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

In 2024, an estimated $6.7 billion of Bahrain’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 22.6% of its seaborne trade. That is $2.4 billion of exports and $4.3 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Australia and Japan.

Summary

Estimated value
$6.7billion
Of its seaborne trade
22.6%
Exports
$2.4billion
Imports
$4.3billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Bahrain’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore fell 9% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Bahrain 6.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.1 billion38.9%
1996$1.3 billion41.8%
1997$1.5 billion45.1%
1998$1.3 billion33.3%
1999$1.2 billion33.3%
2000$2.1 billion34.9%
2001$2.1 billion34.2%
2002$2 billion30.6%
2003$2.3 billion33.9%
2004$2.5 billion31.8%
2005$3.5 billion31.9%
2006$3.8 billion32.6%
2007$4.1 billion30.3%
2008$5.8 billion27.7%
2009$4.3 billion32.4%
2010$5.7 billion31.8%
2011$6 billion21.3%
2012$6.3 billion27.3%
2013$6 billion20.4%
2014$11.7 billion29.8%
2015$5.6 billion18.9%
2016$4.6 billion22%
2017$5.6 billion21.5%
2018$7.1 billion22.4%
2019$7.4 billion23%
2020$5.9 billion23%
2021$7.1 billion24.1%
2022$8.7 billion24.9%
2023$6.4 billion19.4%
2024$6.7 billion22.6%

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. Bahrain–China$2 billion · 29.2%
  2. Bahrain–Australia$1.1 billion · 16.2%
  3. Bahrain–Japan$1 billion · 14.9%
  4. Bahrain–Singapore$587 million · 8.7%
  5. Bahrain–Thailand$580 million · 8.6%
  6. Bahrain–South Korea$578 million · 8.6%
  7. Bahrain–United States$377 million · 5.6%
  8. Bahrain–Taiwan$122 million · 1.8%
  9. Bahrain–Vietnam$114 million · 1.7%
  10. Bahrain–Philippines$112 million · 1.7%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$1.3 billion · 18.6%
  2. Aluminum oxide and hydroxide$920 million · 13.7%
  3. Cars$656 million · 9.7%
  4. Unwrought aluminum$619 million · 9.2%
  5. Pitch and pitch coke$201 million · 3%
  6. Auto parts$128 million · 1.9%
  7. Trucks$109 million · 1.6%
  8. Nitrogen fertilizers$80 million · 1.2%
  9. Alcohols$77 million · 1.1%
  10. Hydrogen and rare gases$75 million · 1.1%

Reference ports

Mina Salman (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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