank: Individuals using the Internet (% of population) - Kenya Short answer What share of households in Kenya have access to the internet? A total of 17.9% of Kenya’s 12 million conventional households reported having access to the internet, according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census. More recent data from the World Bank put Kenya’s internet penetration rate at 30% of the total population (roughly 16 million people) ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Welfare & population Sex & gender How many women are there in Kenya? Source World Bank: Population, female - Kenya Short answer How many women are there in Kenya? Kenya's female population stood at 27.6 million in 2021. ... Back Full answer