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

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. Austria–China$11.4 billion · 48%
2. Austria–Japan$2 billion · 8.5%
3. Austria–India$1.7 billion · 7%
4. Austria–South Korea$1.3 billion · 5.4%
5. Austria–Bangladesh$1 billion · 4.3%
6. Austria–Australia$786 million · 3.3%
7. Austria–South Africa$606 million · 2.6%
8. Austria–Thailand$565 million · 2.4%
9. Austria–Vietnam$563 million · 2.4%
10. Austria–United Arab Emirates$551 million · 2.3%

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

1. Cars$2.6 billion · 11.1%
2. Batteries$509 million · 2.2%
3. Transformers and power supplies$466 million · 2%
4. Auto parts$439 million · 1.9%
5. Artificial staple fiber (viscose)$357 million · 1.5%
6. T-shirts$319 million · 1.4%
7. Motorcycles$304 million · 1.3%
8. Sweaters and pullovers$301 million · 1.3%
9. Metal hardware and fittings$296 million · 1.3%
10. Other plastic articles$289 million · 1.2%

Koper (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.

• See Cape of Good Hope
• Austria trade

Other chokepoints it uses

• Strait of Gibraltar · 64%
• Strait of Dover · 25%
• Strait of Malacca and Singapore · 16%
• Turkish Straits (Bosporus and Dardanelles) · 11%
• Øresund · 11%

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
• World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
• Natural Earth · Public domain
• Kummu et al., gridded GDP · CC BY 4.0 (split between ports done by this site)

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.