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

In 2024, an estimated $2.5 billion of Senegal’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 14.6% of its seaborne trade. That is $457 million of exports and $2 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Belgium, the Netherlands and Russia.

Summary

Estimated value
$2.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
14.6%
Exports
$457million
Imports
$2billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

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

Value in USD billions

  • Senegal 2.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$267 million17%
1996$337 million13.1%
1997$305 million13%
1998$324 million13.9%
1999$286 million12.3%
2000$326 million13.7%
2001$341 million13.8%
2002$434 million15.2%
2003$405 million12%
2004$430 million11.2%
2005$440 million9.9%
2006$581 million12.7%
2007$931 million15.5%
2008$936 million12.1%
2009$722 million11.9%
2010$760 million12.1%
2011$964 million11.9%
2012$1 billion11.6%
2013$1.3 billion15.3%
2014$1.5 billion17%
2015$1.1 billion13%
2016$1.1 billion13.3%
2017$1.5 billion14.8%
2018$2.1 billion17.9%
2019$2.4 billion20.3%
2020$2 billion18.1%
2021$2.4 billion16.9%
2022$2.7 billion16.2%
2023$2.6 billion16.3%
2024$2.5 billion14.6%

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. Senegal–Belgium$655 million · 26.7%
  2. Senegal–Netherlands$475 million · 19.3%
  3. Senegal–Russia$390 million · 15.9%
  4. Senegal–Germany$269 million · 11%
  5. Senegal–Poland$167 million · 6.8%
  6. Senegal–Norway$138 million · 5.6%
  7. Senegal–Switzerland$90 million · 3.7%
  8. Senegal–Lithuania$80 million · 3.3%
  9. Senegal–France$76 million · 3.1%
  10. Senegal–Sweden$33 million · 1.4%

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 billion · 41.2%
  2. Crude petroleum$139 million · 5.6%
  3. Malt extract and food mixes$123 million · 5%
  4. Wheat$97 million · 3.9%
  5. Natural phosphates$96 million · 3.9%
  6. Titanium ore$91 million · 3.7%
  7. Onions and garlic$82 million · 3.3%
  8. Cars$38 million · 1.5%
  9. Trucks$32 million · 1.3%
  10. Special-purpose vehicles$28 million · 1.2%

Reference ports

Dakar (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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