Kenya - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Kenya was 30.16 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.77 in 2007 and a minimum value of 9.91 in 1984.

Definition: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1976 15.40
1977 9.98
1978 13.05
1979 13.69
1980 12.13
1981 11.33
1982 12.06
1983 11.59
1984 9.91
1985 11.39
1986 10.50
1987 12.54
1990 29.25
1991 20.13
1992 35.86
1993 27.98
1994 28.82
1995 27.56
1996 26.34
1997 25.23
1998 23.58
1999 22.12
2000 20.69
2001 23.10
2002 23.73
2003 24.08
2004 25.60
2005 31.89
2006 35.51
2007 36.77
2008 36.48
2009 36.40
2010 33.94
2013 36.27
2015 31.49
2016 31.48
2017 28.29
2018 28.43
2019 30.77
2020 27.92
2021 30.16

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports