EAC market intelligence
Eight markets, one customs union: the figures that matter for trade.
Economy, trade flows, top partners and products, open tenders and sellers for each partner state, from the World Bank and UN Comtrade, updated automatically.
- $423.8 bncombined GDP
- 353 mpeople
- $9.3 bnexports between partner states (latest year reported, 2023–2025)
- 99open World Bank–financed tenders
- KE KenyaNairobi · KES · EAC member since 2000 $135.9 bnGDP 4.6 %GDP growth $8.6 bnExports
- TZ TanzaniaDodoma · TZS · EAC member since 2000 $90.1 bnGDP 5.9 %GDP growth $10.1 bnExports
- UG UgandaKampala · UGX · EAC member since 2000 $62.0 bnGDP 6.3 %GDP growth $12.8 bnExports
- RW RwandaKigali · RWF · EAC member since 2007 $16.4 bnGDP 9.4 %GDP growth $2.2 bnExports
- BI BurundiGitega · BIF · EAC member since 2007 $3.4 bnGDP 4.2 %GDP growth $169.5 mExports
- CD DR CongoKinshasa · CDF · EAC member since 2022 $91.0 bnGDP 5.8 %GDP growth $37.4 bnExports
- SO SomaliaMogadishu · SOS · EAC member since 2024 $13.0 bnGDP 3.0 %GDP growth —Exports
- SS South SudanJuba · SSP · EAC member since 2016 $12.0 bnGDP —GDP growth $3.3 bnExports
Compare
The eight partner states side by side
| Country | GDP | GDP growth | Population | GDP per capita | Inflation | Exports | Imports | Exports to the EAC | Open tenders |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | $135.9 bn 2025 | 4.6 % | 57.5 m | $2,363 | 4.1 % | $8.6 bn 2025 | $21.7 bn | 31.3 % | 14 |
| Tanzania | $90.1 bn 2025 | 5.9 % | 70.5 m | $1,319 | 3.3 % | $10.1 bn 2025 | $16.2 bn | 12.5 % | 8 |
| Uganda | $62.0 bn 2025 | 6.3 % | 51.4 m | $1,206 | 3.6 % | $12.8 bn 2025 | $18.9 bn | 19.6 % | 12 |
| Rwanda | $16.4 bn 2025 | 9.4 % | 14.6 m | $1,124 | 5.9 % | $2.2 bn 2025 | $5.4 bn | 43.6 % | 1 |
| Burundi | $3.4 bn 2025 | 4.2 % | 14.4 m | $234 | 34.1 % | $169.5 m 2023 | $1.2 bn | 41.0 % | 27 |
| DR Congo | $91.0 bn 2025 | 5.8 % | 112.8 m | $807 | — | $37.4 bn 2024 | $13.6 bn | 4.7 % | 35 |
| Somalia | $13.0 bn 2025 | 3.0 % | 19.7 m | $661 | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| South Sudan | $12.0 bn 2015 | — | 12.2 m | — | 91.4 % | $3.3 bn 2025 | $868.1 m | 0.7 % | 2 |
GDP, growth, population, GDP per capita and inflation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, latest year available. Exports and imports of goods: UN Comtrade, as reported by each country. "Exports to the EAC" is the share of goods exports sent to the other partner states.
Intra-EAC trade
Who sells to whom inside the community
| Exporting country | KE | TZ | UG | RW | BI | CD | SO | SS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | $486 m | $1 bn | $335 m | $75 m | $287 m | $106 m | $165 m | |
| Tanzania | $419 m | $166 m | $252 m | $135 m | $286 m | $1 m | $6 m | |
| Uganda | $676 m | $202 m | $364 m | $77 m | $661 m | $9 m | $524 m | |
| Rwanda | $10 m | $5 m | $39 m | $26 m | $877 m | $425 k | $11 m | |
| Burundi | $6 m | $6 m | $5 m | $5 m | $46 m | $268 k | — | |
| DR Congo | $45 m | $2 bn | $7 m | $19 m | $17 m | $160 k | — | |
| Somalia | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | |
| South Sudan | $2 m | $138 k | $22 m | $8,917 | — | — | — |
Source: UN Comtrade, exports as reported by the exporting country. n/r: the country has not reported its trade for the last three years.