How much of Azerbaijan’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. Azerbaijan–China$2.6 billion · 49.9%
2. Azerbaijan–India$792 million · 15.4%
3. Azerbaijan–Turkmenistan$324 million · 6.3%
4. Azerbaijan–Japan$286 million · 5.5%
5. Azerbaijan–South Korea$281 million · 5.5%
6. Azerbaijan–Thailand$276 million · 5.3%
7. Azerbaijan–Indonesia$219 million · 4.3%
8. Azerbaijan–Vietnam$96 million · 1.9%
9. Azerbaijan–Sri Lanka$53 million · 1%
10. Azerbaijan–Singapore$50 million · 0.97%

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

1. Crude petroleum$1.2 billion · 22.6%
2. Cars$807 million · 15.7%
3. Refined petroleum$179 million · 3.5%
4. Coated flat steel$82 million · 1.6%
5. Seamless steel pipes$78 million · 1.5%
6. Air conditioners$73 million · 1.4%
7. Palm oil$70 million · 1.4%
8. New tires$70 million · 1.4%
9. Bulldozers and excavators$69 million · 1.3%
10. Auto parts$56 million · 1.1%

Batumi (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
• Azerbaijan trade

Other chokepoints it uses

• Turkish Straits (Bosporus and Dardanelles) · 92%
• Strait of Gibraltar · 41%
• Strait of Malacca and Singapore · 15%
• Strait of Dover · 15%

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.