Kenya
Republic of Kenya
- Region
- Africa · Eastern Africa
- Capital
- Nairobi
- Population
- 57,532,493 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- Kenyan shilling (KES)
- Official languages
- English, Swahili
- Spoken languages
- English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 580,367 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, COMESA, EAC, IMF, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Ethiopia , Somalia , South Sudan , Tanzania , Uganda
Political stability
43 / 100
Economic stability
45 / 100
Population stability
60 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- tea, cut flowers, garments, gold, tropical fruits (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, palm oil, wheat, plastics, garments (2023)
- Natural resources
- limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower
- Luxury goods
- specialty coffee and tea
- Primary route
- Indian Ocean gateways (Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti) to Asia and the Gulf
- Secondary route
- Suez corridor to Europe
The xin.bz view
- Northeastern Kenya carries roughly a 90% probability of wetter-than-normal October–December conditions — recovery value for pasture and reservoirs that depends on roads, bridges, and storage keeping pace with the water.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño Is Splitting Africa's Water Map — Just as the World Turns to the Continent for Food, Fertilizer, Fuel and Critical Minerals
A wetter Horn and a drier south, Southern Africa's grain and Kariba buffers, cocoa's port squeeze, Moroccan phosphate and Nigerian fuel as global substitutes, and the corridors that turn African resources into accessible supply.
Africa Is Building a Continental Trade System in Real Time: AfCFTA Moves From Treaty to Customs Gates, Payment Rails and Freight Corridors
AfCFTA's implementation era in 2026 — customs modernization, PAPSS payment expansion, the Abidjan-Lagos and Lobito corridors, and the regional manufacturing buildout reshaping intra-African trade.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.