Kenya vs Middle income: Rural population, per capita
Kenya
0.6779 units per person
in 2025
Middle income
0.4459 units per person
in 2025
Kenya rank
27th
Middle income rank
25th
Rural population, per capita over time
- Kenya
- Middle income
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.6779 units per person against 0.4459 units per person in Middle income, a difference of 0.232 units per person.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.5 times Middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 27th and Middle income ranks 25th of 216 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9097 units per person | 0.7611 units per person | 0.1486 units per person | Kenya |
| 1970s | 0.8718 units per person | 0.731 units per person | 0.1407 units per person | Kenya |
| 1980s | 0.8292 units per person | 0.679 units per person | 0.1502 units per person | Kenya |
| 1990s | 0.8142 units per person | 0.6309 units per person | 0.1833 units per person | Kenya |
| 2000s | 0.7393 units per person | 0.5653 units per person | 0.174 units per person | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.6833 units per person | 0.4974 units per person | 0.1858 units per person | Kenya |
| 2020s | 0.6839 units per person | 0.4545 units per person | 0.2294 units per person | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rural population, per capita, Kenya or Middle income?
- Kenya, at 0.6779 units per person against 0.4459 units per person in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population, per capita between Kenya and Middle income?
- 0.232 units per person, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Middle income rank globally for rural population, per capita?
- Kenya ranks 27th and Middle income ranks 25th of 216 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rural population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.