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How much of Algeria’s trade passes through the Cape of Good Hope?

In 2024, an estimated $17.4 billion of Algeria’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 20.8% of its seaborne trade. That is $5.6 billion of exports and $11.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and India.

Summary

Estimated value
$17.4billion
Of its seaborne trade
20.8%
Exports
$5.6billion
Imports
$11.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Algeria’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 98,516% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Algeria 17.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$5 million0%
1996$3 million0%
1997$33 million0.1%
1998$10 million0.1%
1999$6 million0%
2000$11 million0%
2001$25 million0.1%
2002$9 million0%
2003$15 million0%
2004$25 million0.1%
2005$56 million0.1%
2006$114 million0.2%
2007$52 million0.1%
2008$174 million0.2%
2009$129 million0.2%
2010$150 million0.2%
2011$272 million0.2%
2012$305 million0.3%
2013$286 million0.3%
2014$182 million0.2%
2015$136 million0.2%
2016$54 million0.1%
2017$46 million0.1%
2018$16 million0%
2019$18 million0%
2020$22 million0.1%
2021$12 million0%
2022$30 million0%
2023$160 million0.2%
2024$17.4 billion20.8%

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. Algeria–China$10 billion · 57.5%
  2. Algeria–South Korea$3.3 billion · 19%
  3. Algeria–India$1.5 billion · 8.7%
  4. Algeria–Indonesia$761 million · 4.4%
  5. Algeria–New Zealand$444 million · 2.6%
  6. Algeria–Bahrain$295 million · 1.7%
  7. Algeria–Singapore$218 million · 1.3%
  8. Algeria–Japan$154 million · 0.89%
  9. Algeria–Australia$128 million · 0.74%
  10. Algeria–Hong Kong$120 million · 0.69%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$2.7 billion · 15.3%
  2. Crude petroleum$2.1 billion · 12.4%
  3. Natural gas and LPG$638 million · 3.7%
  4. Powdered and condensed milk$418 million · 2.4%
  5. Air conditioners$333 million · 1.9%
  6. Hot-rolled flat steel$292 million · 1.7%
  7. Synthetic filament fabric$259 million · 1.5%
  8. Auto parts$223 million · 1.3%
  9. Cars$214 million · 1.2%
  10. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$213 million · 1.2%

Reference ports

Algiers (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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