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

In 2024, an estimated $105.3 billion of Qatar’s trade passed through the Strait of Hormuz, 97% of its seaborne trade. That is $85.6 billion of exports and $19.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and India.

Summary

Estimated value
$105.3billion
Of its seaborne trade
97%
Exports
$85.6billion
Imports
$19.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Qatar’s estimated trade through the Strait of Hormuz rose 16% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Qatar 105

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$4.8 billion98.6%
1996$5.6 billion98.3%
1997$7.9 billion99.9%
1998$6.6 billion98.2%
1999$7.3 billion99.1%
2000$14.4 billion94.1%
2001$15.1 billion95.2%
2002$14.7 billion92.7%
2003$16.6 billion95%
2004$21.4 billion94.2%
2005$32.6 billion96.2%
2006$44.8 billion94.3%
2007$61 billion95.2%
2008$85.1 billion96.4%
2009$56.6 billion96%
2010$83.9 billion94.1%
2011$113.7 billion95.5%
2012$147.3 billion95.8%
2013$147 billion95.7%
2014$139.9 billion94.9%
2015$93.3 billion95.4%
2016$71.1 billion91.5%
2017$80.1 billion94.4%
2018$101.7 billion98.7%
2019$90.9 billion97.5%
2020$68.2 billion99.1%
2021$110.7 billion96.1%
2022$149.9 billion96.2%
2023$134 billion95.3%
2024$105.3 billion97%

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. Qatar–China$23.6 billion · 22.4%
  2. Qatar–South Korea$14.5 billion · 13.8%
  3. Qatar–India$14.3 billion · 13.6%
  4. Qatar–Japan$8.6 billion · 8.2%
  5. Qatar–Singapore$5.8 billion · 5.5%
  6. Qatar–Taiwan$4.2 billion · 4%
  7. Qatar–Thailand$4.1 billion · 3.9%
  8. Qatar–Pakistan$4 billion · 3.8%
  9. Qatar–Italy$3.4 billion · 3.3%
  10. Qatar–United States$2.4 billion · 2.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$44.6 billion · 42.4%
  2. Crude petroleum$22.3 billion · 21.1%
  3. Refined petroleum$12 billion · 11.4%
  4. Cars$2.3 billion · 2.2%
  5. Polyethylene$1.9 billion · 1.8%
  6. Nitrogen fertilizers$1.8 billion · 1.7%
  7. Unwrought aluminum$1.6 billion · 1.5%
  8. Sulfur$566 million · 0.54%
  9. Seamless steel pipes$539 million · 0.51%
  10. Valves and taps$503 million · 0.48%

Reference ports

Hamad Port (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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