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How much of Jordan’s trade passes through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait?

In 2024, an estimated $10.6 billion of Jordan’s trade passed through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, 46.1% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.1 billion of exports and $7.5 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, India and South Korea.

Summary

Estimated value
$10.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
46.1%
Exports
$3.1billion
Imports
$7.5billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Jordan’s estimated trade through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait rose 2% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Jordan 10.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.8 billion40.4%
1996$1.1 billion35.4%
1997$1.9 billion40.4%
1998$2 billion42.7%
1999$2 billion45.2%
2000$2.3 billion46%
2001$2.5 billion43.3%
2002$2.8 billion43.8%
2003$3 billion41.7%
2004$4.3 billion42.8%
2005$4.7 billion41.4%
2006$5.1 billion42.1%
2007$6.4 billion44.2%
2008$9 billion48.7%
2009$7 billion45.3%
2010$7.6 billion46.2%
2011$9.4 billion48.9%
2012$9.6 billion45.6%
2013$10.4 billion47.5%
2014$10.8 billion48.1%
2015$10.1 billion48.6%
2016$8.9 billion45.4%
2017$9.6 billion43.3%
2018$9.9 billion43.1%
2019$10.4 billion46.1%
2020$8.8 billion45.4%
2021$10.9 billion45.6%
2022$16.6 billion53.8%
2023$14.6 billion52.9%
2024$10.6 billion46.1%

Partners whose trade crosses it

Estimated value of its trade with each partner that crosses the chokepoint; the percentage is the share of all its trade through the chokepoint, not of the pair’s trade.

  1. Jordan–China$5 billion · 47.4%
  2. Jordan–India$2.5 billion · 23.6%
  3. Jordan–South Korea$570 million · 5.4%
  4. Jordan–Indonesia$357 million · 3.4%
  5. Jordan–Japan$317 million · 3%
  6. Jordan–Kuwait$317 million · 3%
  7. Jordan–Malaysia$182 million · 1.7%
  8. Jordan–Taiwan$179 million · 1.7%
  9. Jordan–Australia$170 million · 1.6%
  10. Jordan–Thailand$165 million · 1.6%

What crosses it

The products with the highest estimated value in 2024, with their share of the total through the chokepoint.

  1. Natural phosphates$1 billion · 9.5%
  2. Cars$676 million · 6.4%
  3. Phosphoric acid$619 million · 5.8%
  4. Other knitted fabric$406 million · 3.8%
  5. Potash fertilizers$397 million · 3.8%
  6. Refined petroleum$239 million · 2.3%
  7. Phenol derivatives$167 million · 1.6%
  8. Mixed fertilizers$167 million · 1.6%
  9. Trucks$161 million · 1.5%
  10. Knitted plush and terry fabric$142 million · 1.3%

Reference ports

Aqaba (100%)

Each port with the weight it receives from the country’s trade, based on where its GDP is generated and which coast is closest.

Other chokepoints it uses

Sources and method

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Methodology

We estimate the value crossing each chokepoint from BACI trade that travels by sea according to our mode heuristic, split between each country’s ports by where its GDP is generated and which coast is closest, and routed over our own sea network. It is an estimate, not a count of ships. It covers 99.9% of seaborne trade. The approach follows Verschuur, Lumma and Hall (Nature Communications, 2025). Data up to 2024.

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