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

In 2024, an estimated $22.1 billion of Sweden’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 9.3% of its seaborne trade. That is $8.3 billion of exports and $13.8 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and Japan.

Summary

Estimated value
$22.1billion
Of its seaborne trade
9.3%
Exports
$8.3billion
Imports
$13.8billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Sweden’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore fell 2% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Sweden 22.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$5.9 billion7.3%
1996$6.6 billion7.7%
1997$7 billion8.1%
1998$6 billion6.8%
1999$6.4 billion7.5%
2000$7.2 billion7.8%
2001$7.2 billion8.1%
2002$7.8 billion8.2%
2003$9.8 billion8.5%
2004$11.4 billion8.4%
2005$13.3 billion8.8%
2006$14.9 billion8.7%
2007$17.3 billion8.8%
2008$18.6 billion8.7%
2009$14.6 billion9.8%
2010$19.2 billion10.5%
2011$21.8 billion10.3%
2012$21.8 billion10.7%
2013$20.1 billion10.3%
2014$20.3 billion10.2%
2015$19 billion10.8%
2016$18.5 billion10.5%
2017$21.2 billion10.9%
2018$23.4 billion10.9%
2019$22.5 billion11.1%
2020$20.4 billion11.1%
2021$25.6 billion11.1%
2022$26.5 billion10.7%
2023$22.7 billion9.3%
2024$22.1 billion9.3%

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. Sweden–China$13.9 billion · 63%
  2. Sweden–South Korea$2.2 billion · 9.9%
  3. Sweden–Japan$2 billion · 9.3%
  4. Sweden–Taiwan$883 million · 4%
  5. Sweden–Vietnam$733 million · 3.3%
  6. Sweden–Thailand$717 million · 3.3%
  7. Sweden–Singapore$679 million · 3.1%
  8. Sweden–Hong Kong$238 million · 1.1%
  9. Sweden–Australia$189 million · 0.86%
  10. Sweden–Philippines$185 million · 0.84%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$2 billion · 9%
  2. Batteries$1.3 billion · 5.8%
  3. Auto parts$984 million · 4.5%
  4. Coated paper$510 million · 2.3%
  5. Sawn wood$367 million · 1.7%
  6. Chemical wood pulp$355 million · 1.6%
  7. Other industrial machines$325 million · 1.5%
  8. Lamps and light fittings$300 million · 1.4%
  9. Trucks$293 million · 1.3%
  10. New tires$276 million · 1.3%

Reference ports

Gothenburg (53%) and Stockholm (47%)

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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