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

In 2024, an estimated $19.2 billion of Norway’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 9.4% of its seaborne trade. That is $11.6 billion of exports and $7.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Italy, Turkey and China.

Summary

Estimated value
$19.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
9.4%
Exports
$11.6billion
Imports
$7.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Norway’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar fell 38% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Norway 19.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$7.9 billion14.7%
1996$8.4 billion13.8%
1997$9.9 billion15.7%
1998$9.8 billion17.4%
1999$9.9 billion17.2%
2000$10.1 billion14%
2001$9.4 billion13.7%
2002$11.9 billion16.6%
2003$13.2 billion15.5%
2004$14.4 billion13.8%
2005$16.3 billion12.6%
2006$19.4 billion13.1%
2007$21.5 billion13.9%
2008$29 billion15.2%
2009$22.3 billion16.3%
2010$25.7 billion16.6%
2011$28.2 billion15.1%
2012$29.9 billion16.2%
2013$28.1 billion15.8%
2014$28.1 billion15.8%
2015$30.7 billion21.4%
2016$22.3 billion18.4%
2017$27 billion18.8%
2018$29.7 billion17.8%
2019$30.7 billion21%
2020$31.1 billion25.6%
2021$42.3 billion20.8%
2022$44.9 billion14.4%
2023$36.4 billion16.9%
2024$19.2 billion9.4%

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. Norway–Italy$5.9 billion · 30.9%
  2. Norway–Turkey$1.9 billion · 10%
  3. Norway–China$1.6 billion · 8.2%
  4. Norway–Romania$1.3 billion · 6.9%
  5. Norway–Greece$1.3 billion · 6.6%
  6. Norway–Austria$968 million · 5%
  7. Norway–Saudi Arabia$726 million · 3.8%
  8. Norway–Bulgaria$636 million · 3.3%
  9. Norway–Slovakia$622 million · 3.2%
  10. Norway–Ukraine$561 million · 2.9%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$3.5 billion · 18.3%
  2. Natural gas and LPG$2.1 billion · 10.9%
  3. Fresh fish$1.3 billion · 6.6%
  4. Warships and other vessels$680 million · 3.5%
  5. Unwrought aluminum$672 million · 3.5%
  6. Fish fillets$518 million · 2.7%
  7. Frozen fish$469 million · 2.4%
  8. Cars$454 million · 2.4%
  9. Cargo and cruise ships$365 million · 1.9%
  10. Trucks$248 million · 1.3%

Reference ports

Oslo (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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