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

In 2024, an estimated $17.2 billion of Cambodia’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 30.5% of its seaborne trade. That is $15.1 billion of exports and $2.1 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the United States, Germany and Spain.

Summary

Estimated value
$17.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
30.5%
Exports
$15.1billion
Imports
$2.1billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Cambodia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 41% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Cambodia 17.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$169 million16.9%
1996$243 million25%
1997$377 million26%
1998$432 million25.1%
1999$623 million27.1%
2000$962 million28.3%
2001$1.3 billion36.5%
2002$1.7 billion35%
2003$1.8 billion34.3%
2004$2.2 billion37.6%
2005$2.2 billion31.7%
2006$2.7 billion30.9%
2007$3.1 billion32.4%
2008$3.1 billion33.2%
2009$3.1 billion35.3%
2010$3.9 billion33.8%
2011$5 billion34.2%
2012$5.6 billion35.6%
2013$6.7 billion36.5%
2014$7.8 billion38.9%
2015$8.4 billion39.1%
2016$9 billion38.5%
2017$9.2 billion37.7%
2018$10.6 billion38.9%
2019$12.2 billion34.8%
2020$10.6 billion32.4%
2021$12 billion31.5%
2022$15.5 billion32.3%
2023$15.5 billion31.3%
2024$17.2 billion30.5%

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. Cambodia–United States$4.8 billion · 27.6%
  2. Cambodia–Germany$2.1 billion · 12.1%
  3. Cambodia–Spain$1.6 billion · 9.5%
  4. Cambodia–United Kingdom$1.4 billion · 7.9%
  5. Cambodia–France$1.3 billion · 7.7%
  6. Cambodia–Malaysia$880 million · 5.1%
  7. Cambodia–Poland$728 million · 4.2%
  8. Cambodia–Netherlands$686 million · 4%
  9. Cambodia–Italy$454 million · 2.6%
  10. Cambodia–Canada$426 million · 2.5%

What crosses it

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

  1. Sweaters and pullovers$1.8 billion · 10.2%
  2. Women's suits and dresses$1.7 billion · 9.6%
  3. Women's knitted suits and dresses$1.3 billion · 7.8%
  4. Bags, suitcases and cases$967 million · 5.6%
  5. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$575 million · 3.3%
  6. Leather footwear$554 million · 3.2%
  7. Rubber and plastic footwear$498 million · 2.9%
  8. T-shirts$482 million · 2.8%
  9. Textile footwear$481 million · 2.8%
  10. Men's suits and trousers$429 million · 2.5%

Reference ports

Sihanoukville (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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