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

In 2024, an estimated $25.3 billion of Singapore’s trade passed through the Strait of Hormuz, 8% of its seaborne trade. That is $2.5 billion of exports and $22.9 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Summary

Estimated value
$25.3billion
Of its seaborne trade
8%
Exports
$2.5billion
Imports
$22.9billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Singapore’s estimated trade through the Strait of Hormuz fell 10% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Singapore 25.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$5.9 billion4.6%
1996$7.4 billion5.5%
1997$7.4 billion6.3%
1998$5.1 billion5.4%
1999$5.9 billion5.9%
2000$8.8 billion8.3%
2001$7.1 billion7.3%
2002$7.4 billion7.4%
2003$9.2 billion7.7%
2004$12.5 billion8.5%
2005$15.4 billion9.1%
2006$19.5 billion9.9%
2007$21.8 billion9.2%
2008$33.1 billion10.6%
2009$19.5 billion8.6%
2010$25.9 billion9.9%
2011$40 billion11.4%
2012$41.5 billion11.6%
2013$40.3 billion11.4%
2014$40 billion11.2%
2015$20.4 billion7.6%
2016$18.1 billion7.7%
2017$25.3 billion9%
2018$32.2 billion10.3%
2019$28.2 billion10%
2020$16.6 billion7.4%
2021$22.7 billion7.7%
2022$28.2 billion8.2%
2023$23.2 billion7.5%
2024$25.3 billion8%

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. Singapore–United Arab Emirates$11.5 billion · 45.4%
  2. Singapore–Qatar$5.8 billion · 22.7%
  3. Singapore–Saudi Arabia$4.8 billion · 18.9%
  4. Singapore–Iraq$1.6 billion · 6.4%
  5. Singapore–Kuwait$1.1 billion · 4.1%
  6. Singapore–Bahrain$587 million · 2.3%
  7. Singapore–Iran$10 million · 0.04%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$12.2 billion · 48.3%
  2. Refined petroleum$7.5 billion · 29.8%
  3. Natural gas and LPG$993 million · 3.9%
  4. Polyethylene$632 million · 2.5%
  5. Warships and other vessels$454 million · 1.8%
  6. Ethers and organic peroxides$431 million · 1.7%
  7. Valves and taps$180 million · 0.71%
  8. Sulfur$132 million · 0.52%
  9. Open-chain hydrocarbons$109 million · 0.43%
  10. Air pumps, compressors and fans$107 million · 0.42%

Reference ports

Singapore (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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