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Container port traffic — Sub-Saharan Africa

Container port traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2019 — 18,008,297 TEU. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 31.5%.

2019 18.01M TEU +2.92% vs 2018
World rank —
Period maximum 18.01M TEU2019
Period minimum 13.69M TEU2011

Trend over time

2011–2019 · TEU

Container port traffic — Sub-Saharan Africa, 2011–201912M14M16M18M20M2011201220132014201520162017201820192011: 13,692,558 TEU2012: 14,823,162 TEU2013: 15,333,379 TEU2014: 15,885,220 TEU2015: 15,892,694 TEU2016: 14,757,846 TEU2017: 16,138,327 TEU2018: 17,496,797 TEU2019: 18,008,297 TEU
Change over the period: +4.32M (+31.52%) Average annual rate: 3.48 %

Comparison, 2019

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 18.01M TEU
World 803M TEU
Container port traffic — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year TEU Change Change, %
2019 18.01M +511,501 +2.92%
2018 17.5M +1.36M +8.42%
2017 16.14M +1.38M +9.35%
2016 14.76M −1.13M −7.14%
2015 15.89M +7,474 +0.05%
2014 15.89M +551,841 +3.6%
2013 15.33M +510,217 +3.44%
2012 14.82M +1.13M +8.26%
2011 13.69M — —

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.

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