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Container port traffic2020

Container port traffic in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).

World Bank
Comparable ranking year2021Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data125 / 217No observation: 92
First-ranked country or territoryChina240,480,000 TEU

Top 10

TEU · 2020
01China
240,480,000
02United States
53,059,014
03Singapore
36,870,900
04South Korea
28,834,192
05Malaysia
26,669,483
06Japan
21,568,959
09India
17,597,062
10Spain
16,745,921

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Container port traffic · 2020 · TEU
RankCountry / territoryValue (TEU)Year
01China240,480,0002020
02United States53,059,0142020
03Singapore36,870,9002020
04South Korea28,834,1922020
05Malaysia26,669,4832020
06Japan21,568,9592020
07United Arab Emirates18,720,0002020
08Hong Kong SAR China17,953,0002020
09India17,597,0622020
10Spain16,745,9212020
11Vietnam16,394,7232020
12Netherlands14,757,2272020
13Germany13,946,2122020
14Belgium12,697,1622020
15Indonesia11,771,3092020
16Türkiye11,626,5782020
17Italy10,696,9622020
18Brazil10,450,6322020
19United Kingdom9,732,0002020
20Thailand9,568,4882020
21Saudi Arabia9,330,4372020
22Australia8,470,4662020
23Philippines8,019,6422020
24Panama7,735,2142020
25Egypt7,564,3852020
26Morocco7,000,9282020
27Sri Lanka6,850,0002020
28Mexico6,487,2642020
29Canada6,298,0232020
30Greece6,188,0612020
31Oman5,146,0092020
32Russia4,921,3192020
33France4,435,6972020
34Colombia4,272,6892020
35Chile4,217,1722020
36South Africa4,075,6182020
37New Zealand3,445,6212020
38Pakistan3,161,0002020
39Israel3,048,9982020
40Portugal2,986,0212020
41Poland2,915,9372020
42Bangladesh2,897,7092020
43Peru2,651,2812020
44Malta2,539,0872020
45Ecuador2,294,5642020
46Dominican Republic1,781,9452020
47Togo1,725,2702020
48Argentina1,705,3902020
49Jamaica1,631,0112020
50Sweden1,612,9532020
51Guatemala1,577,4562020
52Nigeria1,548,6222020
53Algeria1,541,2732020
54Costa Rica1,509,5992020
55Finland1,496,1922020
56Puerto Rico1,490,2182020
57Bahamas1,429,6942020
58Qatar1,412,6892020
59Kenya1,359,5792020
60Ghana1,324,5042020
61Myanmar (Burma)1,095,2472020
62Ireland1,058,8882020
63Ukraine1,048,6912020
64Côte d’Ivoire979,5172020
65Slovenia945,0072020
66Denmark933,6222020
67Congo - Brazzaville930,0002020
68Kuwait863,6182020
69Djibouti860,0002020
70Jordan857,2832020
71Norway835,3982020
72Lebanon798,8822020
73Uruguay764,7972020
74Tanzania709,8812020
75Honduras700,0662020
76Senegal696,8992020
77Romania643,0252020
78Cambodia641,8422020
79Lithuania639,0062020
80Angola590,1282020
81Georgia490,6702020
82Tunisia483,1782020
83Bahrain464,0102020
84Latvia457,3422020
85Mauritius438,0782020
86Yemen423,3932020
87Cameroon421,8542020
88Mozambique417,4592020
89Trinidad & Tobago406,7782020
90Sudan396,2672020
91Cyprus390,5042020
92Croatia376,9812020
93Venezuela344,1162020
94Libya343,5992020
95Iceland320,0002020
96Cuba255,3622020
97Bulgaria254,5712020
98Guinea250,0002020
99Syria243,3482020
100El Salvador228,3342020
101Estonia213,9282020
102Papua New Guinea204,5182020
103Haiti189,5002020
104Nicaragua172,7982020
105Namibia148,6422020
106Gabon148,0032020
107Albania138,4772020
108Switzerland114,0752020
109Brunei106,1742020
110Suriname106,0022020
111Barbados89,4602020
112Curaçao89,3052020
113French Polynesia79,4802020
114Cape Verde76,1392020
115Guyana64,2412020
116Aruba53,1712020
117Samoa41,2002020
118Paraguay37,901.252020
119Belize36,9932020
120St. Lucia35,7212020
121Antigua & Barbuda28,0002020
122Grenada18,4462020
122St. Vincent & Grenadines18,4462020
124St. Kitts & Nevis13,560.382020
125Dominica7,4012020

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Source & definition

Indicator definition
Container port traffic in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).
Unit
TEU
Source & definition
World Bank · IS.SHP.GOOD.TU
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Original metadata
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.

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