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

In 2024, an estimated $11.9 billion of Greece’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 10.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $2.3 billion of exports and $9.6 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and Russia.

Summary

Estimated value
$11.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
10.7%
Exports
$2.3billion
Imports
$9.6billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Greece’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 30% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Greece 11.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$2.1 billion7.5%
1996$2.8 billion8.9%
1997$2.6 billion8.6%
1998$2.8 billion9%
1999$3.4 billion10.9%
2000$3.2 billion9.8%
2001$3.4 billion10.6%
2002$4.1 billion12.1%
2003$6.5 billion14.7%
2004$6.4 billion12.5%
2005$6.5 billion11.8%
2006$8.4 billion12.7%
2007$8.8 billion11.9%
2008$8.9 billion10.2%
2009$7 billion10.8%
2010$7.4 billion11%
2011$8.7 billion12%
2012$8.8 billion12.6%
2013$7.3 billion10.3%
2014$6.5 billion9.3%
2015$5.2 billion9.2%
2016$5.8 billion10.1%
2017$7.8 billion11.7%
2018$9.2 billion11.6%
2019$9.1 billion12.1%
2020$8 billion12%
2021$12.3 billion13.2%
2022$15.1 billion12.5%
2023$11.2 billion10.1%
2024$11.9 billion10.7%

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. Greece–China$7.7 billion · 64.6%
  2. Greece–South Korea$2.3 billion · 19.4%
  3. Greece–Russia$534 million · 4.5%
  4. Greece–Japan$326 million · 2.8%
  5. Greece–Singapore$322 million · 2.7%
  6. Greece–Vietnam$290 million · 2.4%
  7. Greece–Thailand$184 million · 1.6%
  8. Greece–Marshall Islands$174 million · 1.5%
  9. Greece–Malaysia$51 million · 0.43%
  10. Greece–Palau$10 million · 0.08%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$1.6 billion · 13.1%
  2. Cargo and cruise ships$1 billion · 8.5%
  3. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$836 million · 7.1%
  4. Natural gas and LPG$470 million · 4%
  5. Cars$291 million · 2.5%
  6. Air conditioners$249 million · 2.1%
  7. Motorcycles$232 million · 2%
  8. Transformers and power supplies$187 million · 1.6%
  9. Toys$176 million · 1.5%
  10. Furniture$150 million · 1.3%

Reference ports

Piraeus (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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