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Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Kenya was 14.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 59.32 in 2004, while its lowest value was 1.51 in 1973.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports 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	2.24
1961	2.01
1962	1.58
1963	2.12
1964	8.19
1965	6.04
1966	2.60
1967	1.67
1968	2.25
1969	2.78
1970	2.73
1971	2.11
1972	1.80
1973	1.51
1974	8.94
1975	8.63
1976	6.61
1977	8.03
1978	3.55
1979	16.37
1980	28.31
1981	31.99
1982	32.24
1983	25.24
1984	21.98
1985	21.98
1986	21.98
1987	19.27
1988	12.83
1989	12.83
1990	10.64
1991	17.89
1992	18.92
1993	18.66
1994	10.23
1995	10.47
1996	16.09
1997	16.26
1998	18.31
1999	20.77
2000	28.83
2001	24.53
2002	20.39
2003	27.03
2004	59.32
2005	24.97
2006	25.10
2007	22.36
2008	23.89
2009	18.75
2010	19.21
2011	24.16
2012	22.27
2013	16.92
2014	15.24
2015	12.10
2016	15.27
2017	18.15
2018	21.43
2019	20.15
2020	14.21

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Kenya was 15,435,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,396,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 193,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	196,000,000
1961	193,000,000
1962	195,000,000
1963	232,000,000
1964	246,000,000
1965	282,000,000
1966	346,000,000
1967	337,000,000
1968	356,000,000
1969	361,000,000
1970	442,000,000
1971	560,000,000
1972	535,000,000
1973	619,000,000
1974	1,026,000,000
1975	945,000,000
1976	969,000,000
1977	1,289,000,000
1978	1,711,000,000
1979	1,636,000,000
1980	2,125,000,000
1981	1,939,000,000
1982	1,644,000,000
1983	1,334,000,000
1984	1,469,000,000
1985	1,436,000,000
1986	1,613,000,000
1987	1,738,000,000
1988	1,988,000,000
1989	2,174,000,000
1990	2,223,000,000
1991	1,935,000,000
1992	1,841,000,000
1993	1,774,000,000
1994	2,091,000,000
1995	2,991,000,000
1996	2,949,000,000
1997	3,279,000,000
1998	3,197,000,000
1999	2,832,000,000
2000	3,105,000,000
2001	3,192,000,000
2002	3,245,000,000
2003	3,725,000,000
2004	4,553,000,000
2005	5,846,000,000
2006	7,233,000,000
2007	8,989,000,000
2008	11,128,000,000
2009	10,202,000,000
2010	12,093,000,000
2011	14,782,000,000
2012	16,290,000,000
2013	16,358,000,000
2014	18,396,000,000
2015	16,093,000,000
2016	14,107,000,000
2017	16,687,000,000
2018	17,378,000,000
2019	17,655,000,000
2020	15,435,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Kenya was 39.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 98.76 in 2004, while its lowest value was 39.28 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports 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	74.36
1961	72.22
1962	74.36
1963	74.73
1964	79.25
1965	75.84
1966	73.22
1967	76.35
1968	69.39
1969	72.40
1970	72.80
1971	75.09
1972	74.09
1973	76.25
1974	74.11
1975	72.41
1976	72.12
1977	77.88
1978	77.79
1979	85.27
1980	87.53
1981	90.90
1982	84.05
1983	82.11
1984	79.99
1985	79.99
1986	79.99
1987	87.60
1988	86.49
1989	86.49
1990	76.95
1991	68.28
1992	75.80
1993	68.03
1994	67.83
1995	69.41
1996	70.97
1997	70.86
1998	73.70
1999	74.86
2000	75.49
2001	74.60
2002	70.48
2003	67.69
2004	98.76
2005	66.55
2006	66.25
2007	61.37
2008	57.58
2009	57.13
2010	54.89
2011	53.35
2012	50.80
2013	46.61
2014	49.29
2015	43.86
2016	41.80
2017	40.73
2018	44.70
2019	44.08
2020	39.28

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Kenya was 51.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 51.88 in 2020, while its lowest value was 5.26 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from 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 imports 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	12.82
1961	12.95
1962	13.65
1963	12.71
1964	9.69
1965	13.01
1966	14.90
1967	13.85
1968	12.62
1969	11.59
1970	9.74
1971	9.83
1972	11.50
1973	11.79
1974	17.31
1975	19.65
1976	20.60
1977	14.06
1978	11.13
1979	8.87
1980	5.82
1981	5.26
1982	9.45
1983	13.04
1984	14.82
1985	14.82
1986	14.82
1987	6.68
1988	7.87
1989	7.87
1990	6.62
1991	9.67
1992	13.15
1993	10.17
1994	15.37
1995	17.11
1996	17.05
1997	14.11
1998	17.58
1999	15.18
2000	15.90
2001	16.71
2002	19.53
2003	20.84
2005	19.92
2006	23.34
2007	29.04
2008	33.19
2009	31.05
2010	35.31
2011	36.87
2012	41.22
2013	45.04
2014	43.53
2015	47.87
2016	51.14
2017	50.19
2018	45.70
2019	45.39
2020	51.88

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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Kenya was 29.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.87 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.16 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports 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	0.28
1961	0.16
1962	0.24
1963	0.26
1964	1.13
1965	1.26
1966	2.76
1967	1.44
1968	1.94
1969	2.05
1970	1.63
1971	2.05
1972	1.83
1973	2.24
1974	2.53
1975	1.37
1976	1.51
1977	2.56
1978	1.59
1979	2.30
1980	1.98
1981	2.00
1982	3.07
1983	5.69
1984	6.90
1985	6.90
1986	6.90
1987	4.01
1988	4.46
1989	4.46
1990	3.15
1991	4.20
1992	5.44
1993	4.59
1994	5.76
1995	6.36
1996	7.15
1997	6.29
1998	7.36
1999	6.40
2000	6.34
2001	6.64
2002	8.72
2003	8.78
2005	8.95
2006	10.06
2007	12.42
2008	13.14
2009	13.76
2010	17.57
2011	16.45
2012	17.90
2013	18.11
2014	20.27
2015	24.79
2016	28.95
2017	28.50
2018	26.34
2019	26.43
2020	29.87

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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Kenya was 4.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 4.04 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1975.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports 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
1964	0.38
1965	0.28
1966	0.03
1969	0.05
1970	0.02
1971	0.05
1972	0.05
1973	0.00
1974	0.02
1975	0.00
1976	0.00
1977	0.12
1978	0.05
1979	0.01
1980	0.01
1981	0.02
1987	0.02
1988	0.21
1989	0.21
1991	0.10
1992	0.02
1993	0.11
1994	0.65
1995	0.31
1996	0.73
1997	0.96
1998	0.86
1999	1.31
2000	2.02
2001	0.77
2002	0.63
2003	1.57
2005	1.44
2006	2.32
2007	2.23
2008	3.00
2009	2.49
2010	2.51
2011	3.32
2012	2.60
2013	3.78
2014	3.04
2015	3.15
2016	2.94
2017	3.65
2018	3.37
2019	3.37
2020	4.04

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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Kenya was 1.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 3.79 in 1998, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1976.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports 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
1961	0.25
1962	0.20
1964	0.09
1965	0.32
1966	0.16
1968	0.03
1969	0.02
1970	0.05
1971	0.09
1972	0.05
1973	0.08
1974	0.40
1975	0.74
1976	0.02
1977	0.25
1978	0.16
1979	0.28
1980	0.10
1981	0.23
1982	0.32
1983	0.17
1984	0.16
1985	0.16
1986	0.16
1987	0.66
1988	0.36
1989	0.36
1990	0.72
1991	0.94
1992	1.90
1993	1.09
1994	0.95
1995	1.10
1996	1.01
1997	1.30
1998	3.79
1999	1.83
2000	1.49
2001	1.59
2002	1.26
2003	0.57
2005	1.49
2006	0.80
2007	1.22
2008	1.38
2009	1.05
2010	0.70
2011	1.96
2012	2.83
2013	1.41
2014	0.63
2015	0.73
2016	0.55
2017	3.42
2018	1.26
2019	1.27
2020	1.75

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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Kenya was 3.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 16.87 in 1976, while its lowest value was 0.21 in 1987.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports 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	8.17
1961	6.91
1962	8.63
1963	7.45
1964	3.95
1965	7.34
1966	7.59
1967	8.06
1968	7.09
1969	6.34
1970	5.66
1971	5.04
1972	7.32
1973	7.31
1974	12.11
1975	15.47
1976	16.87
1977	8.57
1978	6.68
1979	4.45
1980	2.16
1981	1.70
1982	4.60
1983	6.23
1984	6.46
1985	6.46
1986	6.46
1987	0.21
1988	0.99
1989	0.99
1990	0.79
1991	1.89
1992	1.99
1993	1.38
1994	1.16
1995	0.51
1996	1.84
1997	0.54
1998	0.59
1999	0.38
2000	1.50
2001	2.43
2002	1.88
2003	2.98
2005	1.66
2006	1.98
2007	2.87
2008	2.65
2009	2.15
2010	2.58
2011	2.32
2012	2.67
2013	2.31
2014	1.97
2015	2.04
2016	2.91
2017	3.10
2018	2.82
2019	2.89
2020	3.25

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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Kenya was 12.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.44 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.94 in 1983.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports 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	4.37
1961	5.63
1962	4.59
1963	4.99
1964	4.14
1965	3.81
1966	4.35
1967	4.35
1968	3.57
1969	3.13
1970	2.38
1971	2.60
1972	2.24
1973	2.16
1974	2.25
1975	2.07
1976	2.19
1977	2.57
1978	2.65
1979	1.83
1980	1.58
1981	1.32
1982	1.46
1983	0.94
1984	1.30
1985	1.30
1986	1.30
1987	1.78
1988	1.85
1989	1.85
1990	1.96
1991	2.53
1992	3.80
1993	3.00
1994	6.85
1995	8.83
1996	6.32
1997	5.02
1998	4.98
1999	5.27
2000	4.55
2001	5.28
2002	7.04
2003	6.95
2005	6.38
2006	8.18
2007	10.30
2008	13.03
2009	11.61
2010	11.94
2011	12.81
2012	15.22
2013	19.44
2014	17.62
2015	17.16
2016	15.79
2017	11.52
2018	11.91
2019	11.43
2020	12.97

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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Kenya was 7.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.03 in 1994, while its lowest value was 1.37 in 1966.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports 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	4.77
1961	5.63
1962	4.27
1963	3.43
1964	1.93
1965	2.19
1966	1.37
1967	1.37
1968	10.53
1969	10.01
1970	11.12
1971	9.52
1972	7.97
1973	6.74
1974	4.79
1975	4.07
1976	4.02
1977	1.40
1978	1.65
1979	1.94
1980	3.04
1981	1.83
1982	3.69
1983	1.61
1984	1.59
1985	1.59
1986	1.59
1987	2.86
1988	2.90
1989	2.90
1990	2.28
1991	2.38
1992	2.81
1993	2.04
1994	14.03
1995	10.71
1996	8.46
1997	13.06
1998	8.21
1999	9.38
2000	8.26
2001	4.48
2002	5.38
2003	6.35
2005	12.34
2006	10.29
2007	9.52
2008	9.20
2009	11.79
2010	9.68
2011	9.40
2012	7.75
2013	8.32
2014	7.11
2015	7.47
2016	7.02
2017	9.06
2018	9.59
2019	9.66
2020	7.81

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Kenya was 1.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.76 in 1993, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 2018.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from 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 imports by the economy.

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

See also:

Year	Value
1960	8.05
1961	9.21
1962	7.72
1963	9.13
1964	9.13
1965	8.96
1966	10.51
1967	8.43
1968	7.45
1969	6.00
1970	6.34
1971	5.56
1972	6.45
1973	5.22
1974	3.79
1975	3.87
1976	3.26
1977	6.66
1978	9.43
1979	3.91
1980	3.61
1981	2.01
1982	2.81
1983	3.24
1984	3.60
1985	3.60
1986	3.60
1987	2.87
1988	2.74
1989	2.74
1990	14.15
1991	19.67
1992	8.23
1993	19.76
1994	2.78
1995	2.77
1996	3.53
1997	1.97
1998	0.51
1999	0.58
2000	0.35
2001	4.22
2002	4.61
2003	5.13
2004	1.24
2005	1.18
2006	0.13
2007	0.08
2008	0.03
2009	0.02
2010	0.12
2011	0.38
2012	0.23
2013	0.04
2014	0.07
2015	0.80
2016	0.03
2017	0.01
2018	0.01
2019	0.87
2020	1.04

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Kenya was $15,526,520,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $18,050,870,000 in 2014 and $212,500,000 in 1964.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year	Value
1960	$249,600,000
1961	$243,300,000
1962	$252,700,000
1963	$268,300,000
1964	$212,500,000
1965	$246,700,000
1966	$314,800,000
1967	$298,900,000
1968	$355,658,000
1969	$361,568,000
1970	$443,495,000
1971	$569,490,000
1972	$539,717,000
1973	$616,406,000
1974	$1,026,320,000
1975	$938,601,000
1976	$972,859,000
1977	$1,289,105,000
1978	$1,711,785,000
1979	$1,659,749,000
1980	$2,588,343,000
1981	$2,045,554,000
1982	$1,602,986,000
1983	$1,379,110,000
1984	$1,500,702,000
1985	$1,436,073,000
1986	$1,613,177,000
1987	$1,739,196,000
1988	$1,988,742,000
1989	$2,147,673,000
1990	$2,048,285,000
1991	$2,178,172,000
1992	$1,883,187,000
1993	$1,906,154,000
1994	$2,142,479,000
1995	$3,249,143,000
1996	$2,750,598,000
1997	$3,246,510,000
1998	$3,301,776,000
1999	$3,100,429,000
2000	$3,252,699,000
2001	$3,664,542,000
2002	$3,260,068,000
2003	$3,702,023,000
2004	$958,336,300
2005	$5,892,053,000
2006	$7,185,631,000
2007	$8,920,022,000
2008	$11,619,920,000
2009	$9,869,716,000
2010	$11,476,960,000
2011	$14,556,800,000
2012	$16,027,410,000
2013	$16,098,860,000
2014	$18,050,870,000
2015	$16,192,640,000
2016	$14,101,180,000
2017	$16,681,480,000
2018	$17,425,820,000
2019	$17,348,580,000
2020	$15,526,520,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Kenya was 7.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.03 in 1994, while its lowest value was 1.37 in 1966.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports 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	4.77
1961	5.63
1962	4.27
1963	3.43
1964	1.93
1965	2.19
1966	1.37
1967	1.37
1968	10.53
1969	10.01
1970	11.12
1971	9.52
1972	7.97
1973	6.74
1974	4.79
1975	4.07
1976	4.02
1977	1.40
1978	1.65
1979	1.94
1980	3.04
1981	1.83
1982	3.69
1983	1.61
1984	1.59
1985	1.59
1986	1.59
1987	2.86
1988	2.90
1989	2.90
1990	2.28
1991	2.38
1992	2.81
1993	2.04
1994	14.03
1995	10.71
1996	8.46
1997	13.06
1998	8.21
1999	9.38
2000	8.26
2001	4.48
2002	5.38
2003	6.35
2005	12.34
2006	10.29
2007	9.52
2008	9.20
2009	11.79
2010	9.68
2011	9.40
2012	7.75
2013	8.32
2014	7.11
2015	7.47
2016	7.02
2017	9.06
2018	9.59
2019	9.66
2020	7.81

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports