# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Kenya

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Kenya was 15.25% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `ke`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.
- Source: World Bank, Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/youth-unemployment-rate/kenya
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=ke

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 15.25 |
| 2024 | 15.48 |
| 2023 | 15.16 |
| 2022 | 15.49 |
| 2021 | 12.23 |
| 2020 | 13.62 |
| 2019 | 12.55 |
| 2018 | 10.82 |
| 2017 | 9.1 |
| 2016 | 7.33 |
| 2015 | 7.3 |
| 2014 | 7.25 |
| 2013 | 7.18 |
| 2012 | 6.95 |
| 2011 | 6.92 |
| 2010 | 7.05 |
| 2009 | 7.03 |
| 2008 | 6.84 |
| 2007 | 6.56 |
| 2006 | 6.57 |
| 2005 | 6.65 |
| 2004 | 6.82 |
| 2003 | 6.83 |
| 2002 | 6.89 |
| 2001 | 6.78 |
| 2000 | 6.76 |
| 1999 | 6.74 |
| 1998 | 6.62 |
| 1997 | 6.54 |
| 1996 | 6.41 |
| 1995 | 6.51 |
| 1994 | 6.67 |
| 1993 | 6.67 |
| 1992 | 6.47 |
| 1991 | 6.21 |