Container port traffic in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Container port traffic was 23.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024. ▲ Rising
Container port traffic in United Arab Emirates, 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 United Arab Emirates is 23.47 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 9.0% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, container port traffic in United Arab Emirates peaked at 23.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15.14 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units, in 2010.
United Arab Emirates ranks 8th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.76 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 15.14 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 21.24 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.67 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 18.72 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 23.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 5 Malaysia 30.66 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 6 Vietnam 24.42 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 7 India 23.90 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 9 Japan 21.89 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 10 Spain 18.11 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
- 11 Indonesia 14.71 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units compare
More infrastructure data for United Arab Emirates
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 20.8 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.29 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 203.21 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 22.41 million (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 435,257 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 13,566 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried 91.06 million (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 0.15 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 14.89 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 100.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is container port traffic in United Arab Emirates?
- Container port traffic in United Arab Emirates was 23.47 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 23.47 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2024.
- What is the lowest container port traffic recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.14 million TEU: 20 foot equivalent units in 2010.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for container port traffic?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 8th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is container port traffic rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.