Kenya Poverty Rate

Kenya poverty rate for 2021 was 91.30%, a 0.3% increase from 2020.
  • Kenya poverty rate for 2020 was 91.00%, a 5.2% increase from 2015.
  • Kenya poverty rate for 2015 was 85.80%, a 1.7% decline from 2005.
  • Kenya poverty rate for 2005 was 87.50%, a 5.3% increase from 1997.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Kenya Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1992 - 2021.