Country Care Snapshots

Kenya

Children at Risk of Separation
Effective
Children at Risk of Separation
  • Children living below poverty line
    41.5 %
    Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (2016). Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey 2015/6.
  • Children engaged in Child Labor
  • Children with Disabilities
    1,920,000 children
    Global Disability Rights Now! estimate based on 2017 population and global data
  • Left Behind Children (Migration)
  • Ethnic Minority children
  • Children affected by HIV
    110,000 children
    UNAIDS, 2018
  • Street Connected Children
    50,000 children
    UNICEF, 2017
  • Children experiencing violence
    56.1 %
    2019 Violence Against Children Survey
  • Children in conflict with the law
    777 children
    UNICEF, 2017
  • Refugee Children
    213,000 children
    UNHCR, 2019
  • Children Lacking Online Safety
    30 %
    TdH, 2018 & ECPAT, 2020
  • Children in Informal Kinship Care
    Kenya 2014 DHS Children's Care and Living Arrangements
  • Children living below poverty line
    41.5 %
    Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (2016). Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey 2015/6.
  • Children engaged in Child Labor
  • Children with Disabilities
    1,920,000 children
    Global Disability Rights Now! estimate based on 2017 population and global data
  • Left Behind Children (Migration)
  • Ethnic Minority children
  • Children affected by HIV
    110,000 children
    UNAIDS, 2018
  • Street Connected Children
    50,000 children
    UNICEF, 2017
  • Children experiencing violence
    56.1 %
    2019 Violence Against Children Survey
  • Children in conflict with the law
    777 children
    UNICEF, 2017
  • Refugee Children
    213,000 children
    UNHCR, 2019
  • Children Lacking Online Safety
    30 %
    TdH, 2018 & ECPAT, 2020
  • Children in Informal Kinship Care
    Kenya 2014 DHS Children's Care and Living Arrangements
  • Children living below poverty line
    41.5 %
    Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (2016). Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey 2015/6.
  • Children engaged in Child Labor
  • Children with Disabilities
    1,920,000 children
    Global Disability Rights Now! estimate based on 2017 population and global data
  • Left Behind Children (Migration)
  • Ethnic Minority children
  • Children affected by HIV
    110,000 children
    UNAIDS, 2018
  • Street Connected Children
    50,000 children
    UNICEF, 2017
  • Children experiencing violence
    56.1 %
    2019 Violence Against Children Survey
  • Children in conflict with the law
    777 children
    UNICEF, 2017
  • Refugee Children
    213,000 children
    UNHCR, 2019
  • Children Lacking Online Safety
    30 %
    TdH, 2018 & ECPAT, 2020
  • Children in Informal Kinship Care
    Kenya 2014 DHS Children's Care and Living Arrangements
  • Children living below poverty line
    41.5 %
    Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (2016). Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey 2015/6.
  • Children engaged in Child Labor
  • Children with Disabilities
    1,920,000 children
    Global Disability Rights Now! estimate based on 2017 population and global data
  • Left Behind Children (Migration)
  • Ethnic Minority children
  • Children affected by HIV
    110,000 children
    UNAIDS, 2018
  • Street Connected Children
    50,000 children
    UNICEF, 2017
  • Children experiencing violence
    56.1 %
    2019 Violence Against Children Survey
  • Children in conflict with the law
    777 children
    UNICEF, 2017
  • Refugee Children
    213,000 children
    UNHCR, 2019
  • Children Lacking Online Safety
    30 %
    TdH, 2018 & ECPAT, 2020
  • Children in Informal Kinship Care
    Kenya 2014 DHS Children's Care and Living Arrangements