Kenya - Poverty headcount ratio at $1.9 PPP a day

42.8 (%) in 2005

Poverty rate of Kenya shot up by 35.87% from 31.5 % in 1997 to 42.8 % in 2005. Since the 11.94% drop in 1994, poverty rate soared by 56.78% in 2005.

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Population below $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices.