Kenya Poverty Rate 1992-2024
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.
- Kenya poverty rate for 2021 was 91.30%, a 0.3% increase from 2020.
- Kenya poverty rate for 2020 was 91.00%, a 5.3% increase from 2015.
- Kenya poverty rate for 2015 was 85.70%, a 1.7% decline from 2005.
- Kenya poverty rate for 2005 was 87.40%, a 5.3% increase from 1997.
| Kenya Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
91.30% |
0.30% |
| 2020 |
91.00% |
5.30% |
| 2015 |
85.70% |
-1.70% |
| 2005 |
87.40% |
5.30% |
| 1997 |
82.10% |
-1.10% |
| 1994 |
83.20% |
8.30% |
| 1992 |
74.90% |
8.30% |
