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How much of Greece’s trade passes through the Strait of Dover?

In 2024, an estimated $23.1 billion of Greece’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 20.9% of its seaborne trade. That is $7 billion of exports and $16.1 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, the Netherlands and Poland.

Summary

Estimated value
$23.1billion
Of its seaborne trade
20.9%
Exports
$7billion
Imports
$16.1billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Greece’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 45% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Greece 23.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$8.9 billion31.4%
1996$8.8 billion28.3%
1997$8.7 billion29.5%
1998$9.4 billion30.6%
1999$9.4 billion29.8%
2000$9.1 billion27.8%
2001$9.1 billion28.5%
2002$9.6 billion28.4%
2003$12 billion27.2%
2004$14.5 billion28.3%
2005$15.4 billion27.8%
2006$17.3 billion26.2%
2007$19.4 billion26.3%
2008$23.2 billion26.8%
2009$17.6 billion27%
2010$17 billion25.4%
2011$17.4 billion24%
2012$15.9 billion22.7%
2013$16.2 billion23.1%
2014$15.8 billion22.5%
2015$13.2 billion23.3%
2016$13.6 billion23.5%
2017$14.7 billion22.2%
2018$16.5 billion20.7%
2019$15.9 billion21.1%
2020$15.9 billion23.9%
2021$19.4 billion20.8%
2022$24.2 billion20%
2023$22 billion19.8%
2024$23.1 billion20.9%

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. Greece–Germany$8.8 billion · 38.2%
  2. Greece–Netherlands$4.3 billion · 18.6%
  3. Greece–Poland$2.6 billion · 11.3%
  4. Greece–Belgium$1.9 billion · 8.4%
  5. Greece–Norway$1.3 billion · 5.4%
  6. Greece–Czechia$988 million · 4.3%
  7. Greece–Russia$812 million · 3.5%
  8. Greece–Sweden$710 million · 3.1%
  9. Greece–Denmark$638 million · 2.8%
  10. Greece–Finland$305 million · 1.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$1.3 billion · 5.6%
  2. Cheese$986 million · 4.3%
  3. Crude petroleum$827 million · 3.6%
  4. Natural gas and LPG$794 million · 3.4%
  5. Refined petroleum$573 million · 2.5%
  6. Pork$564 million · 2.4%
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$478 million · 2.1%
  8. Aluminum sheet$444 million · 1.9%
  9. Cables and wire$357 million · 1.5%
  10. Auto parts$349 million · 1.5%

Reference ports

Piraeus (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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