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How much of Albania’s trade passes through the Strait of Gibraltar?

In 2024, an estimated $3.5 billion of Albania’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 32.8% of its seaborne trade. That is $680 million of exports and $2.8 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Germany and the United States.

Summary

Estimated value
$3.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
32.8%
Exports
$680million
Imports
$2.8billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Albania’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar rose 215% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Albania 3.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$111 million15.1%
1996$223 million18.7%
1997$125 million15.6%
1998$157 million15.5%
1999$275 million21.8%
2000$190 million16.1%
2001$246 million17.5%
2002$256 million15.9%
2003$309 million15.7%
2004$414 million16%
2005$482 million16.1%
2006$535 million15%
2007$852 million18.6%
2008$1.8 billion29.1%
2009$3 billion42.3%
2010$867 million16.1%
2011$1 billion16.1%
2012$1 billion16.7%
2013$1 billion15.3%
2014$789 million14.2%
2015$911 million17.2%
2016$1.1 billion19.1%
2017$931 million16.1%
2018$1 billion17%
2019$1.1 billion17.3%
2020$1.2 billion18.5%
2021$1.3 billion16.6%
2022$1.4 billion17.2%
2023$2 billion19.2%
2024$3.5 billion32.8%

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. Albania–China$997 million · 28.9%
  2. Albania–Germany$707 million · 20.5%
  3. Albania–United States$232 million · 6.7%
  4. Albania–Poland$224 million · 6.5%
  5. Albania–Czechia$138 million · 4%
  6. Albania–South Korea$136 million · 3.9%
  7. Albania–Netherlands$114 million · 3.3%
  8. Albania–United Kingdom$107 million · 3.1%
  9. Albania–India$95 million · 2.8%
  10. Albania–Switzerland$86 million · 2.5%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$561 million · 16.2%
  2. Chromium ore$93 million · 2.7%
  3. Refined petroleum$90 million · 2.6%
  4. Air conditioners$72 million · 2.1%
  5. Ferroalloys$71 million · 2.1%
  6. Cigarettes and cigars$65 million · 1.9%
  7. Cables and wire$61 million · 1.8%
  8. Copper ore$57 million · 1.7%
  9. Leather footwear$56 million · 1.6%
  10. Trucks$50 million · 1.5%

Reference ports

Porto Romano (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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