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

Kenya

25.01 million people

in 2022

Tanzania

29.42 million people

in 2018

Kenya rank

8th

Tanzania rank

5th

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

Tanzania currently reports 29.42 million people against 25.01 million people in Kenya, a difference of 4.41 million people.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.

Kenya ranks 8th and Tanzania ranks 5th 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.