Kenya vs OECD members: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Kenya
- OECD members
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 50.8% against 9.6% in OECD members, a difference of 41.2%.
That makes Kenya's figure about 5.3 times OECD members's.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 36th and OECD members ranks 34th of 196 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | OECD members | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 58.7% | 14.1% | 44.5% | Kenya |
| 1980s | 57.6% | 11.9% | 45.7% | Kenya |
| 1990s | 53.9% | 9.3% | 44.6% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 45.5% | 7.3% | 38.2% | Kenya |
| 2010s | 46.7% | 8.7% | 38.0% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 48.9% | 9.3% | 39.6% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Kenya or OECD members?
- Kenya, at 50.8% against 9.6% in OECD members as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Kenya and OECD members?
- 41.2%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and OECD members?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and OECD members rank globally for food exports?
- Kenya ranks 36th and OECD members ranks 34th of 196 countries.
- 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.