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

In 2024, an estimated $34.7 billion of Lithuania’s trade passed through the Øresund, 66.2% of its seaborne trade. That is $16.7 billion of exports and $18 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the Netherlands, Norway and the United States.

Summary

Estimated value
$34.7billion
Of its seaborne trade
66.2%
Exports
$16.7billion
Imports
$18billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Lithuania’s estimated trade through the Øresund rose 36% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Lithuania 34.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$2.8 billion65.9%
1996$3.3 billion65%
1997$3.7 billion62.6%
1998$3.8 billion61.3%
1999$3.2 billion60.5%
2000$4.1 billion64.6%
2001$4.5 billion63.2%
2002$6.3 billion67.1%
2003$8.4 billion67.4%
2004$8.9 billion62.7%
2005$10.3 billion61.6%
2006$12.1 billion60.6%
2007$14.9 billion59.7%
2008$20.1 billion66.3%
2009$12.4 billion63.3%
2010$15.4 billion63.7%
2011$20.7 billion66.7%
2012$21.4 billion66.8%
2013$22.8 billion66.2%
2014$23.9 billion67.9%
2015$19.5 billion63.9%
2016$19.4 billion63.8%
2017$24 billion65.5%
2018$25.8 billion64.5%
2019$25.5 billion64.6%
2020$24.8 billion65.1%
2021$31.4 billion64.5%
2022$41.8 billion66.7%
2023$38.8 billion67.1%
2024$34.7 billion66.2%

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. Lithuania–Netherlands$3.2 billion · 9.4%
  2. Lithuania–Norway$2.6 billion · 7.4%
  3. Lithuania–United States$2.5 billion · 7.3%
  4. Lithuania–Saudi Arabia$2.4 billion · 6.8%
  5. Lithuania–United Kingdom$2.2 billion · 6.4%
  6. Lithuania–Italy$1.8 billion · 5.2%
  7. Lithuania–Ukraine$1.7 billion · 4.9%
  8. Lithuania–China$1.7 billion · 4.8%
  9. Lithuania–France$1.6 billion · 4.7%
  10. Lithuania–Denmark$1.5 billion · 4.2%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$4.6 billion · 13.3%
  2. Refined petroleum$2.1 billion · 6.1%
  3. Furniture$1.5 billion · 4.4%
  4. Natural gas and LPG$1.2 billion · 3.5%
  5. Wheat$1.1 billion · 3.1%
  6. Cars$674 million · 1.9%
  7. Ferrous scrap$548 million · 1.6%
  8. Cigarettes and cigars$512 million · 1.5%
  9. Seats and chairs$491 million · 1.4%
  10. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$448 million · 1.3%

Reference ports

Klaipeda (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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