Trade / Chokepoints / Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Bab el-Mandeb Strait · transits as % of 2023 normal
39% Severe
29 ships a day pass the Bab el-Mandeb Strait (7-day average), against a normal of 75 and −23% on a year earlier. Tankers are 33% of recent transits. Main industries: Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Vegetable Products. Latest data 25 October 2026.
Transits / day29
vs 2023 normal−61%
vs last year−23%
13 weeks y/y−20%
Transits by vessel type since 2023
Ships per day, 7-day average, stacked by type. Dashed line: the January–October 2023 normal.
Cargo capacity passing
Deadweight capacity of transiting ships, thousand tonnes per day, 7-day average.
Cargo mix: now against normal
Transits per day by vessel type, latest 4 weeks (solid) against the 2023 normal (faded).
Who depends on it
| Economy | Imports from behind the strait | Exports to behind the strait | Plus partial |
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Value chains routed through it
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