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How much of Denmark’s trade passes through the Øresund?

In 2024, an estimated $24.4 billion of Denmark’s trade passed through the Øresund, 17.4% of its seaborne trade. That is $10.9 billion of exports and $13.5 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Sweden, Poland and Finland.

Summary

Estimated value
$24.4billion
Of its seaborne trade
17.4%
Exports
$10.9billion
Imports
$13.5billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Denmark’s estimated trade through the Øresund rose 24% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Denmark 24.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$6.5 billion13.2%
1996$7.2 billion13.9%
1997$7.3 billion14.5%
1998$7.7 billion14.7%
1999$7.7 billion14.5%
2000$8.3 billion15.3%
2001$8.6 billion15.6%
2002$9.6 billion16%
2003$11.3 billion16.2%
2004$13.5 billion16.3%
2005$15.3 billion16.5%
2006$17.7 billion17.3%
2007$20.2 billion17.8%
2008$23.4 billion17.9%
2009$16.2 billion16.6%
2010$16.8 billion16.4%
2011$20.1 billion16.7%
2012$18.9 billion16.8%
2013$20.3 billion17.2%
2014$19.7 billion16.7%
2015$16.8 billion16.6%
2016$16.9 billion16.7%
2017$18.6 billion16.8%
2018$20.9 billion16.9%
2019$19.6 billion16.6%
2020$19.3 billion17.1%
2021$24.7 billion17.6%
2022$24.6 billion17%
2023$24.5 billion17.3%
2024$24.4 billion17.4%

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. Denmark–Sweden$9.8 billion · 40%
  2. Denmark–Poland$8.6 billion · 35%
  3. Denmark–Finland$2.6 billion · 10.6%
  4. Denmark–Lithuania$1.5 billion · 5.9%
  5. Denmark–Latvia$1.1 billion · 4.7%
  6. Denmark–Estonia$775 million · 3.2%
  7. Denmark–Russia$117 million · 0.48%
  8. Denmark–Belarus$15 million · 0.06%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$1.1 billion · 4.3%
  2. Live pigs$785 million · 3.2%
  3. Pork$612 million · 2.5%
  4. Cars$576 million · 2.4%
  5. Furniture$500 million · 2.1%
  6. Seats and chairs$462 million · 1.9%
  7. Firewood and wood chips$418 million · 1.7%
  8. Cheese$369 million · 1.5%
  9. Steel structures$326 million · 1.3%
  10. Electricity$283 million · 1.2%

If it closes

  • Denmark–Sweden: +76 nautical miles, less than half a day more at 14 knots
  • Denmark–Poland: +57 nautical miles, less than half a day more at 14 knots

Estimated sailing detour, without costs, waiting or port capacity.

Reference ports

Aarhus (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.

The Great Belt is not included in the estimate: only the trade that crosses the Øresund is counted.

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