Overview: This page contains the latest international trade data for Kenya, including service trade data, and tariffs. In 2018 Kenya was the number 65 economy in the world in terms of GDP (current US$), the number 103 in total exports, the number 79 in total imports, and the number 83 most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). In 2018, Kenya exported $6.63B and imported $19.7B, resulting in a negative trade balance of -$13B. In 2018, Kenya's exports per capita were $129 and its imports per capita were $382.
In 2018 Kenya exported a total of $6.63B, making it the number 103 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Kenya have changed by -$138M from $6.77B in 2013 to $6.63B in 2018.
In 2018 Kenya imported $19.7B, making it the number 79 trade destination in the world. During the last five reported years the imports of Kenya changed by $2.31B from $17.3B in 2013 to $19.7B in 2018.
In 2014, Kenya exported $4.92B worth of services. The top services exported by Kenya in 2014 were Air transport ($1.19B), Government services, n.i.e. ($908M), Personal travel ($780M), Other transport ($724M), and Telecommunications services ($651M).
The top services imported by Kenya in 2014 were Sea transport ($1.3B), Other business services ($440M), Government services, n.i.e. ($235M), Insurance services ($201M), and Air transport ($167M).
This section shows forecasts for total product exports and imports for Kenya. The forecast is based in a long short-term memory model or LSTM constructed using yearly trade data.
*The tariffs applied to imports for Kenya are:115: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Group I) FTA Member States116: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Group II) Non-FTA Member States136: Most Favoured Nation duty rate treatement202: Preferential tariff for East African Community (EAC) (Kenya, Tanzani, Uganda)
During the last 20 years Kenya's economy has become relatively less complex, moving from the 60th to the 83rd position in the ECI rank.
These economic complexity rankings use 6 digit exports classified according to the HS96 classification. We consider only countries with population of at least 1 million and exports of at least $1 billion, and products with world trade over $500 million. To explore different rankings and vary these parameters visit the custom rankings section.
Kenya has a high level of specialization in Tea (526), Cut Flowers (189), Titanium Ore (161), Legumes (157), and Coconut and Other Vegetable Fibers (136). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Kenya observed and expected exports in each product.
The top export opportunities for Kenya according to the relatedness index, are Crustaceans (0.31), Gold (0.3), Raw Sugar (0.3), Cassava (0.28), and Raw Cotton (0.28). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Kenya is not specialized in.
The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products it is currently specialized in.
The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk and the strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities.
Relatedness is a predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower emissions.
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