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How much of Côte d'Ivoire’s trade passes through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore?

In 2024, an estimated $6.2 billion of Côte d'Ivoire’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 18.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $2 billion of exports and $4.2 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Vietnam and South Korea.

Summary

Estimated value
$6.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
18.7%
Exports
$2billion
Imports
$4.2billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Côte d'Ivoire’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 67% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Côte d'Ivoire 6.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$433 million6.5%
1996$475 million6.5%
1997$484 million6.9%
1998$579 million7.7%
1999$582 million7.8%
2000$491 million7.6%
2001$503 million7.8%
2002$543 million7.1%
2003$648 million7.5%
2004$716 million6.9%
2005$738 million6.4%
2006$948 million7.6%
2007$1.1 billion8.2%
2008$1.6 billion9.4%
2009$1.5 billion9.6%
2010$1.6 billion9.6%
2011$1.7 billion10%
2012$2 billion10.3%
2013$2.8 billion11.8%
2014$2.7 billion12.4%
2015$3.4 billion15.4%
2016$3.2 billion16.7%
2017$3.3 billion15.3%
2018$3.8 billion17.4%
2019$3.7 billion17.2%
2020$3.9 billion18.4%
2021$5.1 billion19.7%
2022$5.6 billion18.8%
2023$6.2 billion19.1%
2024$6.2 billion18.7%

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. Côte d'Ivoire–China$3.7 billion · 59.6%
  2. Côte d'Ivoire–Vietnam$1.2 billion · 19.9%
  3. Côte d'Ivoire–South Korea$305 million · 4.9%
  4. Côte d'Ivoire–Japan$293 million · 4.7%
  5. Côte d'Ivoire–Thailand$271 million · 4.4%
  6. Côte d'Ivoire–Singapore$142 million · 2.3%
  7. Côte d'Ivoire–Malaysia$135 million · 2.2%
  8. Côte d'Ivoire–Russia$126 million · 2%

What crosses it

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

  1. Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews$769 million · 12.4%
  2. Natural rubber$762 million · 12.3%
  3. Rice$573 million · 9.2%
  4. Cars$216 million · 3.5%
  5. Pesticides and herbicides$208 million · 3.3%
  6. Cocoa beans$189 million · 3%
  7. Frozen fish$151 million · 2.4%
  8. Trucks$148 million · 2.4%
  9. Bulldozers and excavators$110 million · 1.8%
  10. Refined petroleum$95 million · 1.5%

Reference ports

Abidjan (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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