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How much of Greece’s trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz?

In 2024, an estimated $6 billion of Greece’s trade passed through the Strait of Hormuz, 5.5% of its seaborne trade. That is $376 million of exports and $5.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Summary

Estimated value
$6billion
Of its seaborne trade
5.5%
Exports
$376million
Imports
$5.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Greece’s estimated trade through the Strait of Hormuz rose 8% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Greece 6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$522 million1.9%
1996$567 million1.8%
1997$618 million2.1%
1998$774 million2.5%
1999$614 million2%
2000$1.5 billion4.7%
2001$1.3 billion4.1%
2002$721 million2.1%
2003$1.1 billion2.6%
2004$1.7 billion3.3%
2005$2.1 billion3.8%
2006$2.6 billion3.9%
2007$3 billion4%
2008$4 billion4.6%
2009$2.6 billion3.9%
2010$2.8 billion4.2%
2011$5.8 billion8.1%
2012$4.6 billion6.6%
2013$5.2 billion7.3%
2014$5.6 billion8%
2015$3.7 billion6.5%
2016$3.9 billion6.7%
2017$5.4 billion8.2%
2018$7.3 billion9.3%
2019$5.6 billion7.4%
2020$2.7 billion4.1%
2021$6 billion6.5%
2022$7.8 billion6.4%
2023$6.7 billion6%
2024$6 billion5.5%

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. Greece–Iraq$5.5 billion · 90.6%
  2. Greece–United Arab Emirates$374 million · 6.2%
  3. Greece–Bahrain$155 million · 2.6%
  4. Greece–Iran$37 million · 0.61%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$4.6 billion · 76.1%
  2. Refined petroleum$860 million · 14.2%
  3. Unwrought aluminum$204 million · 3.4%
  4. Cigarettes and cigars$47 million · 0.78%
  5. Worked stone$23 million · 0.38%
  6. Spirits$17 million · 0.28%
  7. Aluminum sheet$14 million · 0.23%
  8. Large-diameter steel pipes$12 million · 0.19%

Reference ports

Piraeus (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.

Sources and method

Sources and licenses

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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