Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Kenya

Gini index in Kenya in 2022 — 38.5 index. Ranked 53 in the world out of 73. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 32.3%.

2022 38.5 index −0.52% vs 2021
World rank 53of 73
Period maximum 56.9 index1992
Period minimum 36.2 index2020

Trend over time

1992–2022 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Kenya, 1992–202230405060199219951998200120042007201020132016201920221992: 56.9 index1994: 43.1 index1997: 45 index2005: 46.4 index2015: 40.8 index2020: 36.2 index2021: 38.7 index2022: 38.5 index
Change over the period: −18.4 (−32.34%) Average annual rate: -1.29 %
Gini index — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2022 38.5 −0.2 −0.52%
2021 38.7 +2.5 +6.91%
2020 36.2
2015 40.8
2005 46.4
1997 45
1994 43.1
1992 56.9

Eastern Africa, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The Gini index measures how far the distribution of income (or consumption) in a country departs from a perfectly even one. A value of 0 would mean everyone receives the same, 100 that all income goes to one person. Values below 30 are typical of Northern and Central Europe, values above 50 of a number of countries in Latin America and Southern Africa.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: the inequality of a group does not follow from country-level Gini values — it requires the income distribution of all its residents at once. The data rest on household surveys, are not available for every year, and the base may be either income or consumption.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.