Who does Kenya rely on?

1. China$5.6 billion · 25.1%
2. United Arab Emirates$2.5 billion · 11.3%
3. India$2.1 billion · 9.3%
4. United States$1.1 billion · 5.2%
5. Malaysia$1 billion · 4.5%
6. Japan$800 million · 3.6%
7. Russia$590 million · 2.7%
8. South Africa$568 million · 2.6%
9. Oman$532 million · 2.4%
10. Kuwait$485 million · 2.2%

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Of the 692 products Kenya buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.

and 364 more

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Largest customer: Uganda

9.8%

Concentration (HHI)

485

Concentration index (HHI): 485 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 21 customers of the same size

150 of the 344 products Kenya sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Kenya sells of that product; in 65, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 21.2% of what Kenya sells.

and 135 more

The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).

• Trade profile of Kenya
• Trade between Kenya and China
• Trade between Kenya and India
• Trade between Kenya and Uganda
• Trade between Kenya and the United Arab Emirates
• Trade between Kenya and the United States
• Dependence of Kenya on China
• Dependence of Kenya on the United Arab Emirates
• Dependence of Kenya on Malaysia
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.