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How much of Côte d'Ivoire’s trade passes through the Cape of Good Hope?

In 2024, an estimated $9.6 billion of Côte d'Ivoire’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 28.8% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.9 billion of exports and $5.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, India and Vietnam.

Summary

Estimated value
$9.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
28.8%
Exports
$3.9billion
Imports
$5.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Côte d'Ivoire’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 60% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Côte d'Ivoire 9.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$725 million10.8%
1996$755 million10.3%
1997$747 million10.6%
1998$896 million11.9%
1999$907 million12.2%
2000$807 million12.5%
2001$798 million12.3%
2002$1.4 billion18.9%
2003$1.1 billion12.3%
2004$1.2 billion11.7%
2005$1.3 billion11.6%
2006$1.6 billion13.1%
2007$2 billion14.3%
2008$2.4 billion14.4%
2009$2.4 billion15.9%
2010$2.7 billion16.5%
2011$3 billion17.4%
2012$3.7 billion19.4%
2013$4.2 billion17.8%
2014$5.1 billion23%
2015$5.1 billion23.4%
2016$4.8 billion25%
2017$5.3 billion24.6%
2018$6.1 billion27.9%
2019$6 billion27.7%
2020$6.1 billion28.7%
2021$7.9 billion30.8%
2022$9.2 billion30.5%
2023$9.3 billion28.8%
2024$9.6 billion28.8%

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. Côte d'Ivoire–China$3.7 billion · 38.7%
  2. Côte d'Ivoire–India$1.3 billion · 13.7%
  3. Côte d'Ivoire–Vietnam$1.2 billion · 12.9%
  4. Côte d'Ivoire–Malaysia$1 billion · 10.9%
  5. Côte d'Ivoire–South Korea$305 million · 3.2%
  6. Côte d'Ivoire–Japan$293 million · 3.1%
  7. Côte d'Ivoire–Thailand$271 million · 2.8%
  8. Côte d'Ivoire–Pakistan$265 million · 2.8%
  9. Côte d'Ivoire–Indonesia$254 million · 2.7%
  10. Côte d'Ivoire–South Africa$217 million · 2.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Natural rubber$1.4 billion · 14.5%
  2. Rice$973 million · 10.2%
  3. Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews$959 million · 10%
  4. Cocoa beans$728 million · 7.6%
  5. Cars$321 million · 3.4%
  6. Raw cotton$260 million · 2.7%
  7. Pesticides and herbicides$224 million · 2.3%
  8. Trucks$198 million · 2.1%
  9. Frozen fish$165 million · 1.7%
  10. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$146 million · 1.5%

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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