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

Kenya

25.01 million people

in 2022

Uganda

26.26 million people

in 2019

Kenya rank

8th

Uganda rank

7th

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

Uganda currently reports 26.26 million people against 25.01 million people in Kenya, a difference of 1.26 million people.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

Kenya ranks 8th and Uganda ranks 7th 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.