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

In 2024, an estimated $150.6 billion of Singapore’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 47.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $48.6 billion of exports and $102 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates and India.

Summary

Estimated value
$150.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
47.7%
Exports
$48.6billion
Imports
$102billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Singapore’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 7% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Singapore 151

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$57.6 billion44.9%
1996$62.2 billion46.4%
1997$55.4 billion46.9%
1998$45.5 billion47.6%
1999$49.8 billion49%
2000$50.1 billion46.7%
2001$46.5 billion47.9%
2002$46.7 billion47.1%
2003$55.6 billion46.9%
2004$66.2 billion45.2%
2005$77 billion45.6%
2006$91.6 billion46.4%
2007$108.7 billion46%
2008$146.5 billion47.1%
2009$109.1 billion48.1%
2010$127.6 billion48.7%
2011$174.6 billion49.7%
2012$181.1 billion50.6%
2013$179.2 billion50.5%
2014$178 billion49.7%
2015$127.8 billion47.6%
2016$113.5 billion48.5%
2017$141.4 billion50.3%
2018$162 billion52%
2019$141.3 billion50%
2020$108.9 billion48.4%
2021$148.5 billion50.2%
2022$173.9 billion50.8%
2023$145.2 billion47.1%
2024$150.6 billion47.7%

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. Singapore–Malaysia$35.7 billion · 23.7%
  2. Singapore–United Arab Emirates$13.4 billion · 8.9%
  3. Singapore–India$12.8 billion · 8.5%
  4. Singapore–United States$11.2 billion · 7.4%
  5. Singapore–Saudi Arabia$8.5 billion · 5.6%
  6. Singapore–Brazil$7.5 billion · 4.9%
  7. Singapore–Qatar$5.8 billion · 3.8%
  8. Singapore–Indonesia$4.1 billion · 2.8%
  9. Singapore–Germany$3.7 billion · 2.4%
  10. Singapore–Russia$3.2 billion · 2.1%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$53.2 billion · 35.3%
  2. Crude petroleum$22.8 billion · 15.1%
  3. Natural gas and LPG$3.9 billion · 2.6%
  4. Dredgers and floating cranes$2.6 billion · 1.7%
  5. Polyethylene$2.2 billion · 1.5%
  6. Cargo and cruise ships$1.9 billion · 1.2%
  7. Ethers and organic peroxides$1.3 billion · 0.88%
  8. Polypropylene$1.3 billion · 0.86%
  9. Coal tar oils$1.2 billion · 0.81%
  10. Air pumps, compressors and fans$1.1 billion · 0.75%

If it closes

  • Malaysia–Singapore: +1,769 nautical miles, ≈ 5.5 days more at 14 knots

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

Reference ports

Singapore (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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