Many Kenyan websites have written for you before about the most expensive counties to live in, with a basic skeleton piece of information about why which county is the most expensive to reside in.
Well, we have a detailed kind of narrative over this other side. According to the Kenya National Bureau Of Statistics, the value of food expenditure in core-urban or urban households is on average more than double what rural households spend while rural households spend more than 60% of their income on food.
Generally, the expenditure size for someone living in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kiambu is very high with West Pokot registering the least expenditure size.
Here is a look at the top 20 counties in Kenya by their expenditure size.
COUNTY |
EXPENDITURE ON FOOD (Ksh
|
EXPENDITURE ON NON-FOOD ITEMS(Ksh) |
TOTAL (Ksh) |
Nairobi |
6,153 |
8,158 |
14,311 |
Mombasa |
5,459 |
5,510 |
10,969 |
Kiambu |
4,567 |
5,027 |
9,594 |
Nyeri |
5,402 |
3,818 |
9,220 |
Nakuru |
4,765 |
3,869 |
8,634 |
Machakos |
4,403 |
4,053 |
8,456 |
Kajiado |
4,122 |
4,285 |
8,407 |
Narok |
4,559 |
3,706 |
8,265 |
Kilifi |
4,081 |
3,828 |
7,909 |
Lamu |
5,006 |
2,719 |
7,725 |
Kisumu |
4,435 |
3,238 |
7,673 |
Kirinyaga |
4,359 |
3,010 |
7,369 |
Meru |
4,612 |
2,616 |
7,228 |
Tharaka Nithi |
4,382 |
2,861 |
7,243 |
Uasin Gishu |
3,778 |
3,252 |
7,030 |
Embu |
4,148 |
2,859 |
7,007 |
Taita Taveta |
4,023 |
2,893 |
6,916 |
Baringo |
3,938 |
2,773 |
6,711 |
Nyandarua |
4,254 |
2,439 |
6,693 |
Trans Nzoia |
3,543 |
2,942 |
6,485 |