East Africa
Kenya
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Kenya's #4 import source (world lens). Kenya is the EU's #97 goods supplier.
Kenya on the world stage
Total imports
$20.2bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$8.3bn
188 partners
#1 import source
China
21.3%
#1 export dest.
Uganda
11.3%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Kenya and the EU
EU imports from
€1.5bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€1.6bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #97 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.02
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
58
EUR/MWh
Consumer
90
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
89
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
90%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Single buyer (KPLC)
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA)
A geothermal-led system (47% of generation, world-class Olkaria field) where KPLC's take-or-pay IPP contracts create excess capacity charges while industrial tariffs remain high, and the single-buyer model limits…
Tracked infrastructure
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
19.8
→ 26.3 by 2050
Fertility
3.17
above replacement
Working-age
60.2%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
4.9
→ 8.6 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 56.4M · peaks 2098
By 2050: +48% (83.6M)