Kenya - Merchandise exports

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in Kenya was 14.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 27.23 in 1992, while its lowest value was 2.29 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.19
1961 3.23
1962 3.37
1963 5.01
1964 6.49
1965 6.79
1966 3.84
1967 3.69
1968 3.38
1969 2.97
1970 2.29
1971 3.58
1972 2.80
1973 3.06
1974 3.46
1975 5.05
1976 3.57
1977 4.08
1978 5.63
1979 6.97
1980 7.40
1981 8.20
1982 9.18
1983 7.56
1984 7.39
1985 7.39
1986 7.39
1987 7.75
1988 6.01
1989 6.01
1990 7.26
1991 8.93
1992 27.23
1993 12.24
1994 9.12
1995 8.33
1996 8.92
1997 8.40
1998 11.56
1999 9.88
2000 12.20
2001 13.00
2002 11.34
2003 8.54
2004 8.56
2005 8.98
2006 11.24
2007 12.64
2008 13.29
2009 12.66
2010 15.63
2011 18.39
2012 17.71
2013 16.23
2014 13.58
2015 14.93
2016 16.41
2017 16.27
2018 16.92
2019 17.07
2020 14.34

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Kenya was 6,034,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,127,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 112,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 112,000,000
1961 117,000,000
1962 126,000,000
1963 198,000,000
1964 222,000,000
1965 228,000,000
1966 260,000,000
1967 242,000,000
1968 252,000,000
1969 271,000,000
1970 305,000,000
1971 314,000,000
1972 359,000,000
1973 477,000,000
1974 603,000,000
1975 606,000,000
1976 790,000,000
1977 1,186,000,000
1978 1,023,000,000
1979 1,090,000,000
1980 1,245,000,000
1981 1,139,000,000
1982 1,025,000,000
1983 869,000,000
1984 1,074,000,000
1985 958,000,000
1986 1,200,000,000
1987 961,000,000
1988 1,067,000,000
1989 951,000,000
1990 1,032,000,000
1991 1,108,000,000
1992 1,339,000,000
1993 1,374,000,000
1994 1,587,000,000
1995 1,879,000,000
1996 2,068,000,000
1997 2,054,000,000
1998 2,008,000,000
1999 1,747,000,000
2000 1,734,000,000
2001 1,944,000,000
2002 2,116,000,000
2003 2,411,000,000
2004 2,684,000,000
2005 3,420,000,000
2006 3,502,000,000
2007 4,081,000,000
2008 5,001,000,000
2009 4,463,000,000
2010 5,169,000,000
2011 5,756,000,000
2012 6,127,000,000
2013 5,856,000,000
2014 6,115,000,000
2015 5,906,000,000
2016 5,695,000,000
2017 5,747,000,000
2018 6,052,000,000
2019 5,839,000,000
2020 6,034,000,000

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Kenya was 43.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 75.43 in 1962, while its lowest value was 35.87 in 2004.

Definition: Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 75.39
1961 73.54
1962 75.43
1963 71.89
1964 73.63
1965 70.63
1966 72.08
1967 67.39
1968 45.61
1969 45.30
1970 45.90
1971 42.74
1972 48.56
1973 50.09
1974 45.96
1975 45.28
1976 56.21
1977 65.01
1978 59.22
1979 59.23
1980 51.99
1981 51.16
1982 50.39
1983 54.16
1984 57.01
1985 57.01
1986 57.01
1987 55.94
1988 61.38
1989 61.38
1990 42.76
1991 63.63
1992 62.95
1993 47.66
1994 48.19
1995 42.93
1996 42.53
1997 44.76
1998 41.60
1999 52.39
2000 40.65
2001 36.43
2002 37.98
2003 37.49
2004 35.87
2005 38.27
2006 42.80
2007 43.43
2008 40.68
2009 40.63
2010 39.94
2011 36.48
2012 37.67
2013 38.63
2014 41.89
2015 41.23
2016 40.71
2017 41.53
2018 43.93
2019 44.91
2020 43.52

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) in Kenya was 21.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 24.04 in 2017, while its lowest value was 4.45 in 1969.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 6.38
1961 5.59
1962 5.18
1963 5.08
1964 6.22
1965 7.29
1966 6.92
1967 7.62
1968 5.49
1969 4.45
1970 5.44
1971 5.39
1972 6.28
1973 6.07
1974 5.85
1975 6.76
1976 4.47
1977 4.91
1978 6.44
1979 7.32
1980 8.24
1981 9.61
1982 6.92
1983 8.31
1984 10.79
1985 10.79
1986 10.79
1987 9.70
1988 6.45
1989 6.45
1990 11.07
1991 14.74
1992 11.75
1993 14.61
1994 13.48
1995 12.47
1996 12.38
1997 12.86
1998 18.54
1999 16.14
2000 18.97
2001 18.87
2002 16.77
2003 16.26
2004 17.06
2005 16.29
2006 17.23
2007 17.62
2008 18.74
2009 17.66
2010 20.59
2011 19.41
2012 19.77
2013 20.42
2014 18.18
2015 20.38
2016 22.42
2017 24.04
2018 23.58
2019 20.69
2020 21.57

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in Kenya was 3.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.24 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.26 in 1982.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.91
1961 0.26
1962 0.58
1963 0.93
1964 1.02
1965 1.63
1966 2.09
1967 2.60
1968 1.11
1969 1.16
1970 1.09
1971 1.23
1972 1.73
1973 2.38
1974 1.56
1975 1.25
1976 0.75
1977 0.62
1978 0.91
1979 1.15
1980 1.36
1981 0.88
1982 0.26
1983 0.43
1984 0.61
1985 0.61
1986 0.61
1987 1.18
1988 1.31
1989 1.31
1990 0.97
1991 1.65
1992 0.97
1993 1.40
1994 0.99
1995 0.84
1996 0.78
1997 0.77
1998 0.61
1999 1.81
2000 0.99
2001 1.00
2002 0.90
2003 1.04
2004 1.70
2005 1.97
2006 1.52
2007 1.44
2008 2.28
2009 1.43
2010 1.48
2011 1.92
2012 2.33
2013 1.74
2014 2.09
2015 2.52
2016 3.34
2017 3.41
2018 4.00
2019 4.24
2020 3.48

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Kenya was 2.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 2.64 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1977.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 0.16
1963 0.07
1966 0.12
1967 0.06
1968 0.16
1969 0.05
1970 0.09
1971 0.05
1972 0.01
1975 0.05
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.02
1980 0.01
1981 0.08
1987 0.24
1988 0.08
1989 0.08
1991 0.02
1992 0.05
1993 0.08
1994 0.10
1995 0.14
1996 0.17
1997 0.12
1998 0.17
1999 0.12
2000 0.13
2001 0.19
2002 0.44
2003 0.71
2004 0.99
2005 1.23
2006 1.51
2007 1.79
2008 2.03
2009 2.08
2010 2.21
2011 2.11
2012 2.34
2013 2.61
2014 2.52
2015 2.23
2016 2.33
2017 2.63
2018 2.48
2019 2.12
2020 2.64

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in Kenya was 0.146 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.608 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.003 in 1980.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.365
1961 0.349
1962 0.247
1963 0.215
1964 0.205
1966 0.058
1967 0.060
1968 0.119
1969 0.090
1970 0.083
1971 0.074
1972 0.146
1973 0.105
1974 0.088
1975 0.096
1976 0.061
1977 0.018
1978 0.020
1979 0.005
1980 0.003
1981 0.013
1987 0.006
1988 0.068
1989 0.068
1991 0.005
1992 0.019
1993 0.050
1994 0.082
1995 0.077
1996 0.047
1997 0.059
1998 0.079
1999 0.164
2000 0.209
2001 0.232
2002 0.092
2003 0.253
2004 0.379
2005 0.241
2006 0.150
2007 0.194
2008 0.156
2009 0.092
2010 0.088
2011 0.079
2012 0.107
2013 0.136
2014 0.608
2015 0.574
2016 0.460
2017 0.456
2018 0.253
2019 0.140
2020 0.146

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Kenya was 4.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.27 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.61 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.73
1961 0.61
1962 0.74
1963 0.86
1964 1.23
1965 2.05
1966 1.40
1967 1.63
1968 1.83
1969 1.19
1970 1.08
1971 1.73
1972 1.57
1973 1.37
1974 1.70
1975 2.66
1976 1.33
1977 2.43
1978 3.06
1979 2.86
1980 3.00
1981 3.89
1982 2.80
1983 2.20
1984 3.02
1985 3.02
1986 3.02
1987 1.76
1988 1.40
1989 1.40
1990 3.79
1991 4.71
1992 3.77
1993 5.11
1994 3.96
1995 4.31
1996 5.71
1997 4.42
1998 6.81
1999 4.08
2000 7.08
2001 7.27
2002 6.22
2003 4.82
2004 4.82
2005 4.73
2006 5.65
2007 5.69
2008 6.18
2009 5.36
2010 6.56
2011 6.39
2012 5.96
2013 5.66
2014 5.03
2015 4.89
2016 5.29
2017 5.12
2018 4.94
2019 4.90
2020 4.77

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Kenya was 10.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 12.43 in 2017, while its lowest value was 1.84 in 1977.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4.38
1961 4.37
1962 3.45
1963 3.00
1964 3.76
1965 3.61
1966 3.26
1967 3.27
1968 2.27
1969 1.96
1970 3.09
1971 2.30
1972 2.82
1973 2.22
1974 2.49
1975 2.70
1976 2.33
1977 1.84
1978 2.45
1979 3.28
1980 3.86
1981 4.74
1982 3.86
1983 5.69
1984 7.17
1985 7.17
1986 7.17
1987 6.51
1988 3.59
1989 3.59
1990 6.32
1991 8.35
1992 6.94
1993 7.98
1994 8.34
1995 7.10
1996 5.68
1997 7.49
1998 10.87
1999 9.96
2000 10.56
2001 10.17
2002 9.12
2003 9.43
2004 9.17
2005 8.12
2006 8.41
2007 8.50
2008 8.10
2009 8.71
2010 10.25
2011 8.91
2012 9.03
2013 10.26
2014 7.92
2015 10.16
2016 10.99
2017 12.43
2018 11.91
2019 9.29
2020 10.53

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Kenya was 34.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 43.21 in 2011, while its lowest value was 8.11 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 8.11
1961 9.69
1962 9.53
1963 10.09
1964 8.27
1965 8.92
1966 8.55
1967 8.77
1968 38.16
1969 37.96
1970 37.83
1971 40.92
1972 34.84
1973 33.07
1974 32.32
1975 32.84
1976 29.18
1977 18.86
1978 18.21
1979 20.00
1980 24.25
1981 25.48
1982 24.00
1983 25.08
1984 20.93
1985 20.93
1986 20.93
1987 26.02
1988 23.59
1989 23.59
1990 35.08
1991 15.64
1992 16.54
1993 28.75
1994 35.25
1995 41.21
1996 40.13
1997 39.36
1998 38.58
1999 30.19
2000 38.75
2001 41.04
2002 40.50
2003 40.88
2004 42.24
2005 41.48
2006 35.56
2007 37.69
2008 39.62
2009 40.83
2010 38.27
2011 43.21
2012 41.36
2013 40.27
2014 37.87
2015 37.38
2016 36.46
2017 34.01
2018 31.53
2019 33.77
2020 34.33

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Kenya was 0.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 18.70 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.41 in 2016.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 10.12
1961 11.18
1962 9.86
1963 12.95
1964 11.89
1965 13.16
1966 12.45
1967 16.21
1968 10.74
1969 12.30
1970 10.82
1971 10.95
1972 10.32
1973 10.77
1974 15.87
1975 15.13
1976 10.14
1977 11.22
1978 16.14
1979 13.45
1980 15.52
1981 13.75
1982 18.70
1983 12.45
1984 11.27
1985 11.27
1986 11.27
1987 8.34
1988 8.58
1989 8.58
1990 11.10
1991 5.99
1992 8.77
1993 8.98
1994 3.08
1995 3.38
1996 4.95
1997 3.03
1998 1.28
1999 1.28
2000 1.63
2001 3.66
2002 4.74
2003 5.37
2004 4.82
2005 3.96
2006 4.40
2007 1.27
2008 0.96
2009 0.88
2010 1.20
2011 0.90
2012 1.20
2013 0.69
2014 2.07
2015 1.01
2016 0.41
2017 0.42
2018 0.97
2019 0.63
2020 0.58

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Kenya was 5,841,574,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 6,051,032,000 in 2018 and 109,700,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 109,700,000
1961 114,500,000
1962 121,700,000
1963 139,800,000
1964 146,400,000
1965 141,300,000
1966 171,900,000
1967 165,300,000
1968 251,464,000
1969 271,876,000
1970 303,137,000
1971 315,831,000
1972 359,695,000
1973 472,386,000
1974 600,470,000
1975 599,015,000
1976 787,322,000
1977 1,183,894,000
1978 1,019,854,000
1979 1,102,491,000
1980 1,387,452,000
1981 1,172,761,000
1982 993,267,000
1983 968,281,000
1984 1,079,035,000
1985 952,758,000
1986 1,193,624,000
1987 956,321,200
1988 1,066,218,000
1989 964,392,600
1990 1,116,203,000
1991 1,009,475,000
1992 1,333,783,000
1993 1,280,339,000
1994 1,618,648,000
1995 1,826,001,000
1996 1,994,476,000
1997 1,948,742,000
1998 1,916,640,000
1999 2,029,219,000
2000 1,737,201,000
2001 1,790,227,000
2002 2,046,711,000
2003 2,351,440,000
2004 2,604,136,000
2005 3,298,431,000
2006 3,334,732,000
2007 3,876,508,000
2008 5,000,937,000
2009 4,155,472,000
2010 4,733,263,000
2011 5,667,651,000
2012 5,794,381,000
2013 5,567,874,000
2014 5,899,207,000
2015 5,938,400,000
2016 5,694,754,000
2017 5,745,288,000
2018 6,051,032,000
2019 5,833,239,000
2020 5,841,574,000

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) in Kenya was 34.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 43.21 in 2011, while its lowest value was 8.11 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 8.11
1961 9.69
1962 9.53
1963 10.09
1964 8.27
1965 8.92
1966 8.55
1967 8.77
1968 38.16
1969 37.96
1970 37.83
1971 40.92
1972 34.84
1973 33.07
1974 32.32
1975 32.84
1976 29.18
1977 18.86
1978 18.21
1979 20.00
1980 24.25
1981 25.48
1982 24.00
1983 25.08
1984 20.93
1985 20.93
1986 20.93
1987 26.02
1988 23.59
1989 23.59
1990 35.08
1991 15.64
1992 16.54
1993 28.75
1994 35.25
1995 41.21
1996 40.13
1997 39.36
1998 38.58
1999 30.19
2000 38.75
2001 41.04
2002 40.50
2003 40.88
2004 42.24
2005 41.48
2006 35.56
2007 37.69
2008 39.62
2009 40.83
2010 38.27
2011 43.21
2012 41.36
2013 40.27
2014 37.87
2015 37.38
2016 36.46
2017 34.01
2018 31.53
2019 33.77
2020 34.33

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports