Trade as a share of GDP in Kenya
Trade in goods and services was equal to 37.5% of GDP in Kenya in 2025.
Kenya, 2025
37.5%
Change from 2024
−2.5percentage points
World, 2025
68.5%
Trade as a share of GDP in Kenya over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.5% | 68.5% |
| 2024 | 40.0% | 56.7% |
| 2023 | 40.9% | 58.1% |
| 2022 | 40.3% | 62.1% |
| 2021 | 35.0% | 56.5% |
| 2020 | 30.4% | 51.9% |
| 2019 | 31.8% | 55.8% |
| 2018 | 34.4% | 57.0% |
| 2017 | 36.0% | 55.5% |
| 2016 | 34.9% | 53.8% |
| 2015 | 40.3% | 55.6% |
| 2014 | 46.2% | 58.0% |
| 2013 | 47.5% | 58.6% |
| 2012 | 51.6% | 59.3% |
| 2011 | 58.4% | 59.3% |
| 2010 | 50.4% | 56.2% |
| 2009 | 45.9% | 51.9% |
| 2008 | 57.6% | 60.3% |
| 2007 | 53.9% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | 55.2% | 58.4% |
| 2005 | 64.5% | 56.2% |
| 2004 | 59.5% | 54.2% |
| 2003 | 54.1% | 50.7% |
| 2002 | 55.2% | 49.0% |
| 2001 | 55.9% | 49.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.5 percentage points from 40.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 40.3%, the figure has changed by −2.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 68.5%.