Kenya

Region	Any	Seeing	Hearing	Mobility	Cognition	Self-Care	Communication
Baringo	10.2	5.5	2.8	4.4	2.3	1.3	0.9
Bomet	7.9	4.0	1.7	3.3	1.5	0.8	0.6
Bungoma	15.4	9.3	3.4	5.5	3.2	1.0	1.1
Busia	17.3	9.9	4.1	7.0	4.3	1.3	1.3
Elgeyo-Marakwet	8.8	4.8	2.2	3.6	1.7	0.9	0.7
Embu	18.3	11.0	3.6	7.0	6.0	1.6	1.1
Garissa	3.9	1.6	1.3	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.0
Homabay	22.9	14.0	5.5	9.8	6.1	2.3	1.6
Isiolo	6.8	3.9	1.6	2.3	1.2	0.8	0.7
Kajiado	7.4	4.7	1.1	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.5
Kakamega	18.3	10.7	4.0	7.7	4.8	1.5	1.4
Kericho	8.3	4.5	1.6	3.3	1.5	0.8	0.6
Kiambu	10.8	6.7	1.5	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.6
Kilifi	11.0	6.3	2.1	4.0	2.1	0.8	0.8
Kirinyaga	14.4	8.1	2.3	6.2	4.0	1.4	0.8
Kisii	17.9	10.8	3.6	7.8	5.9	2.0	1.3
Kisumu	19.5	12.6	4.2	7.8	4.1	1.7	1.3
Kitui	14.2	8.0	3.1	6.3	3.0	1.4	1.3
Kwale	11.5	6.5	2.2	4.2	2.1	0.8	0.8
Laikipia	10.5	6.0	1.8	4.1	2.2	0.9	0.7
Lamu	11.9	6.8	1.9	4.1	2.7	0.9	1.0
Machakos	13.6	8.2	2.7	5.6	2.9	1.2	0.9
Makueni	18.0	10.7	3.9	8.0	4.9	1.7	1.3
Mandera	5.5	1.9	1.9	2.2	1.6	1.5	1.4
Marsabit	5.1	2.8	1.6	2.0	1.0	0.8	0.6
Meru	17.3	10.3	4.3	6.2	5.3	1.7	1.1
Migori	16.7	9.6	3.7	6.4	3.8	1.6	1.3
Mombasa	9.9	6.8	1.3	2.6	1.4	0.5	0.6
Murang’a	17.0	9.2	2.9	8.4	4.4	1.7	1.0
Nairobi City	8.2	5.7	0.9	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.4
Nakuru	10.5	6.3	1.6	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6
Nandi	11.4	6.5	2.3	4.9	2.4	0.9	0.8
Narok	6.7	3.4	1.4	2.5	1.1	0.6	0.6
Nyamira	19.0	11.7	3.9	8.8	5.7	2.0	1.3
Nyandarua	13.4	7.6	2.2	5.6	3.7	1.2	0.8
Nyeri	14.5	8.1	2.3	6.6	3.8	1.4	0.9
Samburu	7.6	4.2	2.7	2.6	1.5	1.1	0.7
Siaya	23.8	14.9	5.7	9.9	5.9	2.1	1.6
Taita-Taveta	16.0	10.0	2.8	6.3	4.0	1.5	1.1
Tana River	9.9	5.4	2.3	3.5	1.9	1.1	0.8
Tharaka-Nithi	18.9	11.7	4.4	6.9	6.0	1.9	1.2
Trans Nzoia	13.3	8.1	2.4	4.7	2.9	0.9	1.0
Turkana	6.5	3.6	2.1	2.5	1.5	1.1	1.0
Uasin Gishu	9.6	5.9	1.6	3.2	1.6	0.7	0.6
Vihiga	23.2	13.4	5.4	11.9	7.3	2.1	1.6
Wajir	3.8	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.0	0.9	0.9
West Pokot	6.3	3.0	1.9	2.4	1.1	0.8	0.6
National	12.7	7.6	2.5	4.9	2.9	1.1	0.9

Notes: ‘Any’ is the share of adults with any level of difficulty (some difficulty, a lot of difficulty or unable to do in one or more functional domains. For instance, ‘Seeing’ is the share of adults with difficulty in seeing of any level. Shares for the six domains do not add up to the share of any difficulty as some individuals may have functional difficulties in more than one domain. Source: Own calculations based on the 2019 Kenya Census.

Multidimensional Poverty

Multidimensional poverty captures an individual’s experience of multiple deprivations (e.g. low educational attainment, having inadequate living conditions). In Kenya, the shares of persons with at least a lot of functional difficulty and some difficulty who are multidimensionally poor stands at 43.1% and 36.9%, respectively. This is higher than that of persons with no difficulty at 35.3%.

Thus, there is a disability gap in multidimensional poverty between persons with at least a lot of difficulty and no difficulty (7.8 percentage points) and between persons with some difficulty and no difficulty (1.6 percentage points). In other words, persons in Kenya with functional difficulties more frequently experience multiple deprivations than persons without difficulty. As illustrated in Figure 1/Table 2, multidimensional poverty is common across regions among adults with functional difficulties. Multidimensional poverty is least common among persons with functional difficulties in Kiambu and most common Turkana.

Figure 1: Kenya: Multidimensional poverty headcount among adults with no, some and at least a lot of difficulty (%)

Source: Own calculations based on Kenya census  data (2019). The notes of Table 1 apply.

Table 2(Supporting figure 1): Kenya: Multidimensional Poverty headcount among adults with no, some, and at least a lot of difficulty (%)