How much of Georgia’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. Georgia–China$1.5 billion · 46.1%
2. Georgia–Japan$475 million · 14.3%
3. Georgia–Russia$312 million · 9.4%
4. Georgia–Iran$270 million · 8.1%
5. Georgia–India$217 million · 6.5%
6. Georgia–United Arab Emirates$116 million · 3.5%
7. Georgia–South Korea$97 million · 2.9%
8. Georgia–Iraq$71 million · 2.1%
9. Georgia–Turkmenistan$66 million · 2%
10. Georgia–Hong Kong$52 million · 1.6%

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

1. Cars$550 million · 16.5%
2. Refined petroleum$176 million · 5.3%
3. Precious metal ore$154 million · 4.6%
4. Trucks$117 million · 3.5%
5. Steel bars$96 million · 2.9%
6. Coated flat steel$61 million · 1.8%
7. New tires$57 million · 1.7%
8. Bulldozers and excavators$54 million · 1.6%
9. Air conditioners$52 million · 1.6%
10. Nitrogen fertilizers$45 million · 1.4%

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
• Georgia trade

Other chokepoints it uses

• Turkish Straits (Bosporus and Dardanelles) · 80%
• Strait of Gibraltar · 66%
• Strait of Dover · 22%
• Strait of Malacca and Singapore · 22%
• Øresund · 8%
• Suez Canal · 5%

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.