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How much of Côte d'Ivoire’s trade passes through the Strait of Gibraltar?

In 2024, an estimated $5.6 billion of Côte d'Ivoire’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 16.8% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.2 billion of exports and $2.4 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Spain, France and Italy.

Summary

Estimated value
$5.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
16.8%
Exports
$3.2billion
Imports
$2.4billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Côte d'Ivoire’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar rose 56% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Côte d'Ivoire 5.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.6 billion24%
1996$1.5 billion20%
1997$1.5 billion22%
1998$1.8 billion23.8%
1999$1.6 billion21.8%
2000$1.3 billion20.6%
2001$1.4 billion21.4%
2002$1.6 billion21%
2003$1.9 billion21.5%
2004$2.1 billion20%
2005$1.8 billion15.8%
2006$2.1 billion16.8%
2007$2.4 billion17.2%
2008$2.6 billion15.7%
2009$2.3 billion15.4%
2010$2.5 billion15.3%
2011$2.4 billion14.1%
2012$2.6 billion13.4%
2013$2.8 billion11.7%
2014$3 billion13.6%
2015$3.1 billion14%
2016$2.9 billion15.4%
2017$4.1 billion19.3%
2018$3.2 billion14.8%
2019$3.6 billion16.5%
2020$3.7 billion17.3%
2021$4.6 billion17.9%
2022$4.5 billion15.1%
2023$4.9 billion15.3%
2024$5.6 billion16.8%

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. Côte d'Ivoire–Spain$1 billion · 18.6%
  2. Côte d'Ivoire–France$858 million · 15.4%
  3. Côte d'Ivoire–Italy$849 million · 15.2%
  4. Côte d'Ivoire–Turkey$839 million · 15.1%
  5. Côte d'Ivoire–Egypt$298 million · 5.4%
  6. Côte d'Ivoire–Saudi Arabia$214 million · 3.8%
  7. Côte d'Ivoire–Algeria$180 million · 3.2%
  8. Côte d'Ivoire–Ukraine$158 million · 2.8%
  9. Côte d'Ivoire–Russia$149 million · 2.7%
  10. Côte d'Ivoire–Austria$128 million · 2.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cocoa beans$882 million · 15.8%
  2. Cocoa paste$586 million · 10.5%
  3. Natural rubber$514 million · 9.2%
  4. Refined petroleum$487 million · 8.7%
  5. Crude petroleum$218 million · 3.9%
  6. Cement$181 million · 3.2%
  7. Cocoa husks and waste$158 million · 2.8%
  8. Coffee$135 million · 2.4%
  9. Cocoa butter$121 million · 2.2%
  10. Bananas$120 million · 2.2%

Reference ports

Abidjan (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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