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

In 2024, an estimated $6.5 billion of Gabon’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 62% of its seaborne trade. That is $5.5 billion of exports and $981 million of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Indonesia and India.

Summary

Estimated value
$6.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
62%
Exports
$5.5billion
Imports
$981million

Trend

Estimated value per year

Gabon’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope fell 11% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Gabon 6.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$486 million14.9%
1996$698 million16%
1997$834 million17.4%
1998$557 million15.1%
1999$735 million19.8%
2000$736 million16.6%
2001$628 million15.6%
2002$661 million17%
2003$813 million18.6%
2004$777 million14.7%
2005$1.2 billion17.8%
2006$1.6 billion27.1%
2007$2.3 billion28.4%
2008$3.5 billion31.9%
2009$2.2 billion29.6%
2010$3 billion29.8%
2011$2.7 billion22.6%
2012$9.1 billion53.7%
2013$6.2 billion33.8%
2014$9.6 billion48.9%
2015$5.2 billion34.5%
2016$4.8 billion46.5%
2017$5.1 billion54.9%
2018$6 billion48%
2019$7.3 billion59.8%
2020$5.5 billion55.9%
2021$6.5 billion59.8%
2022$7.5 billion54.9%
2023$7.2 billion52.4%
2024$6.5 billion62%

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. Gabon–China$3.6 billion · 56.3%
  2. Gabon–Indonesia$1.1 billion · 16.5%
  3. Gabon–India$612 million · 9.5%
  4. Gabon–Malaysia$603 million · 9.3%
  5. Gabon–Thailand$273 million · 4.2%
  6. Gabon–Japan$95 million · 1.5%
  7. Gabon–South Korea$44 million · 0.69%
  8. Gabon–South Africa$35 million · 0.54%
  9. Gabon–Australia$25 million · 0.39%
  10. Gabon–Cambodia$25 million · 0.38%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$3.6 billion · 56.1%
  2. Manganese ore$1.4 billion · 21.5%
  3. Sawn wood$288 million · 4.5%
  4. Wood veneer sheets$117 million · 1.8%
  5. Trucks$48 million · 0.75%
  6. Cars$39 million · 0.6%
  7. Rice$34 million · 0.52%
  8. Seamless steel pipes$27 million · 0.42%
  9. Bulldozers and excavators$24 million · 0.38%
  10. Palm oil$21 million · 0.32%

Reference ports

Libreville (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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