Summary
- Estimated value
- $2.7billion
- Of its seaborne trade
- 7.3%
- Exports
- $2.4billion
- Imports
- $343million
Trend
Estimated value per year
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar rose 117% between 2019 and 2024
Value in USD billions
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.7
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Estimated value | Of its seaborne trade |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $110 million | 5% |
| 1996 | $183 million | 7.8% |
| 1997 | $114 million | 6.1% |
| 1998 | $89 million | 5.6% |
| 1999 | $63 million | 4.2% |
| 2000 | $65 million | 4.2% |
| 2001 | $57 million | 3.7% |
| 2002 | $88 million | 4.4% |
| 2003 | $79 million | 4.6% |
| 2004 | $121 million | 6% |
| 2005 | $148 million | 5.8% |
| 2006 | $146 million | 3.9% |
| 2007 | $220 million | 6.7% |
| 2008 | $210 million | 3.8% |
| 2009 | $217 million | 5.1% |
| 2010 | $379 million | 5.6% |
| 2011 | $594 million | 6.5% |
| 2012 | $847 million | 8.9% |
| 2013 | $1.5 billion | 15.9% |
| 2014 | $1.6 billion | 15.8% |
| 2015 | $1 billion | 8.3% |
| 2016 | $941 million | 9.5% |
| 2017 | $1.1 billion | 6.7% |
| 2018 | $1.1 billion | 5.3% |
| 2019 | $1.3 billion | 6.6% |
| 2020 | $1.2 billion | 5.3% |
| 2021 | $1.6 billion | 4.9% |
| 2022 | $2.7 billion | 6.6% |
| 2023 | $3 billion | 5.9% |
| 2024 | $2.7 billion | 7.3% |
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.
What crosses it
The products with the highest estimated value in 2024, with their share of the total through the chokepoint.
Reference ports
Matadi (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.
Keep reading
Other chokepoints it uses
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
- Kummu et al., gridded GDP · CC BY 4.0 (split between ports done by this site)
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.