Container port traffic — all countries

Container port traffic — World

Container port traffic in the world in 2024 — 913,279,048 TEU. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 66.9%.

2024 913M TEU +6.99% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 913M TEU2024
Period minimum 547M TEU2010

Trend over time

2010–2024 · TEU

Container port traffic — World, 2010–2024500M600M700M800M900M1B201020122014201620182020202220242010: 547,127,645 TEU2011: 593,376,140 TEU2012: 623,441,761 TEU2013: 643,970,055 TEU2014: 675,126,026 TEU2015: 684,527,382 TEU2016: 700,903,754 TEU2017: 746,691,932 TEU2018: 784,294,634 TEU2019: 803,124,176 TEU2020: 791,062,137 TEU2021: 844,570,038 TEU2022: 850,416,540 TEU2023: 853,611,611 TEU2024: 913,279,048 TEU
Change over the period: +366M (+66.92%) Average annual rate: 3.73 %

Comparison, 2024

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

World 913M TEU
World 913M TEU
Container port traffic — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year TEU Change Change, %
2024 913M +59.67M +6.99%
2023 854M +3.2M +0.38%
2022 850M +5.85M +0.69%
2021 845M +53.51M +6.76%
2020 791M −12.06M −1.5%
2019 803M +18.83M +2.4%
2018 784M +37.6M +5.04%
2017 747M +45.79M +6.53%
2016 701M +16.38M +2.39%
2015 685M +9.4M +1.39%
2014 675M +31.16M +4.84%
2013 644M +20.53M +3.29%
2012 623M +30.07M +5.07%
2011 593M +46.25M +8.45%
2010 547M

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.