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Poorest quintile's share in national income or consumption, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
19923.4 
19945.6 
19976 
20054.7 

Population below $1 (PPP) per day, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199238.412
199428.612
199719.612
200519.712

Poverty gap ratio at $1 a day (PPP), percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199215.412
19949.312
19974.612
20056.112

Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
200515.43

Footnotes:

  1. Source: http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet
  2. Based on nominal per capita consumption averages and distributions estimated from household survey data.
  3. Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS), 2004/05

Source: United Nations Statistics Division

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