Container port traffic in Middle income

Middle income: Container port traffic was 533.75 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
533.75 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
Change on year
up 9.1%
All-time high
533.75 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
in 2024
All-time low
258.88 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units
in 2010
Years of data
15
2010–2024

Container port traffic in Middle income, 2010–2024

0200.0M400.0M600.0M2010201720242010: 258.9M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2011: 287.5M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2012: 307.2M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2013: 322.3M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2014: 341.0M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2015: 353.2M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2016: 365.6M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2017: 393.3M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2018: 416.4M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2019: 430.6M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2020: 428.6M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2021: 461.0M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2022: 473.2M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2023: 489.3M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units2024: 533.7M TEU: 20 foot equivalent units

Source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Measured in TEU: 20 foot equivalent units.

Analysis

In 2024, container port traffic in Middle income stood at 533.75 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 9.1% on the previous year and up 56.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, container port traffic in Middle income peaked at 533.75 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024 and was at its lowest, 258.88 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, in 2010.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 347.59 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 258.88 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 430.60 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 10
2020s 477.18 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 428.57 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 533.75 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is container port traffic in Middle income?
Container port traffic in Middle income was 533.75 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 Middle income?
The highest recorded value was 533.75 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024.
What is the lowest container port traffic recorded in Middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 258.88 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2010.
Is container port traffic rising or falling in Middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 56.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle income 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.