Nigeria: Port traffic

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 Nigeria

Number of 20-foot containers passing through the ports

 Latest value 1.57
 Year 2023
 Measure million containers
 Data availability 2010 - 2023
 Average 1.53
 Min - Max 1.16 - 1.87
 Source Containerisation International
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The latest value from 2023 is 1.57 million containers, unchanged from 1.57 million containers in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 7.77 million containers, based on data from 108 countries. Historically, the average for Nigeria from 2010 to 2023 is 1.53 million containers. The minimum value, 1.16 million containers, was reached in 2010 while the maximum of 1.87 million containers was recorded in 2014. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Nigeria: Port traffic
 2023 1.57
 2022 1.57
 2021 1.57
 2020 1.55
 2019 1.63
 2018 1.56
 2017 1.41
 2016 1.27




Definition: 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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