Container port traffic in Kuwait

Kuwait: Container port traffic was 863,618 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
863,618 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
Change on year
down 10.0%
World rank
77th
of 167 countries
All-time high
984,815 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
in 2015
All-time low
673,472 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
in 2005
Years of data
16
2005–2020

Container port traffic in Kuwait, 2005–2020

0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M2005201220202005: 673.5k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2006: 750.0k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2007: 900.0k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2008: 961.7k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2009: 854.0k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2010: 815.5k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2011: 810.2k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2012: 824.2k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2013: 840.1k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2014: 904.0k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2015: 984.8k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2016: 944.4k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2017: 964.6k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2018: 954.5k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2019: 959.6k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2020: 863.6k TEU: 20 foot equivalent units

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 Kuwait is 863,618 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, measured in 2020.

That represents a change of down 10.0% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, container port traffic in Kuwait peaked at 984,815 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2015 and was at its lowest, 673,472 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, in 2005.

That places Kuwait 77th out of 167 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 827,840 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 673,472 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 961,684 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 5
2010s 900,215 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 810,248 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 984,815 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 10
2020s 863,618 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 863,618 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 863,618 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 1

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 74 Iraq 932,729 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
  2. 75 Honduras 905,497 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
  3. 76 Senegal 881,239 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
  4. 78 Norway 862,983 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
  5. 79 Jordan 824,199 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
  6. 80 Myanmar 782,951 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is container port traffic in Kuwait?
Container port traffic in Kuwait was 863,618 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2020, according to UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
What is the highest container port traffic recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 984,815 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2015.
What is the lowest container port traffic recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 673,472 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2005.
How does Kuwait rank for container port traffic?
Kuwait ranks 77th out of 167 countries with data for 2020.
Is container port traffic rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kuwait 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

Indicator
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Unit
TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
Source
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 2,791 data points, 2005–2024
Last refreshed

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.