Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Kenya
Kenya: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 99.92 in 2021. ▬ Flat
Latest (2021)
99.92
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
11th
of 119 countries
All-time high
99.99
in 2020
All-time low
98.49
in 1992
Years of data
7
1992–2021
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Kenya, 1992–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 99.92 for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in 2021.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Kenya peaked at 99.99 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 98.49, in 1992.
That places Kenya 11th out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.21 | 98.49 | 99.7 | 3 |
| 2000s | 99.63 | 99.63 | 99.63 | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.83 | 99.83 | 99.83 | 1 |
| 2020s | 99.95 | 99.92 | 99.99 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More poverty & inequality data for Kenya
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 3 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 3.21 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,758 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 16.07 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.526 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 10.93 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1827 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1827 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.196 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.3965 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Kenya?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Kenya was 99.92 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 99.99 in 2020.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.49 in 1992.
- How does Kenya rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- Kenya ranks 11th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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