The application provides a knee joint mechanism for a wearable external skeleton. The knee joint mechanism for the wearable external skeleton comprises at least two connection units connected in series in the up-down direction, wherein each connection unit comprises a connection piece and a steel rope pulley installed on the connection piece, each connection piece comprises two first connection sheets oppositely arranged and a second connection sheet clamped between the two first connection sheets, each first connection sheet comprises a first protruded part protruded upwards relatively to thecorresponding second connection sheet, each second connection sheet comprises a second protruded part protruded downwards relatively to the two corresponding first connection sheets, an installing gap is formed between the first protruded parts of the two first connection sheets oppositely arranged on each connection unit, a poisoning pin hole is formed in each first protruded part, an arc slidechute is formed in each second protruded part, an upper tooth part is arranged on the upper edge of each second connection sheet, and a lower tooth part is arranged on the lower edge of each second connection sheet.