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

In 2024, an estimated $10.6 billion of Jordan’s trade passed through the Suez Canal, 46.2% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.8 billion of exports and $6.8 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the United States, Turkey and Egypt.

Summary

Estimated value
$10.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
46.2%
Exports
$3.8billion
Imports
$6.8billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Jordan’s estimated trade through the Suez Canal rose 3% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Jordan 10.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$2.6 billion56.8%
1996$1.9 billion61.6%
1997$2.6 billion56.4%
1998$2.5 billion52.3%
1999$2.3 billion50.9%
2000$2.5 billion50.8%
2001$3 billion52.9%
2002$3.3 billion52.7%
2003$3.9 billion53.8%
2004$5.2 billion52%
2005$6 billion52.8%
2006$6.2 billion51.3%
2007$7.5 billion52%
2008$8.8 billion48%
2009$7.7 billion50.4%
2010$7.7 billion46.5%
2011$8.9 billion46.3%
2012$10.6 billion50%
2013$10.5 billion47.9%
2014$10.1 billion45%
2015$9.1 billion44.2%
2016$9.4 billion48.3%
2017$11.2 billion50.5%
2018$11.1 billion48.3%
2019$10.3 billion45.4%
2020$9.7 billion50.3%
2021$11.9 billion49.8%
2022$13 billion41.9%
2023$11.8 billion42.8%
2024$10.6 billion46.2%

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. Jordan–United States$3.6 billion · 34%
  2. Jordan–Turkey$1.1 billion · 9.9%
  3. Jordan–Egypt$794 million · 7.5%
  4. Jordan–Brazil$661 million · 6.2%
  5. Jordan–Germany$556 million · 5.2%
  6. Jordan–Italy$462 million · 4.3%
  7. Jordan–Spain$331 million · 3.1%
  8. Jordan–Romania$318 million · 3%
  9. Jordan–Netherlands$308 million · 2.9%
  10. Jordan–United Kingdom$248 million · 2.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$779 million · 7.3%
  2. Sweaters and pullovers$537 million · 5.1%
  3. Natural gas and LPG$345 million · 3.2%
  4. Women's knitted suits and dresses$326 million · 3.1%
  5. Potash fertilizers$302 million · 2.8%
  6. Mixed fertilizers$293 million · 2.8%
  7. Men's knitted suits and trousers$247 million · 2.3%
  8. Women's suits and dresses$214 million · 2%
  9. Tractors$214 million · 2%
  10. T-shirts$210 million · 2%

Reference ports

Aqaba (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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