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Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Kenya

Imports (% of GDP) in Kenya in 2025 — 21.76%. Ranked 119 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 11.91 pp.

2025 21.76% −1.39 pp vs 2024
World rank 119of 138
Period maximum 40.9%1974
Period minimum 18.96%2020

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Kenya, 1960–2025102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 33.67%1962: 30.13%1964: 29.21%1966: 30.87%1968: 29.3%1970: 30.66%1972: 28.73%1974: 40.9%1976: 31.76%1978: 38.69%1980: 35.9%1982: 31.56%1984: 32.05%1986: 29.89%1988: 27.6%1990: 31.33%1992: 26.67%1994: 34.23%1996: 32.11%1998: 28.73%2000: 31.72%2002: 30.27%2004: 32.87%2006: 32.25%2008: 34.9%2010: 30.27%2012: 31.76%2014: 29.7%2016: 21.62%2018: 21.87%2020: 18.96%2022: 24.32%2024: 23.15%2025: 21.76%
Change over the period: −11.91 pp Annual average: -0.18 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kenya

Kenya 21.76%
World 28.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa 27.88%
Eastern Africa computed 28.92%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 32.16%
Imports (% of GDP) — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 21.76 −1.39 pp
2024 23.15 −1.07 pp
2023 24.22 −0.1 pp
2022 24.32 +2.43 pp
2021 21.89 +2.93 pp
2020 18.96 −1.37 pp
2019 20.33 −1.54 pp
2018 21.87 −1.39 pp
2017 23.26 +1.64 pp
2016 21.62 −3.58 pp
2015 25.2 −4.5 pp
2014 29.7 +0.03 pp
2013 29.67 −2.09 pp
2012 31.76 −5.09 pp
2011 36.85 +6.58 pp
2010 30.27 +3.1 pp
2009 27.17 −7.73 pp
2008 34.9 +2.93 pp
2007 31.98 −0.28 pp
2006 32.25 −3.72 pp
2005 35.97 +3.1 pp
2004 32.87 +2.82 pp
2003 30.05 −0.23 pp
2002 30.27 −2.74 pp
2001 33.02 +1.29 pp
2000 31.72 +4.36 pp
1999 27.36 −1.37 pp
1998 28.73 −2.64 pp
1997 31.37 −0.74 pp
1996 32.11 −7.04 pp
1995 39.15 +4.93 pp
1994 34.23 +0.27 pp
1993 33.95 +7.28 pp
1992 26.67 −1.89 pp
1991 28.56 −2.77 pp
1990 31.33 +1.2 pp
1989 30.12 +2.52 pp
1988 27.6 +1.21 pp
1987 26.4 −3.5 pp
1986 29.89 −0.25 pp
1985 30.15 −1.91 pp
1984 32.05 +3.84 pp
1983 28.21 −3.35 pp
1982 31.56 −2.26 pp
1981 33.82 −2.08 pp
1980 35.9 +4.29 pp
1979 31.61 −7.08 pp
1978 38.69 +7.09 pp
1977 31.59 −0.16 pp
1976 31.76 −2.76 pp
1975 34.51 −6.39 pp
1974 40.9 +12.23 pp
1973 28.67 −0.06 pp
1972 28.73 −6.46 pp
1971 35.19 +4.53 pp
1970 30.66 +2.58 pp
1969 28.09 −1.21 pp
1968 29.3 −0.08 pp
1967 29.37 −1.5 pp
1966 30.87 +0.18 pp
1965 30.7 +1.48 pp
1964 29.21 +0.25 pp
1963 28.96 −1.16 pp
1962 30.13 −1 pp
1961 31.13 −2.54 pp
1960 33.67 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SO Somalia 98.81 DJ Djibouti 95.8 SC Seychelles 92.67 MU Mauritius 74.91 MZ Mozambique 55.72 RW Rwanda 35.12 MG Madagascar 32.91 KM Comoros 31.59 UG Uganda 28.76 MW Malawi 28.75 KE Kenya 21.76 ET Ethiopia 20.18 TZ Tanzania 19.99
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About the indicator

Imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy depends on supplies from abroad. High values are typical both of small open economies and of countries embedded in global supply chains, where imported components are processed and shipped back out.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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