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

In 2024, an estimated $17.5 billion of Denmark’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 12.5% of its seaborne trade. That is $5.5 billion of exports and $12.1 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and Japan.

Summary

Estimated value
$17.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
12.5%
Exports
$5.5billion
Imports
$12.1billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Denmark’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 16% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Denmark 17.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$4.8 billion9.7%
1996$4.9 billion9.4%
1997$4.7 billion9.4%
1998$4.9 billion9.3%
1999$5.5 billion10.4%
2000$6 billion11.1%
2001$5.8 billion10.5%
2002$6.1 billion10.1%
2003$7.8 billion11.2%
2004$9.6 billion11.6%
2005$9.6 billion10.4%
2006$10.7 billion10.5%
2007$11.5 billion10.1%
2008$13.2 billion10.1%
2009$12.2 billion12.6%
2010$12.7 billion12.4%
2011$13.9 billion11.6%
2012$12.5 billion11.1%
2013$13.1 billion11.2%
2014$15.6 billion13.2%
2015$13.9 billion13.7%
2016$13.2 billion13.1%
2017$15.5 billion14%
2018$16.5 billion13.4%
2019$15.1 billion12.8%
2020$15.1 billion13.4%
2021$21.6 billion15.4%
2022$18.6 billion12.9%
2023$17.4 billion12.2%
2024$17.5 billion12.5%

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. Denmark–China$10.3 billion · 58.9%
  2. Denmark–South Korea$2.8 billion · 15.9%
  3. Denmark–Japan$1.3 billion · 7.4%
  4. Denmark–Taiwan$843 million · 4.8%
  5. Denmark–Vietnam$552 million · 3.1%
  6. Denmark–Singapore$508 million · 2.9%
  7. Denmark–Thailand$363 million · 2.1%
  8. Denmark–Philippines$258 million · 1.5%
  9. Denmark–Hong Kong$148 million · 0.85%
  10. Denmark–Cambodia$119 million · 0.68%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cargo and cruise ships$2 billion · 11.4%
  2. Pork$541 million · 3.1%
  3. Generating sets$471 million · 2.7%
  4. Frozen fish$386 million · 2.2%
  5. Refined petroleum$366 million · 2.1%
  6. Cars$310 million · 1.8%
  7. Edible offal$289 million · 1.7%
  8. Furniture$284 million · 1.6%
  9. Women's suits and dresses$282 million · 1.6%
  10. Seats and chairs$273 million · 1.6%

Reference ports

Aarhus (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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