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

In 2024, an estimated $14.5 billion of Tunisia’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 42.1% of its seaborne trade. That is $6.1 billion of exports and $8.4 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, China and the United States.

Summary

Estimated value
$14.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
42.1%
Exports
$6.1billion
Imports
$8.4billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Tunisia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar rose 97% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Tunisia 14.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$3 billion32.6%
1996$2.9 billion31.1%
1997$3.4 billion32.6%
1998$3.5 billion31.2%
1999$3.6 billion30.6%
2000$3.7 billion29.6%
2001$4.1 billion29.7%
2002$4 billion29.3%
2003$3.8 billion26.2%
2004$4.5 billion25.9%
2005$4.7 billion26%
2006$5.7 billion26.9%
2007$6.8 billion26.5%
2008$9.3 billion28%
2009$7.3 billion29.7%
2010$9 billion31.1%
2011$8.4 billion27.7%
2012$9 billion30.1%
2013$9.4 billion31.4%
2014$8.3 billion28.2%
2015$7.3 billion27.5%
2016$7.1 billion28%
2017$7.6 billion28%
2018$8 billion27.1%
2019$7.4 billion26.4%
2020$7.2 billion29.2%
2021$8.5 billion27.4%
2022$10 billion27%
2023$11.1 billion30.7%
2024$14.5 billion42.1%

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. Tunisia–Germany$3.3 billion · 23%
  2. Tunisia–China$1.9 billion · 12.8%
  3. Tunisia–United States$1.3 billion · 9.2%
  4. Tunisia–Russia$1.1 billion · 7.8%
  5. Tunisia–India$590 million · 4.1%
  6. Tunisia–Morocco$516 million · 3.6%
  7. Tunisia–Brazil$468 million · 3.2%
  8. Tunisia–Netherlands$468 million · 3.2%
  9. Tunisia–United Kingdom$462 million · 3.2%
  10. Tunisia–Belgium$417 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. Cables and wire$1.8 billion · 12.7%
  2. Refined petroleum$1.3 billion · 8.7%
  3. Olive oil$685 million · 4.7%
  4. Cars$537 million · 3.7%
  5. Auto parts$314 million · 2.2%
  6. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$239 million · 1.6%
  7. Semi-finished steel$201 million · 1.4%
  8. Soybeans$194 million · 1.3%
  9. Wheat$190 million · 1.3%
  10. Centrifuges and filters$182 million · 1.3%

Reference ports

Tunis (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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