Kenya vs Malawi: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data

Kenya

25.01 million people

in 2022

Malawi

14.47 million people

in 2019

Kenya rank

8th

Malawi rank

11th

Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data over time

Kenya currently reports 25.01 million people against 14.47 million people in Malawi, a difference of 10.54 million people.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.7 times Malawi's.

Kenya ranks 8th and Malawi ranks 11th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data
Unit: people
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.