Kenya's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) was 26.33% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 15.75 percentage points from 42.08% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 26.33% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 25.84% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 42.08% | 2015 |
| Highest | 50.59% | 1976 |
| Lowest | 19.72% | 1989 |
| Average since 2016 | 31.22% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 44.83% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Kenya's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.85 percentage points on 2024 (from 27.18% to 26.33%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.47 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 18.69 percentage points in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.97 percentage points in 1977. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.33 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 65% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Kenya had the 35th highest value of the 134 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 26.33% | 2025 |
| World | 15.43% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.9% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 10.98% | 2025 |
Closest to Kenya in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Transport services covers the process of carriage of people and objects from one location to another as well as related supporting and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 51 values
| Year | Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.33 |
| 2024 | 27.18 |
| 2023 | 26.84 |
| 2022 | 30.56 |
| 2021 | 28.62 |
| 2020 | 25.84 |
| 2019 | 38.94 |
| 2018 | 35.76 |
| 2017 | 34.92 |
| 2016 | 37.23 |
| 2015 |
Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 22.55% (2025)
- Benin — 27.94% (2023)
- Botswana — 8.43% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 14.63% (2024)
- Burundi — 4.13% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 10.81% (2025)
- Cameroon — 34.41% (2024)
- Comoros — 6.32% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 43.69% (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 33.19% (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for Kenya
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$15.24 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.97 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$14.8 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 1.51 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 11.21% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$104.6 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 13.52 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Kenya's transport services (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 26.33% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is down 18.5 percentage points from 44.83% in 1975. The highest value was 50.59% in 1976 and the lowest 19.72% in 1989.
- How does Kenya rank?
- 35th highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in transport services (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Kenya?
- In 2025, Kenya's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.85 percentage points on 2024 (from 27.18% to 26.33%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.47 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.TRAN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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