Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) by country
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...
Countries reporting
167
Highest
299.70 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
China
Lowest
818 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
Moldova
Median
545,177 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
Years covered
20
2005–2024
Data points
2,791
What the numbers show
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 299.70 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in China; the lowest is 818 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 545,177 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, and the mean is 5.46 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.
Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 1,916.5%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 83.5%).
Container port traffic: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 299.70 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 59.71 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 3 | Singapore | 41.12 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 4 | South Korea | 31.85 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 5 | Malaysia | 30.66 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 6 | Vietnam | 24.42 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 157.8% | rising |
| 7 | India | 23.90 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 105.1% | rising |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 23.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 21.89 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 10 | Spain | 18.11 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 11 | Indonesia | 14.71 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 12 | Netherlands | 14.52 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 13.89 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 13.69 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 15 | Turkey | 13.51 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 13.29 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 17 | Belgium | 12.39 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 11.93 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 19 | Morocco | 11.79 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 189.2% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 11.43 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 9.62 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 22 | Australia | 9.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 23 | Panama | 9.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 9.28 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 9.22 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 26 | Egypt | 8.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 8.03 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 7.78 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 29 | Canada | 6.39 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 30 | Greece | 5.69 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 31 | France | 5.37 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 32 | Colombia | 5.19 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 33 | Russia | 5.19 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 4.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 4.30 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 36 | Oman | 4.25 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 3.54 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 38 | Peru | 3.48 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 39 | New Zealand | 3.37 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 40 | Bangladesh | 3.35 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 41 | Pakistan | 3.34 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 42 | Poland | 3.27 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 43 | Israel | 3.06 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 44 | Malta | 2.97 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 45 | Iran | 2.92 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 22.6% | flat |
| 46 | Ecuador | 2.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 47 | Jamaica | 2.35 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 2.11 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 49 | Guatemala | 2.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 50 | Togo | 2.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 426.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Kenya | 2.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 98.1% | rising |
| 52 | Algeria | 1.83 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 53 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.80 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 1.72 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 55 | Ghana | 1.70 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 114.4% | rising |
| 56 | Sweden | 1.64 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 57 | Nigeria | 1.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 58 | Bahamas | 1.54 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 59 | Argentina | 1.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 60 | Qatar | 1.42 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 207.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Finland | 1.32 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 62 | Puerto Rico | 1.30 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 63 | Djibouti | 1.29 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 64 | Ireland | 1.21 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 65 | Slovenia | 1.13 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 66 | Uruguay | 1.11 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 67 | Lithuania | 1.07 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 68 | Congo | 1.05 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 69 | Cambodia | 1.03 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 212.1% | rising |
| 70 | Ukraine | 1.02 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2021 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 71 | Romania | 989,795 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 72 | Tanzania | 985,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 73 | Denmark | 935,848 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 74 | Iraq | 932,729 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 1,916.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Honduras | 905,497 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 76 | Senegal | 881,239 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 93.3% | rising |
| 77 | Kuwait | 863,618 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2020 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 78 | Norway | 862,983 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 79 | Jordan | 824,199 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 80 | Myanmar | 782,951 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 81 | Lebanon | 762,062 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 82 | Angola | 709,221 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 83 | Georgia | 636,497 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 545,177 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 85 | Croatia | 532,451 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 151.3% | rising |
| 86 | Benin | 510,896 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 87 | Tunisia | 491,955 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 88 | Latvia | 490,971 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 89 | Mozambique | 489,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 90 | Mauritius | 468,254 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 91 | Libya | 465,168 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | up 106.7% | rising |
| 92 | Iceland | 425,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 93 | Bahrain | 409,382 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 94 | Cyprus | 386,498 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 95 | Yemen | 380,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 96 | Cameroon | 350,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 97 | Sudan | 320,274 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 296,350 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 99 | Guinea | 286,286 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 100 | Austria | 285,900 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2017 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 101 | Cuba | 281,140 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 102 | Estonia | 261,822 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 103 | El Salvador | 255,017 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 104 | Syria | 243,348 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2020 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 105 | Venezuela | 221,801 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2021 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Haiti | 201,514 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 107 | Papua New Guinea | 200,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 108 | Madagascar | 199,712 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 109 | Guam | 190,200 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 110 | Albania | 184,017 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 111 | Gabon | 180,878 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 112 | Namibia | 171,151 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 167,682 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 114 | Seychelles | 154,423 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 145.8% | rising |
| 115 | Fiji | 145,782 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 116 | Solomon Islands | 128,036 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 117 | Switzerland | 114,075 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2020 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 118 | New Caledonia | 107,834 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2021 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 119 | Maldives | 107,728 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 92.4% | rising |
| 120 | Suriname | 105,949 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 121 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 105,200 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 122 | Barbados | 101,300 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 123 | Brunei | 99,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 124 | Curacao | 98,100 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 125 | Somalia | 92,238 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 134.0% | rising |
| 126 | Liberia | 91,454 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 127 | Cape Verde | 89,382 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 128 | French Polynesia | 84,772 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2022 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 129 | Mauritania | 84,458 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 78,413 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 131 | Vanuatu | 77,436 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 329.2% | rising |
| 132 | Tonga | 76,854 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 133 | American Samoa | 76,200 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 134 | Gambia | 71,470 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 22.1% | flat |
| 135 | Aruba | 64,800 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 118.7% | rising |
| 136 | Guyana | 58,377 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2021 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 137 | Comoros | 54,358 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 138 | East Timor | 53,289 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 139 | Samoa | 53,017 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 140 | Kiribati | 52,100 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 49,553 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 80.3% | falling |
| 142 | Cayman Islands | 46,658 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 143 | British Virgin Islands | 45,956 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 356.9% | rising |
| 144 | Northern Mariana Islands | 44,952 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 145 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 42,211 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 146 | Paraguay | 37,901 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2020 | up 363.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Saint Lucia | 37,054 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 148 | Faroe Islands | 31,214 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 149 | Marshall Islands | 30,711 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,700 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 151 | Antigua and Barbuda | 28,000 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 152 | Eritrea | 27,453 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 153 | Micronesia (country) | 25,234 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 284.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24,416 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 155 | Belize | 21,279 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2023 | down 48.1% | flat |
| 156 | Grenada | 20,299 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2022 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 157 | Montenegro | 17,263 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2024 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 158 | Palau | 16,399 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 159 | Equatorial Guinea | 13,851 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 160 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13,560 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2020 | up 374.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Gibraltar | 10,870 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Dominica | 7,401 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 163 | Greenland | 6,145 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 164 | Nauru | 5,327 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 105.1% | rising |
| 165 | Tuvalu | 5,150 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | up 199.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Bermuda | 4,006 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 167 | Moldova | 818 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2019 | down 42.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 913.28 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
- IDA & IBRD total 561.31 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
- Low & middle income 534.13 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
- Middle income 533.75 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
- IBRD only 531.02 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
- East Asia & Pacific 527.45 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
- Upper middle income 465.50 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
- Late-demographic dividend 460.77 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 392.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 392.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
- High income 379.15 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
- Post-demographic dividend 292.86 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
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.