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

In 2024, an estimated $9.2 billion of Georgia’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 66.2% of its seaborne trade. That is $1.3 billion of exports and $7.9 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the United States, China and Germany.

Summary

Estimated value
$9.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
66.2%
Exports
$1.3billion
Imports
$7.9billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Georgia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar rose 225% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Georgia 9.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$161 million45.2%
1996$298 million32.6%
1997$378 million43.4%
1998$383 million45.3%
1999$299 million38.2%
2000$284 million29.3%
2001$320 million32.5%
2002$325 million32.3%
2003$597 million36.1%
2004$834 million35.6%
2005$1 billion37%
2006$1.2 billion33.7%
2007$1.6 billion34.4%
2008$1.7 billion32%
2009$1 billion28.5%
2010$1.4 billion28%
2011$1.7 billion26.5%
2012$1.7 billion26.8%
2013$1.5 billion23.5%
2014$2.1 billion28.4%
2015$1.8 billion28.9%
2016$1.8 billion30.1%
2017$2.1 billion30.7%
2018$2.4 billion30.9%
2019$2.8 billion33.3%
2020$2.4 billion32.6%
2021$2.9 billion31.6%
2022$4.4 billion35.1%
2023$5.4 billion41.7%
2024$9.2 billion66.2%

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. Georgia–United States$2.1 billion · 23.3%
  2. Georgia–China$1.5 billion · 16.7%
  3. Georgia–Germany$1.1 billion · 12.2%
  4. Georgia–Russia$870 million · 9.5%
  5. Georgia–Japan$475 million · 5.2%
  6. Georgia–Poland$370 million · 4%
  7. Georgia–Iran$270 million · 2.9%
  8. Georgia–United Kingdom$259 million · 2.8%
  9. Georgia–Netherlands$231 million · 2.5%
  10. Georgia–India$217 million · 2.4%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$3.2 billion · 35.2%
  2. Refined petroleum$580 million · 6.3%
  3. Trucks$222 million · 2.4%
  4. Precious metal ore$159 million · 1.7%
  5. Steel bars$143 million · 1.6%
  6. Ferroalloys$123 million · 1.3%
  7. Nitrogen fertilizers$114 million · 1.2%
  8. Bulldozers and excavators$106 million · 1.2%
  9. Poultry meat$90 million · 0.98%
  10. Cigarettes and cigars$81 million · 0.89%

Reference ports

Batumi (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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