Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Kenya
Kenya: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.582 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Kenya, 1992–2021
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Kenya is 0.582, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Kenya peaked at 0.7322 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.582, in 2021.
That places Kenya 24th out of 109 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.7322 | — |
| 1994 | 0.6059 | -17.2% |
| 1997 | 0.6312 | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 0.6415 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.5875 | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 0.582 | -0.9% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 0.582 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5666, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 0.582 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5654, 1.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6564 | 0.6059 | 0.7322 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.6415 | 0.6415 | 0.6415 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.5875 | 0.5875 | 0.5875 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.582 | 0.582 | 0.582 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More poverty & inequality data for Kenya
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.21 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,758 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 18.96 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 16.07 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 16.1% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Kenya?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Kenya was 0.582 in 2021, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7322 in 1992.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.582 in 2021.
- How does Kenya rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Kenya ranks 24th out of 109 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.