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

In 2024, an estimated $5.2 billion of Cambodia’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 9.1% of its seaborne trade. That is $4.9 billion of exports and $305 million of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Spain, France and the United States.

Summary

Estimated value
$5.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
9.1%
Exports
$4.9billion
Imports
$305million

Trend

Estimated value per year

Cambodia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar fell 29% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Cambodia 5.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$61 million6.1%
1996$118 million12.2%
1997$187 million12.9%
1998$297 million17.2%
1999$466 million20.3%
2000$684 million20.1%
2001$1 billion28.5%
2002$1.3 billion28.4%
2003$1.4 billion27.8%
2004$1.8 billion30.3%
2005$1.7 billion25.1%
2006$2.1 billion24.5%
2007$2.4 billion24.8%
2008$2.2 billion23.4%
2009$2.3 billion26.3%
2010$2.8 billion24.8%
2011$3.6 billion24.5%
2012$3.8 billion24.3%
2013$4.5 billion24.5%
2014$5.2 billion25.7%
2015$5.6 billion25.8%
2016$5.7 billion24.5%
2017$5.6 billion22.8%
2018$6.5 billion23.7%
2019$7.2 billion20.5%
2020$7.1 billion21.6%
2021$8.1 billion21.4%
2022$10.6 billion22.2%
2023$9.7 billion19.7%
2024$5.2 billion9.1%

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. Cambodia–Spain$1.4 billion · 27%
  2. Cambodia–France$1.1 billion · 21.8%
  3. Cambodia–United States$714 million · 13.8%
  4. Cambodia–Italy$386 million · 7.5%
  5. Cambodia–Germany$312 million · 6%
  6. Cambodia–Turkey$243 million · 4.7%
  7. Cambodia–United Kingdom$205 million · 4%
  8. Cambodia–Austria$152 million · 3%
  9. Cambodia–Poland$109 million · 2.1%
  10. Cambodia–Netherlands$103 million · 2%

What crosses it

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

  1. Women's suits and dresses$762 million · 14.8%
  2. Sweaters and pullovers$585 million · 11.3%
  3. Women's knitted suits and dresses$499 million · 9.7%
  4. Bags, suitcases and cases$220 million · 4.3%
  5. Women's coats and jackets$215 million · 4.2%
  6. Rubber and plastic footwear$189 million · 3.7%
  7. Women's knitted coats and jackets$184 million · 3.6%
  8. Textile footwear$174 million · 3.4%
  9. Leather footwear$152 million · 3%
  10. T-shirts$151 million · 2.9%

Reference ports

Sihanoukville (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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