Imports / Kenya
Kenya Imports
Kenya imports data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 21.76%.
COUNTRY: Kenya
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-18 12:15:06
GM ECONOMY RATING
Kenya · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
54 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
2.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
17.0 / 20
External stability
11.0 / 15
Financial robustness
8.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
6.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Kenya · imports data as percent of GDP.
Latest
21.76%
Previous
23.15%
Range avg.
22.14%
Rank
98
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CountryKenya
IndicatorImports
21.76%2025 · Rank 98
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Kenya recorded 21.76% for Imports in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator decreased by 1.39 percentage points, from 23.15% to 21.76%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (22.14%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 18.96% in 2020 and the high was 24.32% in 2022.
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