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About

Kenya-Australia Trade: In 2022, Kenya exported $34M to Australia. The main products that Kenya exported to Australia were Cut Flowers ($15.5M), Coffee ($10.3M), and Fake Hair ($1.2M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Kenya to Australia have increased at an annualized rate of 5.19%, from $26.4M in 2017 to $34M in 2022.

In 2022, Kenya did not export any services to Australia.

Australia-Kenya Trade: In 2022, Australia exported $168M to Kenya. The main products that Australia exported to Kenya were Wheat ($138M), Cars ($6.92M), and Petroleum Gas ($6M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Australia to Kenya have increased at an annualized rate of 13.6%,  from $88.9M in 2017 to $168M in 2022.

In 2022, Australia did not export any services to Kenya.

Comparison: In 2022,  Kenya ranked 87 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.5), and 115 in total exports ($7.34B). That same year, Australia ranked 78 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.24), and 16 in total exports ($424B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Kenya exported $34M to Australia. The main products exported from Kenya to Australia were Cut Flowers ($15.5M), Coffee ($10.3M), and Fake Hair ($1.2M). During the last 5 years the exports of Kenya to Australia have increased at an annualized rate of 5.19%, from $26.4M in 2017 to $34M in 2022.

In 2017, Australia exported $168M to Kenya. The main products exported from Australia to Kenya were Wheat ($138M), Cars ($6.92M), and Petroleum Gas ($6M). During the last 5 years the exports of Australia to Kenya have increased at an annualized rate of 13.6%, from $88.9M in 2022 to $168M in 2017.

Exports from Kenya (Flag) to Australia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Australia (Flag) to Kenya (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Kenya (Flag) and Australia (Flag)

Kenya Exports

Australia Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Kenya
Top Destination
United States$722M
Australia
Top Destination
China$123B

This map shows whether countries import more from Kenya or Australia. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Kenya and Australia or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Kenya than Australia included Uganda ($677M), Rwanda ($439M), and Tanzania ($418M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Australia than Kenya included China ($123B), Japan ($80.1B), and South Korea ($41B).

Difference in imports from Australia (Flag) and Kenya (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Kenya - Australia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Kenya and Australia by product, considering products traded by both, Kenya and Australia.

During 2022, Kenya had a large net trade with Australia in the exports of Vegetable Products ($26.9M), Textiles ($2.69M), and Footwear and Headwear ($1.2M).

During 2017, Australia had a large net trade with Kenya in the exports of Vegetable Products ($139M), Transportation ($9.83M), and Mineral Products ($6.02M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Sort By
Top Product Potential Kenya Australia+$5.96MCoffee
Top Product Potential Australia Kenya+$9.35MPetroleum Gas

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Kenya and Australia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Kenya indicates it has a comparative advantage over Australia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Australia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Kenya.

Product Space of Kenya (Flag) and Australia (Flag) (2022)

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