Global Oil Chokepoints
About 20 percent of the world’s oil trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Overall, about 60 percent of global oil shipping goes through seven narrow chokepoints.
Danish Straits
4.7%
Turkish Straits
3.5%
Suez Canal,
SUMED pipeline
4.7%
Strait Of Hormuz
20%
Strait of Malacca
22.2%
Bab al-Mandab
4%
Panama Canal
2.2%
Danish Straits
4.7%
Panama Canal
2.2%
Turkish Straits
3.5%
Suez Canal,
SUMED pipeline
4.7%
Strait Of Hormuz
20%
Strait of Malacca
22.2%
Bab al-Mandab
4%