Foreign trade as a share of GDP fell 5.61% to 30.3% in Kenya in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Kenya reached an all time high of 74.6% in 1974 and an all time low of 27.2% in 2020. When compared to Kenya's main peers, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Ethiopia amounted to 17.3%, 94.4% in Somalia, 41.5% in Tanzania and 41.5% in Uganda in 2024.
Kenya has been ranked 123rd within the group of 130 countries we follow in terms of foreign trade as a share of GDP, 23 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Trade (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 69.9% | 55.2% | 58.5% | 80.5% | 93.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 300% | 321% | 226% | 263% | 302% | |||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 31.2% | 28.8% | 24.0% | 24.3% | 26.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 34.4% | 31.8% | 27.2% | 30.8% | 33.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 125% | 106% | 99.9% | 112% | 135% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 55.8% | 58.0% | 55.2% | 54.3% | 61.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 73.8% | 70.3% | 75.7% | 79.1% | 90.8% | ||||||||
| South Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Sudan | % | 21.9% | 26.1% | 9.96% | 4.13% | 2.70% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 32.6% | 33.0% | 28.0% | 29.9% | 35.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 36.6% | 39.4% | 37.0% | 41.7% | 34.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 56.1% | 55.0% | 50.9% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 74.9% | 68.8% | 79.2% | 86.2% | 69.3% | ... |
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