Port traffic - Country rankings
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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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