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

In 2024, an estimated $6.5 billion of Jordan’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 28.3% of its seaborne trade. That is $688 million of exports and $5.8 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and Japan.

Summary

Estimated value
$6.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
28.3%
Exports
$688million
Imports
$5.8billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Jordan’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 27% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Jordan 6.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$650 million14.4%
1996$628 million19.9%
1997$798 million17.2%
1998$884 million18.9%
1999$858 million19.1%
2000$1 billion19.9%
2001$1.1 billion18.6%
2002$1.3 billion20.1%
2003$1.5 billion21%
2004$2.1 billion20.9%
2005$2.4 billion20.7%
2006$2.6 billion21.4%
2007$3.2 billion22.2%
2008$4.1 billion22.1%
2009$3.7 billion24.3%
2010$3.5 billion21.3%
2011$4.1 billion21.3%
2012$4.5 billion21.1%
2013$5 billion23%
2014$4.8 billion21.3%
2015$5.2 billion25%
2016$4.4 billion22.5%
2017$4.9 billion22.4%
2018$4.6 billion20%
2019$5.1 billion22.7%
2020$4.1 billion21.2%
2021$4.9 billion20.3%
2022$6.6 billion21.5%
2023$6.7 billion24.2%
2024$6.5 billion28.3%

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. Jordan–China$5 billion · 77.1%
  2. Jordan–South Korea$570 million · 8.7%
  3. Jordan–Japan$317 million · 4.9%
  4. Jordan–Taiwan$179 million · 2.7%
  5. Jordan–Thailand$165 million · 2.5%
  6. Jordan–Singapore$102 million · 1.6%
  7. Jordan–Hong Kong$66 million · 1%
  8. Jordan–New Zealand$46 million · 0.7%
  9. Jordan–Malaysia$24 million · 0.36%
  10. Jordan–Philippines$18 million · 0.28%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$641 million · 9.8%
  2. Other knitted fabric$374 million · 5.7%
  3. Potash fertilizers$167 million · 2.6%
  4. Phenol derivatives$167 million · 2.6%
  5. Trucks$151 million · 2.3%
  6. Hot-rolled flat steel$133 million · 2.1%
  7. Synthetic filament fabric$132 million · 2%
  8. Air conditioners$115 million · 1.8%
  9. Knitted plush and terry fabric$113 million · 1.7%
  10. Natural phosphates$105 million · 1.6%

Reference ports

Aqaba (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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