Container port traffic — all countries

Container port traffic — Sri Lanka

Container port traffic in Sri Lanka in 2024 — 7,782,776 TEU. Ranked 28 in the world out of 103. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 88.9%.

2024 7.78M TEU +12.14% vs 2023
World rank 28of 103
Period maximum 7.78M TEU2024
Period minimum 4.12M TEU2010

Trend over time

2010–2024 · TEU

Container port traffic — Sri Lanka, 2010–20244M5M6M7M8M201020122014201620182020202220242010: 4,120,000 TEU2011: 4,262,887 TEU2012: 4,320,984 TEU2013: 4,306,206 TEU2014: 4,907,901 TEU2015: 5,185,000 TEU2016: 5,734,000 TEU2017: 6,200,000 TEU2018: 7,000,000 TEU2019: 7,230,000 TEU2020: 6,850,000 TEU2021: 7,250,000 TEU2022: 6,860,000 TEU2023: 6,940,000 TEU2024: 7,782,776 TEU
Change over the period: +3.66M (+88.9%) Average annual rate: 4.65 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 7.78M TEU
World 913M TEU
South Asia 35.03M TEU
Container port traffic — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year TEU Change Change, %
2024 7.78M +842,776 +12.14%
2023 6.94M +80,000 +1.17%
2022 6.86M −390,000 −5.38%
2021 7.25M +400,000 +5.84%
2020 6.85M −380,000 −5.26%
2019 7.23M +230,000 +3.29%
2018 7M +800,000 +12.9%
2017 6.2M +466,000 +8.13%
2016 5.73M +549,000 +10.59%
2015 5.19M +277,099 +5.65%
2014 4.91M +601,695 +13.97%
2013 4.31M −14,778 −0.34%
2012 4.32M +58,097 +1.36%
2011 4.26M +142,887 +3.47%
2010 4.12M

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Container port traffic of a country in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) per year: loading, unloading and transshipment. A transit container is counted twice when it is transshipped — once on unloading and once on loading — so for hubs like Singapore the indicator runs several times higher than the country's own foreign trade.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.