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

In 2024, an estimated $46.9 billion of Singapore’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 14.9% of its seaborne trade. That is $10.9 billion of exports and $36 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the United States, Brazil and Germany.

Summary

Estimated value
$46.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
14.9%
Exports
$10.9billion
Imports
$36billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Singapore’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 546% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Singapore 46.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.3 billion1%
1996$1.2 billion0.9%
1997$1.1 billion0.9%
1998$990 million1%
1999$1 billion1%
2000$978 million0.9%
2001$876 million0.9%
2002$1.3 billion1.3%
2003$1.1 billion0.9%
2004$1.2 billion0.9%
2005$1.6 billion1%
2006$1.9 billion1%
2007$2.8 billion1.2%
2008$5 billion1.6%
2009$3.4 billion1.5%
2010$3.4 billion1.3%
2011$3.8 billion1.1%
2012$4.9 billion1.4%
2013$7.5 billion2.1%
2014$8.7 billion2.4%
2015$6 billion2.2%
2016$3.7 billion1.6%
2017$4.6 billion1.6%
2018$5.8 billion1.9%
2019$7.3 billion2.6%
2020$7.8 billion3.5%
2021$11.5 billion3.9%
2022$12.9 billion3.8%
2023$10.3 billion3.4%
2024$46.9 billion14.9%

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. Singapore–United States$9.5 billion · 20.3%
  2. Singapore–Brazil$7.5 billion · 15.9%
  3. Singapore–Germany$3.1 billion · 6.6%
  4. Singapore–Russia$2.7 billion · 5.8%
  5. Singapore–France$2.5 billion · 5.3%
  6. Singapore–United Kingdom$2.2 billion · 4.7%
  7. Singapore–Netherlands$2.2 billion · 4.6%
  8. Singapore–Italy$1.8 billion · 3.8%
  9. Singapore–Angola$1.6 billion · 3.3%
  10. Singapore–Turkey$1.1 billion · 2.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$13.5 billion · 28.8%
  2. Crude petroleum$7.2 billion · 15.2%
  3. Dredgers and floating cranes$1.9 billion · 4.1%
  4. Air pumps, compressors and fans$773 million · 1.7%
  5. Cargo and cruise ships$610 million · 1.3%
  6. Spirits$610 million · 1.3%
  7. Coal tar oils$557 million · 1.2%
  8. Centrifuges and filters$529 million · 1.1%
  9. Wine$487 million · 1%
  10. Cars$479 million · 1%

Reference ports

Singapore (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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