Summary
- Kenya → United States
- $834million
- United States → Kenya
- $1.1billion
- Kenya’s balance
- -$311million
Balance
Kenya’s trade balance with the United States
Trade between Kenya and the United States grew 9.3-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Kenya’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.8
- Imports 1.1
- Balance -0.3
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $104 million | $109 million | -$5 million |
| 1996 | $110 million | $97 million | $13 million |
| 1997 | $112 million | $266 million | -$154 million |
| 1998 | $120 million | $281 million | -$161 million |
| 1999 | $108 million | $201 million | -$94 million |
| 2000 | $89 million | $252 million | -$163 million |
| 2001 | $111 million | $567 million | -$456 million |
| 2002 | $192 million | $256 million | -$64 million |
| 2003 | $248 million | $275 million | -$27 million |
| 2004 | $303 million | $159 million | $144 million |
| 2005 | $419 million | $626 million | -$207 million |
| 2006 | $434 million | $425 million | $9 million |
| 2007 | $428 million | $699 million | -$270 million |
| 2008 | $407 million | $481 million | -$73 million |
| 2009 | $320 million | $663 million | -$344 million |
| 2010 | $375 million | $508 million | -$132 million |
| 2011 | $386 million | $357 million | $30 million |
| 2012 | $390 million | $404 million | -$14 million |
| 2013 | $482 million | $662 million | -$180 million |
| 2014 | $546 million | $361 million | $184 million |
| 2015 | $600 million | $1.3 billion | -$679 million |
| 2016 | $555 million | $514 million | $41 million |
| 2017 | $578 million | $571 million | $6 million |
| 2018 | $635 million | $520 million | $115 million |
| 2019 | $670 million | $591 million | $79 million |
| 2020 | $561 million | $510 million | $51 million |
| 2021 | $687 million | $837 million | -$150 million |
| 2022 | $863 million | $829 million | $34 million |
| 2023 | $799 million | $791 million | $8 million |
| 2024 | $834 million | $1.1 billion | -$311 million |
What they sell each other
What Kenya sells to the United States
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United States 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 Los Angeles is 12,034 nautical miles (22,287 km) long: ≈ 28–36 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
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 States was Kenya’s 4th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Kenya was the United States’ 88th (0%).
- The United States in Kenya’s trade
- 6.4%
- The United States’ rank among Kenya’s partners
- 4th
- Kenya in the United States’ trade
- 0%
- Kenya’s rank among the United States’ partners
- 88th
Compare with
Other partners of Kenya
Other partners of the United States
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.