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

In 2024, an estimated $3.5 billion of Tunisia’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 10.2% of its seaborne trade. That is $543 million of exports and $3 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Russia and Japan.

Summary

Estimated value
$3.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
10.2%
Exports
$543million
Imports
$3billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Tunisia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 47% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Tunisia 3.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$362 million3.9%
1996$388 million4.1%
1997$448 million4.3%
1998$531 million4.7%
1999$534 million4.5%
2000$511 million4.1%
2001$526 million3.8%
2002$529 million3.9%
2003$559 million3.9%
2004$834 million4.8%
2005$847 million4.7%
2006$1.1 billion5.2%
2007$1.3 billion5.1%
2008$2.4 billion7.2%
2009$1.5 billion6%
2010$2 billion6.9%
2011$2.2 billion7.3%
2012$2.7 billion8.8%
2013$2.4 billion7.9%
2014$2.6 billion8.9%
2015$2.3 billion8.5%
2016$2.3 billion9.3%
2017$2.2 billion8%
2018$2.7 billion9%
2019$2.4 billion8.6%
2020$2.2 billion8.9%
2021$2.7 billion8.7%
2022$3.3 billion9%
2023$3.9 billion10.9%
2024$3.5 billion10.2%

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. Tunisia–China$2.2 billion · 61.9%
  2. Tunisia–Russia$478 million · 13.6%
  3. Tunisia–Japan$242 million · 6.9%
  4. Tunisia–South Korea$199 million · 5.6%
  5. Tunisia–Thailand$152 million · 4.3%
  6. Tunisia–Vietnam$141 million · 4%
  7. Tunisia–Taiwan$63 million · 1.8%
  8. Tunisia–Singapore$57 million · 1.6%
  9. Tunisia–Malaysia$13 million · 0.37%
  10. Tunisia–Papua New Guinea$270 thousand · 0.01%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$667 million · 18.9%
  2. Cars$200 million · 5.7%
  3. Auto parts$103 million · 2.9%
  4. Hot-rolled flat steel$98 million · 2.8%
  5. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$92 million · 2.6%
  6. Wheat$80 million · 2.3%
  7. Footwear parts$64 million · 1.8%
  8. Trucks$64 million · 1.8%
  9. Coffee$59 million · 1.7%
  10. Fish fillets$59 million · 1.7%

Reference ports

Tunis (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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