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

In 2024, an estimated $16.9 billion of Hungary’s trade passed through the Øresund, 10.6% of its seaborne trade. That is $6.7 billion of exports and $10.2 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Poland, Russia and Sweden.

Summary

Estimated value
$16.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
10.6%
Exports
$6.7billion
Imports
$10.2billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Hungary’s estimated trade through the Øresund rose 25% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Hungary 16.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.9 billion9.4%
1996$2 billion9.6%
1997$2.2 billion8.8%
1998$2.2 billion7.4%
1999$2.2 billion6.7%
2000$2.8 billion7.6%
2001$3 billion7.4%
2002$3.2 billion7.3%
2003$4 billion7.8%
2004$5.3 billion9%
2005$6.5 billion9.8%
2006$8.4 billion10.8%
2007$9.8 billion10.2%
2008$11.9 billion11.1%
2009$7.9 billion10.4%
2010$9.1 billion10.8%
2011$11.5 billion11.4%
2012$10.9 billion11.2%
2013$11.7 billion11%
2014$12.1 billion10.3%
2015$10.2 billion9.6%
2016$10.4 billion9.7%
2017$11.9 billion10.1%
2018$13.7 billion10.6%
2019$13.5 billion10.6%
2020$12.7 billion10.5%
2021$15.9 billion11.1%
2022$17.8 billion11.5%
2023$16.7 billion10.3%
2024$16.9 billion10.6%

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. Hungary–Poland$12.7 billion · 75.5%
  2. Hungary–Russia$1.8 billion · 10.8%
  3. Hungary–Sweden$788 million · 4.7%
  4. Hungary–Finland$593 million · 3.5%
  5. Hungary–Lithuania$398 million · 2.4%
  6. Hungary–Latvia$247 million · 1.5%
  7. Hungary–Estonia$185 million · 1.1%
  8. Hungary–Belarus$108 million · 0.64%

What crosses it

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

  1. Auto parts$986 million · 5.9%
  2. Natural gas and LPG$928 million · 5.5%
  3. Crude petroleum$712 million · 4.2%
  4. Cars$564 million · 3.4%
  5. Monitors and projectors$503 million · 3%
  6. Engine parts$448 million · 2.7%
  7. Electric motors and generators$321 million · 1.9%
  8. New tires$245 million · 1.5%
  9. Toys$245 million · 1.5%
  10. Seats and chairs$215 million · 1.3%

Reference ports

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.

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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