Kenya - External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Kenya was -8.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.95 in 1993, while its lowest value was -15.30 in 2011.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 -2.57
1961 1.59
1962 1.91
1963 3.07
1964 4.18
1965 0.70
1966 1.54
1967 -0.91
1968 0.10
1969 1.44
1970 -0.84
1971 -6.55
1972 -2.14
1973 -1.28
1974 -7.22
1975 -4.69
1976 0.69
1977 3.37
1978 -9.75
1979 -5.86
1980 -6.38
1981 -3.36
1982 -4.90
1983 -2.26
1984 -5.30
1985 -4.85
1986 -4.04
1987 -5.09
1988 -5.23
1989 -7.09
1990 -5.64
1991 -1.51
1992 -0.41
1993 4.95
1994 2.81
1995 -6.56
1996 -6.91
1997 -8.68
1998 -8.56
1999 -6.53
2000 -10.13
2001 -10.08
2002 -5.38
2003 -5.96
2004 -6.26
2005 -7.46
2006 -9.27
2007 -10.06
2008 -12.23
2009 -8.40
2010 -10.15
2011 -15.30
2012 -11.89
2013 -11.88
2014 -13.22
2015 -10.07
2016 -8.37
2017 -10.52
2018 -9.33
2019 -8.89
2020 -8.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts