Summary
- Kenya → United Arab Emirates
- $754million
- United Arab Emirates → Kenya
- $2.5billion
- Kenya’s balance
- -$1.8billion
Balance
Kenya’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Kenya and the United Arab Emirates grew 9.6-fold since 1997
USD billions (current). Kenya’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.8
- Imports 2.5
- Balance -1.8
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1997 | $15 million | $327 million | -$311 million |
| 1998 | $22 million | $312 million | -$290 million |
| 1999 | $28 million | $210 million | -$182 million |
| 2000 | $34 million | $406 million | -$372 million |
| 2001 | $39 million | $561 million | -$521 million |
| 2002 | $16 million | $338 million | -$322 million |
| 2003 | $30 million | $406 million | -$376 million |
| 2004 | $30 million | $333 | $30 million |
| 2005 | $85 million | $868 million | -$783 million |
| 2006 | $69 million | $1.1 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2007 | $219 million | $1.4 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2008 | $253 million | $1.7 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2009 | $139 million | $1.2 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2010 | $238 million | $1.5 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2011 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2012 | $366 million | $1.2 billion | -$862 million |
| 2013 | $333 million | $1.4 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2014 | $120 million | $617 million | -$498 million |
| 2015 | $252 million | $1 billion | -$786 million |
| 2016 | $245 million | $987 million | -$742 million |
| 2017 | $328 million | $1.4 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2018 | $432 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2019 | $511 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2020 | $416 million | $1 billion | -$584 million |
| 2021 | $380 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2022 | $637 million | $3.5 billion | -$2.9 billion |
| 2023 | $733 million | $2.9 billion | -$2.1 billion |
| 2024 | $754 million | $2.5 billion | -$1.8 billion |
What they sell each other
What Kenya sells to the United Arab Emirates
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Arab Emirates sells to Kenya
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Mombasa and Jebel Ali is 2,501 nautical miles (4,632 km) long: ≈ 6–7.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Hormuz.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
The United Arab Emirates was Kenya’s 2nd largest trading partner (11% of its trade), and Kenya was the United Arab Emirates’ 29th (0.5%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Kenya’s trade
- 10.5%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Kenya’s partners
- 2nd
- Kenya in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 0.5%
- Kenya’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 29th
Compare with
Other partners of Kenya
Other partners of the United Arab Emirates
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.