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

In 2024, an estimated $3.9 billion of Senegal’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 23.4% of its seaborne trade. That is $1.2 billion of exports and $2.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Thailand and South Korea.

Summary

Estimated value
$3.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
23.4%
Exports
$1.2billion
Imports
$2.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Senegal’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 77% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Senegal 3.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$176 million11.2%
1996$265 million10.3%
1997$231 million9.9%
1998$240 million10.3%
1999$288 million12.4%
2000$321 million13.5%
2001$344 million13.9%
2002$344 million12.1%
2003$418 million12.4%
2004$506 million13.2%
2005$582 million13.2%
2006$577 million12.7%
2007$821 million13.7%
2008$1.2 billion15.9%
2009$883 million14.5%
2010$930 million14.8%
2011$1.1 billion13.7%
2012$1.2 billion13.4%
2013$1.2 billion14.6%
2014$1.4 billion16.2%
2015$1.6 billion20%
2016$1.8 billion21.1%
2017$1.8 billion17.7%
2018$2.1 billion17.9%
2019$2.2 billion19.1%
2020$1.9 billion18%
2021$2.5 billion17.7%
2022$2.9 billion17.3%
2023$3.1 billion19.4%
2024$3.9 billion23.4%

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. Senegal–China$3.2 billion · 80.7%
  2. Senegal–Thailand$220 million · 5.6%
  3. Senegal–South Korea$202 million · 5.2%
  4. Senegal–Japan$195 million · 5%
  5. Senegal–Singapore$61 million · 1.6%
  6. Senegal–Vietnam$32 million · 0.83%
  7. Senegal–Malaysia$19 million · 0.49%
  8. Senegal–Hong Kong$15 million · 0.39%
  9. Senegal–Philippines$10 million · 0.26%
  10. Senegal–North Korea$2 million · 0.04%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$581 million · 14.8%
  2. Peanuts$295 million · 7.5%
  3. Rice$148 million · 3.8%
  4. Motorcycle and bicycle parts$118 million · 3%
  5. Frozen fish$89 million · 2.3%
  6. Bulldozers and excavators$78 million · 2%
  7. Cars$78 million · 2%
  8. Trucks$72 million · 1.8%
  9. Cables and wire$67 million · 1.7%
  10. Bags, suitcases and cases$66 million · 1.7%

Reference ports

Dakar (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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