Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Kenya

Poverty at $3.65 a day in Kenya in 2022 — 65.5%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 73. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 18.9 pp.

2022 65.5% −2.4 pp vs 2021
World rank 71of 73
Period maximum 67.9%2021
Period minimum 46.6%1992

Trend over time

1992–2022 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Kenya, 1992–202240506070199219951998200120042007201020132016201920221992: 46.6%1994: 50.6%1997: 50.5%2005: 61.9%2015: 56.8%2020: 65.6%2021: 67.9%2022: 65.5%
Change over the period: +18.9 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kenya

Kenya 65.5%
World 20.5%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 65.5 −2.4 pp
2021 67.9 +2.3 pp
2020 65.6
2015 56.8
2005 61.9
1997 50.5
1994 50.6
1992 46.6

Eastern Africa, 2022

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $3.65 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity. The World Bank keeps three international lines because one does not work for the whole world: extreme poverty at $2.15 has all but disappeared in middle-income countries, and they need a higher line. This one matches the typical national lines of lower-middle-income countries — that is, it answers how many are poor by the standards of countries like them, not how many are destitute.

Important: Measured from consumption or income in household surveys held once every few years, so the years are discontinuous. The line is set in 2017 PPP dollars, not in current ones.

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