Kenya's total Exports in 2023 were valued at US$7.16 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Kenya's main export partners were: Uganda, Pakistan and the Netherlands. The top three export commodities were: Coffee, tea, mate and spices; Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers and Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products. Total Imports were valued at US$18.60 Billion. In 2023, Kenya had a trade deficit of US$11.45 Billion.

Exports in Kenya increased to 97126 KES Million in July from 85214 KES Million in June of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Kenya Exports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Key information about Kenya Total Exports

• Kenya Total Exports recorded 623.7 USD mn in Dec 2024, compared with 664.0 USD mn in the previous month
• Kenya Total Exports data is updated monthly, available from Aug 1998 to Dec 2024, with an averaged value of 453.3 USD mn
• The data reached an all-time high of 747.4 USD mn in Jul 2024 and a record low of 126.9 USD mn in Oct 1999

• In the latest reports, Kenya Total Exports dropped 3.4 % YoY in Nov 2024
• Total Imports recorded 1.7 USD bn in Dec 2024, which registered a decrease of 12.1 % year on year
• Kenya Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 1.1 USD bn in Dec 2024

In 2023, the value of exports in Kenya was estimated at roughly 906 billion Kenyan shillings (KSh) (approximately seven billion U.S. dollars). The value increased by nearly 16.3 percent compared to 2022, when it was measured at around 780 billion KSh (approximately six billion U.S. dollars).

Kenya Exports to United States was US$458.58 Million during 2023, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Kenya Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on October of 2025.

Kenya KE: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures data was reported at 36.855 % in 2013. This records an increase from the previous number of 34.666 % for 2010. Kenya KE: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures data is updated yearly, averaging 23.638 % from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2013, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.262 % in 2007 and a record low of 9.913 % in 1984. Kenya KE: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Key information about Kenya Exports: ICT Goods

• Kenya Exports: ICT Goods was reported at 19,755.471 USD th in Dec 2021
• This records an increase from the previous number of 18,381.711 USD th for Dec 2020
• Kenya Exports: ICT Goods data is updated yearly, averaging 20,430.155 USD th from Dec 2000 to 2021, with 19 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 90,104.058 USD th in 2016 and a record low of 597.211 USD th in 2000
• Kenya Exports: ICT Goods data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Electronic Sector – Table RF.UNCTAD.ICT: ICT Goods: Total: Export Value

Kenya KE: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Agricultural Raw Materials data was reported at 12.186 % in 2013. This records an increase from the previous number of 10.932 % for 2010. Kenya KE: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Agricultural Raw Materials data is updated yearly, averaging 7.938 % from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2013, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.880 % in 2004 and a record low of 5.584 % in 1990. Kenya KE: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Agricultural Raw Materials data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Germany Exports: Kenya data was reported at 15,286.000 EUR th in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 19,132.000 EUR th for Jan 2025. Germany Exports: Kenya data is updated monthly, averaging 19,826.500 EUR th from Jan 2000 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 302 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57,224.000 EUR th in Mar 2019 and a record low of 6,037.000 EUR th in Aug 2003. Germany Exports: Kenya data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistisches Bundesamt. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.JA005: Trade Statistics: By Country.

Pakistan Exports to Kenya was US$421.69 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Pakistan Exports to Kenya - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.

Turkey Exports: Kenya data was reported at 19,744.332 USD th in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 20,417.897 USD th for Feb 2025. Turkey Exports: Kenya data is updated monthly, averaging 16,503.378 USD th from Jan 2013 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 147 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 94,682.782 USD th in Dec 2021 and a record low of 6,986.744 USD th in Feb 2013. Turkey Exports: Kenya data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Turkish Statistical Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.JA006: General Trade System: Exports: by Country.

Kenya KE: Exports: Goods data was reported at 5.748 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.695 USD bn for 2016. Kenya KE: Exports: Goods data is updated yearly, averaging 1.162 USD bn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.127 USD bn in 2012 and a record low of 112.300 USD mn in 1960. Kenya KE: Exports: Goods data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Trade Organization.; Gap-filled total;

Kenya KE: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Transport data was reported at 42.876 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 46.174 % for 2016. Kenya KE: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Transport data is updated yearly, averaging 48.363 % from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 59.494 % in 2002 and a record low of 29.105 % in 1989. Kenya KE: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Transport data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank: Exports. Transport services (% of commercial service exports) covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, space, and pipeline) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Excluded are freight insurance, which is included in insurance services; goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers and repairs of transport equipment, which are included in goods; repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities, which are included in construction services; and rental of carriers without crew, which is included in other services.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted average;

Kenya KE: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Food data was reported at 46.222 % in 2013. This records a decrease from the previous number of 47.920 % for 2010. Kenya KE: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Food data is updated yearly, averaging 53.253 % from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2013, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 70.315 % in 1986 and a record low of 31.815 % in 2002. Kenya KE: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Food data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Kenya KE: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: The Arab World data was reported at 15.025 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 13.855 % for 2015. Kenya KE: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: The Arab World data is updated yearly, averaging 7.751 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27.231 % in 1992 and a record low of 2.289 % in 1970. Kenya KE: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: The Arab World data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Exports. 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Kenya KE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data was reported at 5.263 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.856 % for 2015. Kenya KE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data is updated yearly, averaging 3.061 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.196 % in 2000 and a record low of 0.611 % in 1961. Kenya KE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Exports. 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Kenya KE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Europe & Central Asia data was reported at 2.611 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.750 % for 2015. Kenya KE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Europe & Central Asia data is updated yearly, averaging 0.258 % from Dec 1962 (Median) to 2016, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.750 % in 2015 and a record low of 0.018 % in 1972. Kenya KE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Europe & Central Asia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Exports. 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

China Exports to Kenya was US$8.58 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. China Exports to Kenya - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on October of 2025.

Kenya KE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Sub-Saharan Africa data was reported at 36.508 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 38.208 % for 2015. Kenya KE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Sub-Saharan Africa data is updated yearly, averaging 33.639 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 43.906 % in 2001 and a record low of 8.113 % in 1960. Kenya KE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Sub-Saharan Africa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Exports. 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

India Exports to Kenya was US$3.07 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. India Exports to Kenya - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on October of 2025.