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

In 2024, an estimated $6.6 billion of Jordan’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 28.9% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.1 billion of exports and $3.6 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the United States, Brazil and Germany.

Summary

Estimated value
$6.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
28.9%
Exports
$3.1billion
Imports
$3.6billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Jordan’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar rose 15% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Jordan 6.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.3 billion28.5%
1996$1 billion33.3%
1997$1.5 billion31.7%
1998$1.4 billion29%
1999$1.3 billion28%
2000$1.5 billion29.3%
2001$1.8 billion31.7%
2002$2 billion31.8%
2003$2.3 billion32.1%
2004$3 billion30.3%
2005$3.5 billion31.2%
2006$3.5 billion28.8%
2007$3.9 billion27%
2008$3.9 billion21.2%
2009$3.7 billion24.2%
2010$3.7 billion22.2%
2011$4.2 billion21.8%
2012$4.8 billion22.9%
2013$5 billion23.1%
2014$4.8 billion21.4%
2015$4.7 billion22.8%
2016$4.9 billion25.1%
2017$6.7 billion30.1%
2018$6.6 billion28.7%
2019$5.8 billion25.6%
2020$5.9 billion30.4%
2021$7.3 billion30.5%
2022$7.2 billion23.2%
2023$6.9 billion25.2%
2024$6.6 billion28.9%

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. Jordan–United States$3.6 billion · 54.4%
  2. Jordan–Brazil$661 million · 10%
  3. Jordan–Germany$556 million · 8.4%
  4. Jordan–Netherlands$308 million · 4.6%
  5. Jordan–United Kingdom$248 million · 3.7%
  6. Jordan–Belgium$242 million · 3.6%
  7. Jordan–Canada$170 million · 2.6%
  8. Jordan–Argentina$152 million · 2.3%
  9. Jordan–Morocco$130 million · 2%
  10. Jordan–Poland$114 million · 1.7%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$686 million · 10.3%
  2. Sweaters and pullovers$530 million · 8%
  3. Women's knitted suits and dresses$319 million · 4.8%
  4. Men's knitted suits and trousers$243 million · 3.7%
  5. Natural gas and LPG$236 million · 3.6%
  6. T-shirts$198 million · 3%
  7. Women's suits and dresses$196 million · 3%
  8. Potash fertilizers$194 million · 2.9%
  9. Mixed fertilizers$192 million · 2.9%
  10. Men's suits and trousers$188 million · 2.8%

Reference ports

Aqaba (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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