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

In 2024, an estimated $17.9 billion of Bangladesh’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 16.9% of its seaborne trade. That is $16.2 billion of exports and $1.6 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are France, Spain and Italy.

Summary

Estimated value
$17.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
16.9%
Exports
$16.2billion
Imports
$1.6billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Bangladesh’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar fell 31% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Bangladesh 17.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$3 billion32.4%
1996$3.3 billion32.2%
1997$3.9 billion35.8%
1998$4.1 billion34.3%
1999$3.5 billion35.4%
2000$4 billion31.4%
2001$4.8 billion33.8%
2002$4.6 billion34.3%
2003$5.4 billion33.5%
2004$6.3 billion33.6%
2005$6.5 billion32%
2006$8.2 billion32.1%
2007$8.4 billion29.9%
2008$9 billion27%
2009$9.2 billion27.4%
2010$11.1 billion27.1%
2011$14.2 billion26.2%
2012$15.8 billion29.3%
2013$17.5 billion30.4%
2014$18.7 billion30.8%
2015$18.9 billion27%
2016$19.5 billion26.7%
2017$20.2 billion24.2%
2018$23.1 billion22.9%
2019$25.9 billion29.9%
2020$24.4 billion32%
2021$30.6 billion28.6%
2022$39.6 billion30.3%
2023$31.9 billion29.1%
2024$17.9 billion16.9%

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. Bangladesh–France$3.7 billion · 20.7%
  2. Bangladesh–Spain$3.3 billion · 18.5%
  3. Bangladesh–Italy$1.6 billion · 9.1%
  4. Bangladesh–Germany$1.3 billion · 7.3%
  5. Bangladesh–Turkey$1.1 billion · 5.9%
  6. Bangladesh–Austria$1 billion · 5.7%
  7. Bangladesh–United States$900 million · 5%
  8. Bangladesh–United Kingdom$649 million · 3.6%
  9. Bangladesh–Poland$589 million · 3.3%
  10. Bangladesh–Slovakia$481 million · 2.7%

What crosses it

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

  1. T-shirts$2.8 billion · 15.5%
  2. Sweaters and pullovers$2.3 billion · 12.7%
  3. Men's suits and trousers$2.1 billion · 11.6%
  4. Women's suits and dresses$1.8 billion · 10.3%
  5. Women's knitted suits and dresses$1.1 billion · 6.1%
  6. Men's shirts$634 million · 3.6%
  7. Men's knitted shirts$440 million · 2.5%
  8. Women's knitted underwear and pajamas$395 million · 2.2%
  9. Women's coats and jackets$381 million · 2.1%
  10. Men's knitted suits and trousers$363 million · 2%

Reference ports

Chittagong (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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