How much oil passes each chokepoint
Malacca Strait carried 23.2 million barrels a day of crude oil and petroleum liquids in the first half of 2025, 29% of world maritime oil trade. The table compares every chokepoint the US Energy Information Administration reports, and marks those with an ongoing disruption on our record.
Crude oil and petroleum liquids
| Chokepoint | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 1H25 | Share, 1H25 | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malacca Strait | 22.8 | 22.1 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 22.5 | 23.2 | 29% | |
| Strait of Hormuz | 19.2 | 19.7 | 21.9 | 21.8 | 20.7 | 20.9 | 26% | disrupted |
| Cape of Good Hope | 7.9 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 11% | disrupted |
| Suez Canal | 5.4 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 6% | disrupted |
| Oresund Strait | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 6% | |
| Bab el-Mandeb Strait | 5.7 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5% | disrupted |
| Bosporus Strait | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5% | |
| Panama Canal | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3% | disrupted |
| World maritime oil trade | 74.1 | 75.9 | 78.6 | 80.2 | 79.7 | 79.8 | 100% |
Million barrels a day. The Cape of Good Hope is not a chokepoint but the main route around them. Panama Canal figures are by fiscal year (1 October to 30 September). Flows can overlap: a cargo that passes two chokepoints counts at both.
Source: US Energy Information Administration, World Oil Transit Chokepoints, last updated 3 March 2026. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-20 (20 September 2026).
Shares are computed by World Freight Monitor as each flow divided by EIA's world maritime oil trade for the same period. Volumes are EIA estimates, not counts of vessels.
Liquefied natural gas
- Strait of Hormuz: 11.4 billion cubic feet a day in 1H25. Over 20 percent of global LNG trade, mostly from Qatar.
- Malacca Strait: 9.2 billion cubic feet a day in 1H25.
Source: US Energy Information Administration, World Oil Transit Chokepoints, last updated 3 March 2026. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-20 (20 September 2026).