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New Data: Kenya - Employment, wages
Thursday, 01 Aug 2019 03:44 ET
By Jacky Cheung
Summary
July 2019 -- Data Buffet now carries aggregate employment and wages for Kenya (two new annual series from 1946).
Detail

Dataset properties:

  • Measurements:
    • Thousands of persons (Ths. #)
    • Millions of British pounds /then/ millions of Kenya shillings (Mil. GBP/KES)
  • Adjustment: Not applicable
  • Geo coverage: Country
  • Native frequency: Annual
  • Start date: 1946 or 1959

The employment series reside in the historical catalog (Kenya » Labor and Wages » Employment | Earnings) and are:

  • LWQEMTUA.IKEN = Employment - Both sexes, (Ths. #)
  • LWLWGTUA.IKEN = Wages - All industries, (Mil. GBP/KES)

Because catalog locations are subject to change, the upper-right search box on DataBuffet.com provides a "find in catalog" mode that accepts a mnemonic.

Please be aware that

The wage series has a currency break at 1996/1997.

Other
Related ReleaseStatistical Abstract [GDP, labor]
SourceKenya National Bureau of Statistics
FrequencyAnnual
GeographyKenya
Catalog
Upcoming
Release DateReference date
29 Dec 20242023