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

In 2024, an estimated $7 billion of Guyana’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 26.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $6.7 billion of exports and $257 million of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden.

Summary

Estimated value
$7billion
Of its seaborne trade
26.7%
Exports
$6.7billion
Imports
$257million

Trend

Estimated value per year

Guyana’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 4,118% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

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Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$78 million11.8%
1996$98 million13.3%
1997$102 million8.7%
1998$65 million6.1%
1999$77 million7.9%
2000$96 million8.9%
2001$70 million6.9%
2002$69 million6.9%
2003$82 million7.8%
2004$94 million8.1%
2005$79 million6.3%
2006$99 million6.6%
2007$103 million6.3%
2008$178 million8.3%
2009$123 million7%
2010$139 million6.3%
2011$184 million6.6%
2012$164 million6.7%
2013$188 million6.3%
2014$145 million5.5%
2015$127 million5.7%
2016$126 million5.4%
2017$176 million6.2%
2018$178 million6%
2019$165 million4.6%
2020$293 million5.5%
2021$342 million3%
2022$2.8 billion15.5%
2023$3.7 billion23.9%
2024$7 billion26.7%

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. Guyana–Netherlands$2.9 billion · 41.1%
  2. Guyana–Germany$2.2 billion · 31.6%
  3. Guyana–Sweden$1 billion · 15%
  4. Guyana–Poland$367 million · 5.3%
  5. Guyana–Denmark$173 million · 2.5%
  6. Guyana–Finland$155 million · 2.2%
  7. Guyana–United Kingdom$53 million · 0.77%
  8. Guyana–Belgium$42 million · 0.61%
  9. Guyana–Czechia$39 million · 0.56%
  10. Guyana–Luxembourg$14 million · 0.19%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$6.6 billion · 95.2%
  2. Bauxite (aluminum ore)$33 million · 0.47%
  3. Rice$21 million · 0.31%
  4. Soft drinks$12 million · 0.17%
  5. Other plastic articles$12 million · 0.17%
  6. Dredgers and floating cranes$11 million · 0.16%
  7. Cranes$11 million · 0.16%
  8. Bulldozers and excavators$10 million · 0.14%
  9. Potatoes$9 million · 0.13%
  10. Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)$8 million · 0.12%

Reference ports

Georgetown (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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