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

In 2024, an estimated $17.2 billion of Pakistan’s trade passed through the Strait of Hormuz, 24% of its seaborne trade. That is $2.5 billion of exports and $14.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Summary

Estimated value
$17.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
24%
Exports
$2.5billion
Imports
$14.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Pakistan’s estimated trade through the Strait of Hormuz rose 34% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Pakistan 17.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$200 million1.6%
1996$190 million1.5%
1997$38 million0.3%
1998$205 million1.8%
1999$124 million1.1%
2000$541 million4.5%
2001$471 million3.9%
2002$480 million3.6%
2003$4.2 billion18.6%
2004$4.7 billion18.2%
2005$6.5 billion19.1%
2006$8.9 billion23.1%
2007$9.1 billion22.5%
2008$13.6 billion25.8%
2009$9.2 billion22.6%
2010$12.2 billion25.4%
2011$16 billion27.6%
2012$15.6 billion28.2%
2013$15.1 billion27.4%
2014$14.6 billion25.2%
2015$10.7 billion20.8%
2016$10.3 billion19.8%
2017$13.1 billion21.6%
2018$15.5 billion23.3%
2019$12.8 billion21.7%
2020$10.3 billion18.9%
2021$19.8 billion24.3%
2022$22.5 billion25.6%
2023$21 billion29%
2024$17.2 billion24%

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. Pakistan–United Arab Emirates$6.2 billion · 36.3%
  2. Pakistan–Qatar$4 billion · 23.2%
  3. Pakistan–Saudi Arabia$3.7 billion · 21.5%
  4. Pakistan–Kuwait$2.3 billion · 13.3%
  5. Pakistan–Iran$433 million · 2.5%
  6. Pakistan–Iraq$331 million · 1.9%
  7. Pakistan–Bahrain$222 million · 1.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$4.4 billion · 25.6%
  2. Refined petroleum$3.9 billion · 22.4%
  3. Natural gas and LPG$3.8 billion · 21.8%
  4. Polyethylene$428 million · 2.5%
  5. Polypropylene$378 million · 2.2%
  6. Ferrous scrap$363 million · 2.1%
  7. Rice$330 million · 1.9%
  8. Fresh beef$329 million · 1.9%
  9. Cyclic hydrocarbons$305 million · 1.8%
  10. Hydrocarbon derivatives$189 million · 1.1%

Reference ports

Karachi (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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