High income vs Kenya: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- High income
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 50.8% against 8.8% in High income, a difference of 42.0%.
That makes Kenya's figure about 5.8 times High income's.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
High income ranks 39th and Kenya ranks 36th of 46 groups.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.4% | 58.7% | 47.2% | Kenya |
| 1980s | 10.6% | 57.6% | 47.0% | Kenya |
| 1990s | 8.2% | 53.9% | 45.7% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 6.4% | 45.5% | 39.2% | Kenya |
| 2010s | 7.9% | 46.7% | 38.8% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 48.9% | 40.5% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, High income or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 50.8% against 8.8% in High income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between High income and Kenya?
- 42.0%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Kenya?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
- How do High income and Kenya rank globally for food exports?
- High income ranks 39th and Kenya ranks 36th of 46 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Food exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Food comprises the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.