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About

Nigeria-Kenya Trade: In 2022, Nigeria exported $4.46M to Kenya. The main products that Nigeria exported to Kenya were Float Glass ($972k), Brochures ($748k), and Raw Aluminium ($680k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Nigeria to Kenya have decreased at an annualized rate of 1.59%, from $4.84M in 2017 to $4.46M in 2022.

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

Kenya-Nigeria Trade: In 2022, Kenya exported $105M to Nigeria. The main products that Kenya exported to Nigeria were Other Vegetable Fibers Yarn ($24.1M), Coconut and Other Vegetable Fibers ($21.4M), and Tea ($12.1M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Kenya to Nigeria have increased at an annualized rate of 29.6%,  from $28.6M in 2017 to $105M in 2022.

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

Comparison: In 2022,  Nigeria ranked 127 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.67), and 51 in total exports ($70.7B). That same year, Kenya ranked 87 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.5), and 115 in total exports ($7.34B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Nigeria exported $4.46M to Kenya. The main products exported from Nigeria to Kenya were Float Glass ($972k), Brochures ($748k), and Raw Aluminium ($680k). During the last 5 years the exports of Nigeria to Kenya have decreased at an annualized rate of 1.59%, from $4.84M in 2017 to $4.46M in 2022.

In 2017, Kenya exported $105M to Nigeria. The main products exported from Kenya to Nigeria were Other Vegetable Fibers Yarn ($24.1M), Coconut and Other Vegetable Fibers ($21.4M), and Tea ($12.1M). During the last 5 years the exports of Kenya to Nigeria have increased at an annualized rate of 29.6%, from $28.6M in 2022 to $105M in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

Trade between Nigeria (Flag) and Kenya (Flag)

Nigeria Exports

Kenya Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Nigeria
Top Destination
Spain$9.41B
Kenya
Top Destination
United States$722M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Nigeria than Kenya included Spain ($9.41B), India ($8.2B), and France ($4.95B).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Nigeria - Kenya

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Nigeria had a large net trade with Kenya in the exports of Stone And Glass ($995k), Paper Goods ($755k), and Metals ($748k).

During 2017, Kenya had a large net trade with Nigeria in the exports of Textiles ($59.1M), Vegetable Products ($12.8M), and Animal Hides ($11.5M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Sort By
Top Product Potential Nigeria Kenya+$744kRaw Aluminium
Top Product Potential Kenya Nigeria+$2.64MTea

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 Nigeria and Kenya. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Nigeria indicates it has a comparative advantage over Kenya. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Kenya indicates it has a comparative advantage over Nigeria.

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

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