Danish Straits
low riskThe exit from the Baltic – Russian crude from Primorsk and Ust-Luga.
Answer
About 3.2 million barrels of crude and fuels pass through here every day – ~3% of seaborne trade, or 2 supertankers a day. The map shows 2.2 million of that in crude oil routes. The countries most dependent on the Danish Straits are Finland (100% of imports), Poland (99% of imports), Denmark (97% of imports) and Lithuania (93% of imports).
U.S. EIA 2023 · UN Comtrade 2025
Key figures
- Oil and products a day, barrels per day
- 3.2 million
- Most dependent country
- Finland · 100%
- Largest supplier through it
- Russia · 54%
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How much oil passes through the Danish Straits?
About 3.2 million barrels of crude and fuels pass through here every day – ~3% of seaborne trade, or 2 supertankers a day. The map shows 2.2 million of that in crude oil routes.
U.S. EIA · 2023
Why is the Danish Straits a risk?
Calm NATO waters – the risk of a blockade is purely theoretical.
The countries most dependent on the Danish Straits are Finland (100% of imports), Poland (99% of imports), Denmark (97% of imports) and Lithuania (93% of imports).
Which countries depend on the Danish Straits?
| Country | share | thousand b/d |
|---|---|---|
| Finland | 100% of imports | 198 |
| Poland | 99% of imports | 502 |
| Denmark | 97% of imports | 103 |
| Lithuania | 93% of imports | 174 |
| India | 23% of imports | 1,158 |
| Sweden | 4% of imports | 14 |
| Germany | 0% of imports | 6 |
UN Comtrade, JODI-Oil · 2025
Whose oil is it?
| Supplier | share | thousand b/d |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 54% | 1,158 |
| Norway | 20% | 429 |
| Saudi Arabia | 15% | 331 |
| USA | 4% | 84 |
| United Kingdom | 3% | 66 |
| Guyana | 2% | 41 |
| Denmark | 1% | 28 |
| Nigeria | 1% | 18 |
UN Comtrade, JODI-Oil · 2025
Sources
- U.S. EIA – crude oil and petroleum products passing through maritime chokepoints · 2023
- UN Comtrade – crude oil imports by country of origin (HS 2709), as reported by the importing country · 2025
- JODI-Oil – national crude oil production, imports and exports · 2025
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CSV and JSON, CC BY 4.0 – credit “chokepoints.io” with a link. Volumes in thousand barrels per day, 2025 annual averages.
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