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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · KENYA

What Kenya Trades

In 2023, Kenya sold about $7.2B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $18.6B in return. Its biggest customer was Uganda ($897M, 13% of exports); its biggest supplier, China ($3.3B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$7.2B
GOODS IMPORTED$18.6B
TOP PARTNERUganda

Where Kenya sends its goods

Kenya’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1Uganda12.5%$897M
2Pakistan7.9%$563M
3Netherlands7.6%$544M
4Tanzania6.8%$488M
5United States6.4%$459M
7United Kingdom5.5%$390M
8Rwanda4.2%$302M
9South Sudan3.2%$227M
10Egypt, Arab Rep.3.1%$223M
11China2.9%$207M
12Congo, Dem. Rep.2.6%$189M
13Somalia, Fed. Rep.2.2%$154M
14Saudi Arabia1.8%$129M
15Germany1.6%$114M
16France1.6%$113M
17Ethiopia1.6%$112M
18India1.1%$75M
19Zambia1.0%$69M
20Burundi1.0%$69M
21Yemen, Rep.0.9%$63M
22Spain0.9%$63M
23Japan0.9%$63M
24Kazakhstan0.8%$60M
25Belgium0.8%$55M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 99.1% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Kenya buys its goods

Kenya’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1China17.6%$3.3B
3India10.3%$1.9B
4Saudi Arabia5.6%$1.0B
5Malaysia4.6%$860M
6United States4.3%$807M
7Japan3.7%$695M
8Russian Federation3.2%$590M
9South Africa2.9%$548M
10Egypt, Arab Rep.1.9%$354M
11Netherlands1.7%$312M
12Tanzania1.7%$307M
13Indonesia1.6%$294M
14Uganda1.5%$288M
15Germany1.5%$285M
16United Kingdom1.5%$281M
17France1.4%$264M
18Oman1.2%$227M
19Brazil1.2%$226M
20Turkiye1.1%$204M
21Korea, Rep.1.1%$201M
22Pakistan1.0%$185M
23Singapore0.9%$160M
24Italy0.8%$156M
25Thailand0.7%$139M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 99.4% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.