Trade / Chokepoints / Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope · transits as % of 2023 normal

178% Diversion

87 ships a day pass the Cape of Good Hope (7-day average), against a normal of 49 and −8% on a year earlier. Tankers are 22% of recent transits. Main industries: Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages. Latest data 25 October 2026.

Transits / day87
vs 2023 normal+78%
vs last year−8%
13 weeks y/y−8%

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

EconomyImports from behind the straitExports to behind the straitPlus partial

Value chains routed through it

Other chokepoints

Source

IMF PortWatch daily transit counts (AIS ship tracking); trade shares from UN Comtrade. Computation by worldgdp.org.

Status

Severe below 40% of normal · Disrupted 40–75% · Constrained 75–92% · Diversion above 125%. Normal = January–October 2023 average.

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