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

In 2024, an estimated $2.4 billion of Burkina Faso’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 45.9% of its seaborne trade. That is $349 million of exports and $2.1 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, India and Russia.

Summary

Estimated value
$2.4billion
Of its seaborne trade
45.9%
Exports
$349million
Imports
$2.1billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Burkina Faso’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 48% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Burkina Faso 2.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$116 million26.1%
1996$154 million28.6%
1997$202 million27.2%
1998$228 million24.9%
1999$232 million30%
2000$192 million25.4%
2001$220 million28.4%
2002$175 million26.2%
2003$222 million31.2%
2004$347 million37.6%
2005$472 million38.1%
2006$548 million38.1%
2007$713 million39.3%
2008$893 million44.4%
2009$857 million41.3%
2010$841 million39.7%
2011$1.2 billion42.6%
2012$1.2 billion37.9%
2013$1.6 billion43.6%
2014$1.4 billion41.5%
2015$1.4 billion43.7%
2016$1.5 billion43.3%
2017$1.8 billion44.3%
2018$2 billion48.2%
2019$1.6 billion41.9%
2020$1.5 billion40.8%
2021$1.9 billion41.1%
2022$2.1 billion39.4%
2023$1.9 billion41.3%
2024$2.4 billion45.9%

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. Burkina Faso–China$1.1 billion · 45.5%
  2. Burkina Faso–India$427 million · 17.7%
  3. Burkina Faso–Russia$203 million · 8.4%
  4. Burkina Faso–Japan$131 million · 5.4%
  5. Burkina Faso–United Arab Emirates$96 million · 4%
  6. Burkina Faso–Thailand$86 million · 3.6%
  7. Burkina Faso–Vietnam$84 million · 3.5%
  8. Burkina Faso–South Korea$57 million · 2.3%
  9. Burkina Faso–Singapore$48 million · 2%
  10. Burkina Faso–South Africa$45 million · 1.9%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$274 million · 11.4%
  2. Rice$153 million · 6.3%
  3. Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews$117 million · 4.9%
  4. Flashlights and portable lamps$94 million · 3.9%
  5. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$88 million · 3.7%
  6. Raw cotton$87 million · 3.6%
  7. Motorcycles$84 million · 3.5%
  8. Other oilseeds$81 million · 3.4%
  9. Trucks$72 million · 3%
  10. Cars$72 million · 3%

Reference ports

Abidjan (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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