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

In 2024, an estimated $51.9 billion of Oman’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 59.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $43.5 billion of exports and $8.4 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and Japan.

Summary

Estimated value
$51.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
59.7%
Exports
$43.5billion
Imports
$8.4billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Oman’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 64% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Oman 51.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$5.8 billion66.2%
1996$7.3 billion69.4%
1997$7.6 billion67.2%
1998$5.6 billion59.2%
1999$6.1 billion64%
2000$9.6 billion77.3%
2001$9.6 billion67.9%
2002$9 billion59.8%
2003$12.3 billion75.7%
2004$12 billion69.6%
2005$16.4 billion73.1%
2006$21.1 billion71.9%
2007$22 billion67.1%
2008$32.8 billion69.4%
2009$21.2 billion61.5%
2010$28.9 billion64.3%
2011$36.3 billion61.4%
2012$46.7 billion70%
2013$46.5 billion62.1%
2014$42.5 billion66%
2015$32.1 billion57.6%
2016$24.3 billion52.5%
2017$24.5 billion52.7%
2018$31.3 billion54.9%
2019$31.6 billion56.7%
2020$26.6 billion49.9%
2021$42.7 billion53.3%
2022$56 billion52%
2023$48.7 billion50.8%
2024$51.9 billion59.7%

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. Oman–China$36.5 billion · 70.4%
  2. Oman–South Korea$6.3 billion · 12.1%
  3. Oman–Japan$3.3 billion · 6.4%
  4. Oman–Taiwan$2.6 billion · 5%
  5. Oman–Thailand$1.4 billion · 2.7%
  6. Oman–Singapore$988 million · 1.9%
  7. Oman–United States$424 million · 0.82%
  8. Oman–Malaysia$121 million · 0.23%
  9. Oman–New Zealand$121 million · 0.23%
  10. Oman–Philippines$43 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. Crude petroleum$27.9 billion · 53.8%
  2. Natural gas and LPG$8.2 billion · 15.8%
  3. Refined petroleum$3.4 billion · 6.6%
  4. Alcohols$1.4 billion · 2.8%
  5. Iron ore$1.1 billion · 2.1%
  6. Cars$798 million · 1.5%
  7. Seamless steel pipes$540 million · 1%
  8. Polycarboxylic acids$401 million · 0.77%
  9. Semi-finished steel$383 million · 0.74%
  10. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$286 million · 0.55%

If it closes

  • China–Oman: +747 nautical miles, ≈ 2 days more at 14 knots

Estimated sailing detour, without costs, waiting or port capacity.

Reference ports

Raysut (Salalah) (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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