As of 2021, over 7.8 million people in Kenya lived in extreme poverty, with the poverty threshold at 1.90 U.S. dollars a day. The number of poor people in the country fluctuated in recent years, following an overall descending trend. In 2016, there were nearly nine million Kenyans in extreme poverty. The number is expected to decline to some six million people in 2025. Increases in the number of poor inhabitants in 2020 and 2021 are possibly related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Number of people living in extreme poverty in Kenya from 2016 to 2025
(in 1,000s)
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World Data Lab. (February 14, 2021). Number of people living in extreme poverty in Kenya from 2016 to 2025 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229710/number-of-people-living-in-extreme-poverty-in-kenya/
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World Data Lab. (2021). Number of people living in extreme poverty in Kenya from 2016 to 2025 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229710/number-of-people-living-in-extreme-poverty-in-kenya/
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World Data Lab, Number of people living in extreme poverty in Kenya from 2016 to 2025 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229710/number-of-people-living-in-extreme-poverty-in-kenya/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Number of people living in extreme poverty in Kenya from 2016 to 2025 (in 1,000s) [Graph], World Data Lab, February 14, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229710/number-of-people-living-in-extreme-poverty-in-kenya/
