Container port traffic in Australia
Australia: Container port traffic was 9.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024. ▲ Rising
Container port traffic in Australia, 2010–2024
Source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Measured in TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.
Analysis
The most recent figure for container port traffic in Australia is 9.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, container port traffic in Australia peaked at 9.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.45 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, in 2010.
That places Australia 22nd out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.63 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 6.45 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 8.78 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.19 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 8.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 9.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 19 Morocco 11.79 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 20 Thailand 11.43 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 21 United Kingdom 9.62 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 23 Panama 9.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 24 Mexico 9.28 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 25 Philippines 9.22 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
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- Fixed telephone subscriptions 5.95 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 112.58 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 30.07 million (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 678,852 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 1,188 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried 68.96 million (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 492 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 18,910 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 96.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is container port traffic in Australia?
- Container port traffic in Australia was 9.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024, according to UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
- What is the highest container port traffic recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.58 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024.
- What is the lowest container port traffic recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.45 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for container port traffic?
- Australia ranks 22nd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is container port traffic rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), published as part of Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.