Container port traffic in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Container port traffic was 2.11 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024. ▲ Rising
Container port traffic in Dominican Republic, 2010–2024
Source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Measured in TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.
Analysis
In 2024, container port traffic in Dominican Republic stood at 2.11 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 66.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, container port traffic in Dominican Republic peaked at 2.18 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.27 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, in 2014.
Dominican Republic ranks 48th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 1.27 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 1.91 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.04 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 1.78 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 2.18 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 45 Iran 2.92 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 46 Ecuador 2.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 47 Jamaica 2.35 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 49 Guatemala 2.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 50 Togo 2.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 51 Kenya 2.01 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
More infrastructure data for Dominican Republic
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 10.06 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.15 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 93.71 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 10.71 million (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 18,437 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 0 million ton-km (2019)
- Air transport, passengers carried 996,238 (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 23.5 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 2,092 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 91.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is container port traffic in Dominican Republic?
- Container port traffic in Dominican Republic was 2.11 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 Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 2.18 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2021.
- What is the lowest container port traffic recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.27 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2014.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for container port traffic?
- Dominican Republic ranks 48th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is container port traffic rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.