Kenya |
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Selected EarthTrends Data: |
| Variable | Value |
| Gini Index{1} | 43 |
| Population living on less than $1/day{2} | 23% |
| Population living on less than $2/day{3} | 58% |
| Poverty Gap $1/day{4} | 6% |
| Poverty Gap $2/day{5} | 24% |
| Access to improved sanitation | 43% |
| Access to an improved water source | 61% |
| Literacy rate, all adults | 74% |
| Life expectancy, both sexes | 50 years |
| Definitions and Sources |
| {1} Survey year: 1997. Based on expenditure. {2} Survey year: 1997. Based on expenditure. {3} Survey year: 1997. Based on expenditure. {4} Survey year: 1997. Based on expenditure. {5} Survey year: 1997. Based on expenditure. |
Poverty resources:
- Kenya - Community driven development : challenges and opportunities (Document)
- Kenya - Country Assistance Strategy (Document)
- USAID Kenya Country Office (Project)
- World Bank Kenya Program (Project)
Poverty datasets:
Citations from the World Resources Report:
- Capacity Development Consultant, Nairobi, Kenya
- Capacity Development Consultant, Nairobi, Kenya
- Escaping Poverty and Becoming Poor in Five Kenyan Villages
- Evaluation of the Development Cooperation Activities of Finnish NGOs in Kenya: Final Report
- Fractal Poverty Traps: Implications for Poverty Reduction Strategies in Kenya
- Kenyans Fear Harvest of Tree-cutting
- Land Tenure Policies, Maasai Traditions, and Wildlife Conservation in Kenya
- Linkages Between Environment Management and Conflict Management: Experiences from Northern Kenya
- Pathways Out of Poverty in Western Kenya and the Role of Livestock
- Pilfering the Public: the Problem of Land Grabbing in Contemporary Kenya
- State and Community Conflict in Natural Resource Management in Kenya
- Struggling to Survive Poverty. A Survey of Small Farmers' Coping Strategies in Rural Kenya
EarthTrends Country Profiles: (opens pdf in a new window)
World Bank PovertyNet Library: (opens in a new window)
Development Gateway: (opens in a new window)
