Costa Rica vs Kenya: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), gaps

Costa Rica
22.46 billion current US$
in 2023
Kenya
18.59 billion current US$
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
79th
Kenya rank
81st

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), gaps over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 22.46 billion current US$ against 18.59 billion current US$ in Kenya, a difference of 3.87 billion current US$.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kenya ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 79th and Kenya ranks 81st of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Kenya in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Kenya Difference Ahead
1960s 152.73 million current US$ 256.95 million current US$ 104.22 million current US$ Kenya
1970s 681.09 million current US$ 922.17 million current US$ 241.07 million current US$ Kenya
1980s 1.21 billion current US$ 1.75 billion current US$ 540.14 million current US$ Kenya
1990s 3.14 billion current US$ 2.42 billion current US$ 714.29 million current US$ Costa Rica
2000s 8.83 billion current US$ 5.77 billion current US$ 3.06 billion current US$ Costa Rica
2010s 15.85 billion current US$ 15.76 billion current US$ 94.05 million current US$ Costa Rica
2020s 18.94 billion current US$ 18.68 billion current US$ 257.93 million current US$ Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), gaps, Costa Rica or Kenya?
Costa Rica, at 22.46 billion current US$ against 18.59 billion current US$ in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), gaps between Costa Rica and Kenya?
3.87 billion current US$, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kenya?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Kenya rank globally for merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), gaps?
Costa Rica ranks 79th and Kenya ranks 81st of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), gaps filled
Unit
current US$
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
253 places, 13,570 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) with 55 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.