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Kenya – Trade Openness

Name: Kenya Trade Openness
Creator: World Bank
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Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a share of GDP. Higher values indicate greater integration with the global economy. · World Bank

40.19% −0.93% from 2023 G20 rank: 16th · all-time high: 74.57% (1974)

Kenya's trade openness was 40.19% in 2024, a decrease of +0.93% from 41.11% in 2023. This ranked 16th in the G20. The all-time high was 74.57% in 1974.

APA

Kenya Trade Openness. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 12, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/kenya/trade-openness

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_kenya_trade-openness,
  title = {Kenya Trade Openness},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/kenya/trade-openness},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Kenya Trade Openness – Historical Data
Year	Value	Change	Rank
2027* trend	50.24%	–	–
2026* trend	47.67%	–	–
2025* trend	45.10%	–	–
2024	40.19%	−0.93%	16th
2023	41.11%	+0.84%	19th
2022	40.28%	+5.27%	14th
2021	35.00%	+4.60%	9th
2020	30.40%	−1.36%	8th
2019	31.76%	−2.66%	7th
2018	34.41%	−1.58%	9th
2017	36.00%	+1.13%	11th
2016	34.87%	−5.46%	13th
2015	40.33%	−5.84%	17th
2014	46.17%	−1.29%	23rd
2013	47.46%	−4.16%	26th
2012	51.62%	−6.78%	30th
2011	58.40%	+8.01%	45th
2010	50.39%	+4.45%	33rd
2009	45.95%	−11.63%	28th
2008	57.58%	+3.68%	38th
2007	53.89%	−1.34%	32nd
2006	55.24%	−9.24%	39th
2005	64.48%	+5.00%	59th
2004	59.48%	+5.34%	52nd
2003	54.13%	−1.04%	49th
2002	55.17%	−0.77%	51st
2001	55.95%	+2.64%	52nd
2000	53.31%	+5.12%	49th
1999	48.19%	−0.70%	43rd
1998	48.90%	−5.16%	47th
1997	54.06%	−3.25%	57th
1996	57.31%	−14.43%	66th
1995	71.75%	+0.48%	91st
1994	71.27%	−1.59%	93rd
1993	72.86%	+19.93%	94th
1992	52.93%	−2.67%	61st
1991	55.60%	−1.42%	69th
1990	57.02%	+3.86%	69th
1989	53.16%	+3.18%	60th
1988	49.97%	+2.27%	57th
1987	47.70%	−8.04%	52nd
1986	55.74%	+0.30%	66th
1985	55.45%	−3.36%	58th
1984	58.80%	+4.64%	58th
1983	54.16%	−4.05%	53rd
1982	58.22%	−6.06%	58th
1981	64.28%	−1.14%	61st
1980	65.42%	+8.05%	62nd
1979	57.36%	−10.26%	54th
1978	67.62%	+1.07%	65th
1977	66.55%	+2.35%	63rd
1976	64.21%	−0.13%	64th
1975	64.34%	−10.24%	63rd
1974	74.57%	+18.51%	69th
1973	56.06%	+0.75%	61st
1972	55.31%	−8.51%	62nd
1971	63.83%	+3.34%	68th
1970	60.49%	+2.87%	68th
1969	57.62%	−1.08%	54th
1968	58.70%	+0.86%	54th
1967	57.84%	−5.45%	55th
1966	63.28%	+1.19%	55th
1965	62.09%	−0.51%	54th
1964	62.60%	+1.61%	52nd
1963	61.00%	−1.17%	50th
1962	62.16%	−1.68%	50th
1961	63.85%	−0.92%	51st
1960	64.77%	–	48th

Show all years (1960–2024)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Fiscal Dominance Trap

Government debt exceeding 80% of GDP with real interest rates negative and inflation above 10%. Monetary policy effectiveness impaired by fiscal pressures.

Inflation 26.2% Real rate -1.0%

This pattern occurred 329 times in G20 history, 239 successful

Angola 2024

Inflation

28.2%

Real rate

-4.2%

Argentina 2024

Inflation

219.9%

Real rate

-47.4%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2024

Inflation

28.3%

Real rate

-7.0%

South Sudan 2024

Inflation

91.4%

Real rate

-26.9%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

Real rate

-0.9%

Argentina 2023

Inflation

133.5%

Real rate

-17.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Kenya matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically, 73% of countries showing this pattern (239 out of 329) saw trade openness improve within 24 months. View full analysis →