* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Number of 20-foot containers passing through the ports, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 86 countries was 9.59 million containers. The highest value was in China: 268.99 million containers and the lowest value was in Cape Verde: 0.08 million containers. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: million containers; Source: Containerisation International
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Countries Port traffic, 2022 Global rank Available data
China 268.99 1 2000 - 2022
USA 62.21 2 2000 - 2022
Singapore 37.29 3 2000 - 2022
South Korea 28.5 4 2000 - 2022
Malaysia 27.29 5 2000 - 2022
Japan 22.52 6 2000 - 2022
Vietnam 20.52 7 2000 - 2022
UA Emirates 20.3 8 2000 - 2022
India 19.72 9 2000 - 2022
Spain 17.16 10 2000 - 2022
Hong Kong 16.57 11 2005 - 2022
Netherlands 14.93 12 2000 - 2022
Germany 13.73 13 2000 - 2022
Indonesia 12.38 14 2000 - 2022
Turkey 12.37 15 2000 - 2022
Belgium 12.3 16 2000 - 2022
Brazil 11.68 17 2000 - 2022
Italy 11.58 18 2000 - 2022
Thailand 10.5 19 2000 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 10.46 20 2000 - 2022
UK 9.74 21 2000 - 2022
Australia 9.38 22 2000 - 2022
Philippines 9.25 23 2000 - 2022
Morocco 8.84 24 2000 - 2022
Panama 8.52 25 2000 - 2022
Mexico 8.31 26 2000 - 2022
Egypt 7.77 27 2000 - 2022
Canada 7.01 28 2000 - 2022
Sri Lanka 6.86 29 2000 - 2022
France 6.47 30 2000 - 2022
Oman 5.23 31 2000 - 2022
Greece 5.17 32 2000 - 2022
Colombia 4.48 33 2000 - 2022
Chile 4.16 34 2000 - 2022
South Africa 4.05 35 2000 - 2022
Russia 3.91 36 2000 - 2022
New Zealand 3.43 37 2000 - 2022
Pakistan 3.38 38 2001 - 2022
Bangladesh 3.2 39 2000 - 2022
Poland 3.06 40 2001 - 2022
Malta 2.99 41 2000 - 2022
Israel 2.95 42 2001 - 2022
Peru 2.87 43 2000 - 2022
Portugal 2.79 44 2000 - 2022
Ecuador 2.68 45 2000 - 2022
Jamaica 2.14 46 2000 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 2.04 47 2000 - 2022
Togo 1.95 48 2010 - 2022
Bahamas 1.72 49 2001 - 2022
Argentina 1.67 50 2000 - 2022
Guatemala 1.66 51 2000 - 2022
Sweden 1.63 52 2000 - 2022
Costa Rica 1.59 53 2000 - 2022
Nigeria 1.57 54 2003 - 2022
Finland 1.45 55 2000 - 2022
Kenya 1.45 56 2007 - 2022
Ghana 1.24 57 2007 - 2022
Ireland 1.15 58 2000 - 2022
Denmark 1.08 59 2000 - 2022
Uruguay 1.08 60 2001 - 2022
Lithuania 1.05 61 2007 - 2022
Slovenia 1.02 62 2007 - 2022
R. of Congo 1 63 2008 - 2022
Norway 0.93 64 2007 - 2022
Honduras 0.92 65 2000 - 2022
Burma 0.85 66 2007 - 2022
Romania 0.77 67 2004 - 2022
Senegal 0.74 68 2007 - 2022
Tanzania 0.7 69 2007 - 2022
Angola 0.65 70 2010 - 2022
Djibouti 0.64 71 2007 - 2022
Croatia 0.54 72 2000 - 2022
Tr.&Tobago 0.5 73 2000 - 2022
Latvia 0.47 74 2007 - 2022
Tunisia 0.46 75 2007 - 2022
Mozambique 0.42 76 2007 - 2022
Mauritius 0.41 77 2002 - 2022
Cyprus 0.37 78 2007 - 2022
Estonia 0.29 79 2007 - 2022
Bulgaria 0.25 80 2007 - 2022
El Salvador 0.24 81 2007 - 2022
Namibia 0.16 82 2007 - 2022
Nicaragua 0.15 83 2007 - 2022
Barbados 0.1 84 2007 - 2022
Suriname 0.1 85 2010 - 2022
Cape Verde 0.08 86 2010 - 2022



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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