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How much of Algeria’s trade passes through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore?

In 2024, an estimated $16.4 billion of Algeria’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 19.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $4.8 billion of exports and $11.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and Singapore.

Summary

Estimated value
$16.4billion
Of its seaborne trade
19.7%
Exports
$4.8billion
Imports
$11.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Algeria’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 31% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Algeria 16.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.1 billion5.5%
1996$992 million4.6%
1997$931 million4%
1998$805 million4%
1999$1.2 billion6%
2000$983 million3%
2001$1.1 billion3.5%
2002$1.5 billion4.8%
2003$1.7 billion4.4%
2004$2.8 billion5.7%
2005$3.4 billion5.4%
2006$4.4 billion5.8%
2007$7.4 billion8.6%
2008$9.8 billion8.4%
2009$9.8 billion12.1%
2010$10.8 billion11.6%
2011$10.4 billion9.3%
2012$12.8 billion11%
2013$14.4 billion12.7%
2014$16.9 billion15.6%
2015$13.3 billion16.4%
2016$11.9 billion16.8%
2017$13 billion17%
2018$13.3 billion17.2%
2019$12.6 billion18.8%
2020$9.6 billion20.7%
2021$12.5 billion19.2%
2022$13.9 billion14.9%
2023$15.4 billion17.2%
2024$16.4 billion19.7%

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. Algeria–China$11.7 billion · 71.4%
  2. Algeria–South Korea$3.9 billion · 23.6%
  3. Algeria–Singapore$256 million · 1.6%
  4. Algeria–Japan$181 million · 1.1%
  5. Algeria–Hong Kong$142 million · 0.86%
  6. Algeria–Thailand$104 million · 0.63%
  7. Algeria–New Zealand$78 million · 0.48%
  8. Algeria–Taiwan$51 million · 0.31%
  9. Algeria–Malaysia$16 million · 0.1%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$3.1 billion · 18.8%
  2. Crude petroleum$1.1 billion · 6.9%
  3. Natural gas and LPG$496 million · 3%
  4. Air conditioners$390 million · 2.4%
  5. Hot-rolled flat steel$343 million · 2.1%
  6. Synthetic filament fabric$302 million · 1.8%
  7. Cars$252 million · 1.5%
  8. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$245 million · 1.5%
  9. Auto parts$229 million · 1.4%
  10. Trucks$204 million · 1.2%

Reference ports

Algiers (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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