China vs South Korea: Container port traffic
Container port traffic over time
- China
- South Korea
How they compare
China currently reports 299.70 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units against 31.85 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in South Korea, a difference of 267.85 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.
That makes China's figure about 9.4 times South Korea's.
Across all 15 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Globally, China ranks 1st and South Korea ranks 4th of 167 countries.
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About this data
Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes, and vice versa, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a standard-size container. Data refer to coastal shipping as well as international journeys. Transshipment traffic is counted as two lifts at the intermediate port (once to off-load and again as an outbound lift) and includes empty units.