Import unit values, Mean, US dollar in Kenya
Kenya: Import unit values, Mean, US dollar was 0.7729 in 2014. βΌ Falling
Import unit values, Mean, US dollar in Kenya, 1963β2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2014, import unit values, mean, us dollar in Kenya stood at 0.7729.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import unit values, mean, us dollar in Kenya peaked at 1.01 in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.6473, in 1993.
That places Kenya 138th out of 166 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9581 | 0.8994 | 1.01 | 7 |
| 1970s | 0.91 | 0.8426 | 0.9575 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8069 | 0.7588 | 0.8823 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6995 | 0.6473 | 0.7765 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7611 | 0.6804 | 0.8348 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7516 | 0.7355 | 0.7729 | 5 |
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- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 100.02 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 99.45 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 97.73 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 69.03 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 0.3618 (2023)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar 64.46 million (2023)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar 391.48 million (2023)
- Trade balance in low carbon technology products, US dollar -327.02 million (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import unit values, mean, us dollar in Kenya?
- Import unit values, mean, us dollar in Kenya was 0.7729 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest import unit values, mean, us dollar recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 in 1965.
- What is the lowest import unit values, mean, us dollar recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6473 in 1993.
- How does Kenya rank for import unit values, mean, us dollar?
- Kenya ranks 138th out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is import unit values, mean, us dollar rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Import unit values, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.