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How much of Algeria’s trade passes through the Suez Canal?

In 2024, an estimated $4.3 billion of Algeria’s trade passed through the Suez Canal, 5.2% of its seaborne trade. That is $1 billion of exports and $3.3 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.

Summary

Estimated value
$4.3billion
Of its seaborne trade
5.2%
Exports
$1billion
Imports
$3.3billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Algeria’s estimated trade through the Suez Canal fell 76% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Algeria 4.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.4 billion6.9%
1996$1.3 billion5.8%
1997$1.2 billion5.3%
1998$1.1 billion5.7%
1999$1.7 billion8.1%
2000$1.3 billion4.1%
2001$1.9 billion6.2%
2002$2.5 billion8%
2003$2.5 billion6.6%
2004$4.1 billion8.2%
2005$4.9 billion7.6%
2006$6.5 billion8.6%
2007$10.4 billion12.1%
2008$13.5 billion11.7%
2009$12.6 billion15.5%
2010$15.2 billion16.4%
2011$16 billion14.2%
2012$17.2 billion14.7%
2013$19 billion16.8%
2014$21.2 billion19.7%
2015$17.1 billion21.1%
2016$16 billion22.5%
2017$17.7 billion23.2%
2018$18.8 billion24.4%
2019$18.3 billion27.4%
2020$13.2 billion28.4%
2021$16.9 billion25.9%
2022$20.4 billion22%
2023$20.4 billion22.7%
2024$4.3 billion5.2%

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. Algeria–China$1.8 billion · 40.6%
  2. Algeria–Saudi Arabia$1.1 billion · 25.1%
  3. Algeria–South Korea$581 million · 13.4%
  4. Algeria–India$268 million · 6.2%
  5. Algeria–Egypt$198 million · 4.6%
  6. Algeria–Indonesia$134 million · 3.1%
  7. Algeria–New Zealand$78 million · 1.8%
  8. Algeria–Bahrain$52 million · 1.2%
  9. Algeria–Singapore$38 million · 0.89%
  10. Algeria–Japan$27 million · 0.63%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$469 million · 10.8%
  2. Polyethylene$414 million · 9.6%
  3. Crude petroleum$367 million · 8.5%
  4. Polypropylene$223 million · 5.2%
  5. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$138 million · 3.2%
  6. Natural gas and LPG$113 million · 2.6%
  7. Powdered and condensed milk$74 million · 1.7%
  8. Plastic sheets and film$74 million · 1.7%
  9. Air conditioners$62 million · 1.4%
  10. Synthetic filament fabric$59 million · 1.4%

If it closes

  • China–Algeria: +4,594 nautical miles, ≈ 13.5 days more at 14 knots, via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore; the Cape of Good Hope; and the Strait of Gibraltar
  • Algeria–South Korea: +4,599 nautical miles, ≈ 13.5 days more at 14 knots, via the Strait of Gibraltar; the Cape of Good Hope; and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore
  • Algeria–India: +5,598 nautical miles, ≈ 16.5 days more at 14 knots, via the Strait of Gibraltar and the Cape of Good Hope
  • Algeria–Indonesia: +3,943 nautical miles, ≈ 11.5 days more at 14 knots, via the Strait of Gibraltar and the Cape of Good Hope
  • Algeria–New Zealand: +2,010 nautical miles, ≈ 6 days more at 14 knots, via the Strait of Gibraltar and the Cape of Good Hope

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

Reference ports

Algiers (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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