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

In 2024, an estimated $5.5 billion of Senegal’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 32.9% of its seaborne trade. That is $1.6 billion of exports and $3.9 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, India and the United Arab Emirates.

Summary

Estimated value
$5.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
32.9%
Exports
$1.6billion
Imports
$3.9billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Senegal’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 2,533% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Senegal 5.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$10 million0.7%
1996$25 million1%
1997$16 million0.7%
1998$28 million1.2%
1999$28 million1.2%
2000$29 million1.2%
2001$39 million1.6%
2002$39 million1.4%
2003$43 million1.3%
2004$50 million1.3%
2005$77 million1.7%
2006$83 million1.8%
2007$103 million1.7%
2008$157 million2%
2009$116 million1.9%
2010$130 million2.1%
2011$205 million2.5%
2012$215 million2.5%
2013$184 million2.2%
2014$183 million2.1%
2015$181 million2.2%
2016$164 million2%
2017$218 million2.1%
2018$224 million1.9%
2019$210 million1.8%
2020$152 million1.4%
2021$200 million1.4%
2022$398 million2.4%
2023$406 million2.6%
2024$5.5 billion32.9%

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. Senegal–China$2.7 billion · 48.7%
  2. Senegal–India$1.1 billion · 19.9%
  3. Senegal–United Arab Emirates$511 million · 9.3%
  4. Senegal–Thailand$187 million · 3.4%
  5. Senegal–South Korea$172 million · 3.1%
  6. Senegal–South Africa$170 million · 3.1%
  7. Senegal–Japan$166 million · 3%
  8. Senegal–Malaysia$126 million · 2.3%
  9. Senegal–Pakistan$98 million · 1.8%
  10. Senegal–Indonesia$77 million · 1.4%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$494 million · 8.9%
  2. Phosphoric acid$386 million · 7%
  3. Refined petroleum$367 million · 6.6%
  4. Rice$331 million · 6%
  5. Peanuts$251 million · 4.5%
  6. Coal$110 million · 2%
  7. Trucks$109 million · 2%
  8. Motorcycle and bicycle parts$101 million · 1.8%
  9. Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews$95 million · 1.7%
  10. Cars$92 million · 1.7%

Reference ports

Dakar (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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