Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Kenya
Kenya: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 99.9% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Kenya, 1992–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 99.9% for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Kenya peaked at 100.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 98.0%, in 1992.
That places Kenya 15th out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 98.0% | — |
| 1994 | 99.5% | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 99.1% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 99.4% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 99.8% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98.9% | 98.0% | 99.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 99.4% | 99.4% | 99.4% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 1 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 12 Zambia 99.9% compare
- 13 Mauritania 99.9% compare
- 14 Mozambique 99.9% compare
- 16 Benin 99.9% compare
- 17 Burkina Faso 99.9% compare
- 18 Uganda 99.8% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Kenya
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Kenya?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Kenya was 99.9% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.0% in 1992.
- How does Kenya rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Kenya ranks 15th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.