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

In 2024, an estimated $17.9 billion of Slovakia’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 14.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $4.9 billion of exports and $13 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and Russia.

Summary

Estimated value
$17.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
14.7%
Exports
$4.9billion
Imports
$13billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Slovakia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 28% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Slovakia 17.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$628 million7.5%
1996$1.1 billion10.1%
1997$943 million8.4%
1998$840 million6.3%
1999$772 million6.1%
2000$1.2 billion7.8%
2001$1.3 billion7.6%
2002$1.5 billion7.9%
2003$1.9 billion7.5%
2004$2.5 billion8.7%
2005$3.1 billion9.1%
2006$4.3 billion9.9%
2007$6.5 billion11.6%
2008$8.3 billion11.7%
2009$6.3 billion12%
2010$9.1 billion14.6%
2011$13.1 billion17.4%
2012$12.5 billion16.8%
2013$12.3 billion15.7%
2014$13.1 billion16.3%
2015$11 billion14.6%
2016$11.5 billion14.3%
2017$10.9 billion12.9%
2018$14.2 billion14.7%
2019$14 billion14.4%
2020$13.6 billion15%
2021$17.8 billion15.7%
2022$18.6 billion15.5%
2023$17.2 billion14%
2024$17.9 billion14.7%

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. Slovakia–China$9.9 billion · 55.2%
  2. Slovakia–South Korea$4.3 billion · 23.8%
  3. Slovakia–Russia$1.3 billion · 7.2%
  4. Slovakia–Vietnam$903 million · 5.1%
  5. Slovakia–Japan$744 million · 4.2%
  6. Slovakia–Taiwan$405 million · 2.3%
  7. Slovakia–Thailand$288 million · 1.6%
  8. Slovakia–Cambodia$75 million · 0.42%
  9. Slovakia–Malaysia$26 million · 0.15%
  10. Slovakia–New Zealand$10 million · 0.06%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$4.6 billion · 25.9%
  2. Auto parts$1.9 billion · 10.8%
  3. Natural gas and LPG$635 million · 3.6%
  4. Crude petroleum$585 million · 3.3%
  5. Engine parts$558 million · 3.1%
  6. Air pumps, compressors and fans$533 million · 3%
  7. Computer and office machine parts$490 million · 2.7%
  8. Batteries$478 million · 2.7%
  9. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$293 million · 1.6%
  10. Transformers and power supplies$287 million · 1.6%

Reference ports

Koper (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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