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

In 2024, an estimated $2.8 billion of Estonia’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 9.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $771 million of exports and $2 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Japan and Singapore.

Summary

Estimated value
$2.8billion
Of its seaborne trade
9.7%
Exports
$771million
Imports
$2billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Estonia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore fell 3% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Estonia 2.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$160 million4.3%
1996$233 million5.2%
1997$370 million6.3%
1998$352 million5.7%
1999$364 million6.5%
2000$422 million6.7%
2001$538 million8.3%
2002$674 million9.2%
2003$773 million8.7%
2004$960 million8.7%
2005$1.2 billion8.9%
2006$1.9 billion10.1%
2007$2.1 billion10.4%
2008$1.9 billion9.2%
2009$1.5 billion9.9%
2010$1.9 billion11%
2011$2.5 billion10.5%
2012$2.2 billion10.1%
2013$2.3 billion10.4%
2014$3.1 billion12.2%
2015$2.1 billion10.8%
2016$1.8 billion9.6%
2017$2.1 billion9.2%
2018$2.7 billion10.8%
2019$2.9 billion11.7%
2020$2.7 billion11.3%
2021$3.3 billion10.1%
2022$3.2 billion9%
2023$2.7 billion9.4%
2024$2.8 billion9.7%

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. Estonia–China$1.5 billion · 54.1%
  2. Estonia–Japan$408 million · 14.7%
  3. Estonia–Singapore$375 million · 13.5%
  4. Estonia–South Korea$149 million · 5.4%
  5. Estonia–Russia$98 million · 3.5%
  6. Estonia–Vietnam$92 million · 3.3%
  7. Estonia–Taiwan$58 million · 2.1%
  8. Estonia–Thailand$48 million · 1.7%
  9. Estonia–Hong Kong$23 million · 0.83%
  10. Estonia–Malaysia$14 million · 0.51%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$342 million · 12.4%
  2. Coal tar oils$213 million · 7.7%
  3. Refined petroleum$123 million · 4.5%
  4. Phones and telecom equipment$90 million · 3.3%
  5. Palm oil$76 million · 2.8%
  6. Batteries$56 million · 2%
  7. Peat$55 million · 2%
  8. Toys$53 million · 1.9%
  9. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$49 million · 1.8%
  10. Vacuum cleaners$47 million · 1.7%

Reference ports

Tallinn (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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