How much of Kazakhstan’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. Kazakhstan–South Korea$2.4 billion · 31.9%
2. Kazakhstan–Japan$1.4 billion · 17.6%
3. Kazakhstan–Singapore$772 million · 10.1%
4. Kazakhstan–India$564 million · 7.3%
5. Kazakhstan–Afghanistan$463 million · 6%
6. Kazakhstan–Vietnam$345 million · 4.5%
7. Kazakhstan–Indonesia$296 million · 3.9%
8. Kazakhstan–Iran$288 million · 3.7%
9. Kazakhstan–Thailand$186 million · 2.4%
10. Kazakhstan–Brunei$157 million · 2%

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

1. Crude petroleum$1.9 billion · 25%
2. Cars$763 million · 9.9%
3. Ferroalloys$680 million · 8.9%
4. Vehicle bodies and cabs$401 million · 5.2%
5. Auto parts$334 million · 4.4%
6. Wheat flour$270 million · 3.5%
7. Unwrought lead$171 million · 2.2%
8. Spark-ignition engines$168 million · 2.2%
9. Coal$134 million · 1.8%
10. Bulldozers and excavators$121 million · 1.6%

Novorossiysk (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
• Kazakhstan trade

Other chokepoints it uses

• Turkish Straits (Bosporus and Dardanelles) · 80%
• Strait of Gibraltar · 43%
• Strait of Dover · 23%
• Strait of Malacca and Singapore · 10%

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.