Summary
- China → Madagascar
- $1.3billion
- Madagascar → China
- $276million
- China’s balance
- $1billion
Balance
China’s trade balance with Madagascar
Trade between China and Madagascar grew 62-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.3
- Imports 0.3
- Balance +1
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $22 million | $3 million | $19 million |
| 1996 | $28 million | $3 million | $25 million |
| 1997 | $39 million | $3 million | $36 million |
| 1998 | $39 million | $5 million | $34 million |
| 1999 | $56 million | $4 million | $52 million |
| 2000 | $127 million | $7 million | $120 million |
| 2001 | $117 million | $9 million | $108 million |
| 2002 | $48 million | $10 million | $38 million |
| 2003 | $220 million | $10 million | $210 million |
| 2004 | $316 million | $18 million | $297 million |
| 2005 | $296 million | $31 million | $265 million |
| 2006 | $305 million | $27 million | $278 million |
| 2007 | $487 million | $32 million | $456 million |
| 2008 | $824 million | $56 million | $768 million |
| 2009 | $357 million | $69 million | $289 million |
| 2010 | $345 million | $108 million | $238 million |
| 2011 | $441 million | $120 million | $322 million |
| 2012 | $432 million | $125 million | $307 million |
| 2013 | $498 million | $158 million | $339 million |
| 2014 | $577 million | $119 million | $458 million |
| 2015 | $632 million | $165 million | $467 million |
| 2016 | $724 million | $166 million | $558 million |
| 2017 | $853 million | $207 million | $646 million |
| 2018 | $807 million | $180 million | $628 million |
| 2019 | $844 million | $196 million | $648 million |
| 2020 | $766 million | $136 million | $630 million |
| 2021 | $966 million | $358 million | $608 million |
| 2022 | $1.2 billion | $575 million | $617 million |
| 2023 | $987 million | $276 million | $711 million |
| 2024 | $1.3 billion | $276 million | $1 billion |
What they sell each other
What China sells to Madagascar
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Madagascar sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Toamasina is 6,080 nautical miles (11,260 km) long: ≈ 14–18 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Madagascar was China’s 129th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Madagascar’s largest (19%).
- Madagascar in China’s trade
- 0%
- Madagascar’s rank among China’s partners
- 129th
- China in Madagascar’s trade
- 18.8%
- China’s rank among Madagascar’s partners
- 1st
Compare with
Other partners of China
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.