How much of Hungary’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. Hungary–China$7 billion · 40.9%
2. Hungary–South Korea$3.5 billion · 20.6%
3. Hungary–Japan$1.4 billion · 8%
4. Hungary–Russia$1.3 billion · 7.9%
5. Hungary–India$655 million · 3.9%
6. Hungary–Hong Kong$400 million · 2.4%
7. Hungary–Australia$395 million · 2.3%
8. Hungary–Malaysia$333 million · 2%
9. Hungary–Taiwan$306 million · 1.8%
10. Hungary–Vietnam$251 million · 1.5%

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

1. Industrial fatty acids and oils$1.5 billion · 8.9%
2. Cars$1.4 billion · 8.5%
3. Batteries$915 million · 5.4%
4. Auto parts$766 million · 4.5%
5. Natural gas and LPG$677 million · 4%
6. Phones and telecom equipment$555 million · 3.3%
7. Crude petroleum$527 million · 3.1%
8. Transformers and power supplies$425 million · 2.5%
9. Electric motors and generators$280 million · 1.6%
10. Chromates, permanganates and other metal salts$240 million · 1.4%

Rijeka (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
• Hungary trade

Other chokepoints it uses

• Strait of Gibraltar · 76%
• Strait of Dover · 56%
• Strait of Malacca and Singapore · 11%
• Øresund · 11%

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.