Container Port Traffic by Country

Container port traffic measures the volume of containerized cargo handled by a country's ports, expressed in TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units), a standard unit representing the handling of one twenty-foot container. It reflects the scale of a country's port operations and its role in international trade. The statistics are based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators dataset. The dataset covers 166 countries and territories, and 103 of them report figures for 2024.

Countries With the Highest Container Port Traffic in 2024

China recorded the highest container port traffic in 2024 at 299,703,800 TEU. The United States ranked second with 59,707,490 TEU, followed by Singapore (41,124,100), South Korea (31,850,924), and Malaysia (30,659,850). Vietnam (24,423,183), India (23,898,000), the United Arab Emirates (23,466,906), Japan (21,886,683), and Spain (18,114,517) complete the top ten.

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#	Country	Latest Data	Year
1	China CN	299,703,800	2024
2	United States US	59,707,490	2024
3	Singapore SG	41,124,100	2024
4	South Korea KR	31,850,924	2024
5	Malaysia MY	30,659,850	2024
6	Vietnam VN	24,423,183	2024
7	India IN	23,898,000	2024
8	United Arab Emirates AE	23,466,906	2024
9	Japan JP	21,886,683	2024
10	Spain ES	18,114,517	2024
11	Indonesia ID	14,709,550	2024
12	Netherlands NL	14,517,179	2024
13	Brazil BR	13,893,906	2024
14	Hong Kong HK	13,690,000	2024
15	Türkiye TR	13,507,070	2024
16	Germany DE	13,294,081	2024
17	Belgium BE	12,395,047	2024
18	Italy IT	11,927,016	2024
19	Morocco MA	11,789,130	2024
20	Thailand TH	11,432,626	2024
21	United Kingdom GB	9,621,469	2024
22	Australia AU	9,579,396	2024
23	Panama PA	9,570,767	2024
24	Mexico MX	9,284,170	2024
25	Philippines PH	9,216,842	2024
26	Egypt EG	8,581,339	2024
27	Saudi Arabia SA	8,029,571	2024
28	Sri Lanka LK	7,782,776	2024
29	Canada CA	6,394,038	2024
30	Greece GR	5,691,448	2024
31	France FR	5,371,045	2024
32	Colombia CO	5,188,127	2024
33	Russia RU	5,187,096	2024
34	Chile CL	4,474,125	2024
35	South Africa ZA	4,303,682	2024
36	Oman OM	4,246,786	2024
37	Portugal PT	3,541,777	2024
38	Peru PE	3,477,011	2024
39	New Zealand NZ	3,371,175	2024
40	Bangladesh BD	3,353,732	2024
41	Pakistan PK	3,338,000	2024
42	Poland PL	3,270,784	2024
43	Israel IL	3,059,136	2024
44	Malta MT	2,967,924	2024
45	Iran IR	2,921,359	2024
46	Ecuador EC	2,567,040	2024
47	Jamaica JM	2,349,405	2024
48	Dominican Republic DO	2,110,608	2024
49	Guatemala GT	2,010,490	2024
50	Togo TG	2,006,435	2024
51	Kenya KE	2,005,076	2024
52	Algeria DZ	1,827,788	2024
53	Ivory Coast CI	1,802,000	2024
54	Costa Rica CR	1,717,439	2024
55	Ghana GH	1,701,246	2024
56	Sweden SE	1,640,487	2024
57	Nigeria NG	1,566,109	2023
58	Bahamas BS	1,540,740	2024
59	Argentina AR	1,471,434	2024
60	Qatar QA	1,421,000	2024
61	Finland FI	1,317,452	2024
62	Puerto Rico PR	1,300,000	2024
63	Djibouti DJ	1,293,000	2024
64	Ireland IE	1,209,552	2024
65	Slovenia SI	1,133,340	2024
66	Uruguay UY	1,115,000	2024
67	Lithuania LT	1,068,771	2024
68	Congo CG	1,046,064	2024
69	Cambodia KH	1,030,000	2024
70	Ukraine UA	1,022,376	2021
71	Romania RO	989,795	2024
72	Tanzania TZ	985,000	2024
73	Denmark DK	935,848	2024
74	Iraq IQ	932,728.6	2019
75	Honduras HN	905,497	2024
76	Senegal SN	881,239	2024
77	Kuwait KW	863,618	2020
78	Norway NO	862,983	2024
79	Jordan JO	824,199	2024
80	Myanmar MM	782,951	2024
81	Lebanon LB	762,062	2024
82	Angola AO	709,221	2024
83	Georgia GE	636,497	2024
84	Trinidad and Tobago TT	545,177	2023
85	Croatia HR	532,451	2024
86	Benin BJ	510,895.6	2019
87	Tunisia TN	491,955	2024
88	Latvia LV	490,971	2024
89	Mozambique MZ	489,000	2023
90	Mauritius MU	468,254	2024
91	Libya LY	465,168	2023
92	Iceland IS	425,000	2023
93	Bahrain BH	409,382	2024
94	Cyprus CY	386,498	2024
95	Yemen YE	380,000	2024
96	Cameroon CM	350,000	2024
97	Sudan SD	320,274	2021
98	Bulgaria BG	296,350	2024
99	Guinea GN	286,286	2023
100	Cuba CU	281,140	2023
101	Estonia EE	261,822	2024
102	El Salvador SV	255,017	2024
103	Syria SY	243,348	2020
104	Venezuela VE	221,801	2021
105	Haiti HT	201,514	2024
106	Papua New Guinea PG	200,000	2022
107	Madagascar MG	199,712.5	2019
108	Guam GU	190,200	2019
109	Albania AL	184,017	2023
110	Gabon GA	180,878	2024
111	Namibia NA	171,151	2024
112	Nicaragua NI	167,682	2024
113	Seychelles SC	154,423.4	2019
114	Fiji FJ	145,782.4	2019
115	Solomon Islands SB	128,035.7	2019
116	Switzerland CH	114,075	2020
117	New Caledonia NC	107,834	2021
118	Maldives MV	107,728.2	2019
119	Suriname SR	105,949	2024
120	Sint Maarten SX	105,200	2019
121	Barbados BB	101,300	2023
122	Brunei BN	99,000	2023
123	Curaçao CW	98,100	2024
124	Somalia SO	92,238	2019
125	Liberia LR	91,453.84	2019
126	Cape Verde CV	89,382	2024
127	French Polynesia PF	84,772	2022
128	Mauritania MR	84,457.99	2019
129	Sierra Leone SL	78,413	2019
130	Vanuatu VU	77,435.86	2019
131	Tonga TO	76,853.95	2019
132	American Samoa AS	76,200	2019
133	Gambia GM	71,469.72	2019
134	Aruba AW	64,800	2024
135	Guyana GY	58,377	2021
136	Comoros KM	54,358.54	2019
137	Timor-Leste TL	53,289	2019
138	Samoa WS	53,017	2024
139	Kiribati KI	52,099.86	2019
140	Sao Tome and Principe ST	49,552.86	2019
141	Cayman Islands KY	46,658	2024
142	British Virgin Islands VG	45,955.97	2019
143	Northern Mariana Islands MP	44,951.82	2019
144	DR Congo CD	42,211	2019
145	Paraguay PY	37,901.25	2020
146	Saint Lucia LC	37,054	2023
147	Faroe Islands FO	31,214.33	2019
148	Marshall Islands MH	30,711.22	2019
149	Guinea-Bissau GW	28,699.98	2019
150	Antigua and Barbuda AG	28,000	2024
151	Eritrea ER	27,452.8	2019
152	Micronesia FM	25,234.09	2019
153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	24,416	2024
154	Belize BZ	21,279	2023
155	Grenada GD	20,299	2022
156	Montenegro ME	17,263	2024
157	Palau PW	16,399	2019
158	Equatorial Guinea GQ	13,851	2019
159	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	13,560.38	2020
160	Gibraltar GI	10,870.46	2019
161	Dominica DM	7,401	2020
162	Greenland GL	6,144.53	2019
163	Nauru NR	5,327.06	2019
164	Tuvalu TV	5,150	2019
165	Bermuda BM	4,006	2019
166	Moldova MD	818	2019

Container port traffic is concentrated in a small number of large economies. China alone accounted for about 33 percent of the total reported by countries with 2024 data, and the top five countries together accounted for more than half. Among the 103 countries and territories with 2024 data, 20 handled at least 10 million TEU.

Container Port Traffic Around the World

In Asia, China (299,703,800) records by far the highest traffic in 2024, followed by Singapore (41,124,100) and South Korea (31,850,924). Malaysia (30,659,850) and Vietnam (24,423,183) also rank near the top of the global table, while India (23,898,000) and Japan (21,886,683) add large volumes, and Indonesia (14,709,550) and Thailand (11,432,626) lead Southeast Asia outside the hubs.

In Europe, Spain (18,114,517) records the highest traffic in 2024, followed by the Netherlands (14,517,179) and Germany (13,294,081). Türkiye (13,507,070), Belgium (12,395,047), and Italy (11,927,016) also handle more than 10 million TEU, while the United Kingdom (9,621,469) and France (5,371,045) record lower volumes.

In the Americas, the United States leads at 59,707,490 TEU, followed by Brazil (13,893,906), Mexico (9,284,170), and Panama (9,570,767) in 2024. Canada (6,394,038) and Colombia (5,188,127) complete the largest ports in the region.

In Africa, Morocco (11,789,130) and Egypt (8,581,339) record the highest traffic on the continent, while South Africa (4,303,682) remains an important gateway. In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (23,466,906) and Saudi Arabia (8,029,571) lead. In Oceania, Australia (9,579,396) and New Zealand (3,371,175) record the highest volumes, while the lowest figures in the dataset are Montenegro at 17,263 TEU and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at 24,416 TEU.

Largest Changes in Container Port Traffic, 2019–2024

China recorded the largest increase between 2019 and 2024, rising by about 62 million TEU to 299,703,800 TEU. Vietnam recorded the second-largest increase, up about 9 million TEU to 24,423,183, followed by India (23,898,000) and Morocco, whose traffic grew from 6,068,803 TEU in 2020 to 11,789,130 in 2024.

A smaller number of countries recorded declines over the period. Hong Kong fell from 18,360,000 to 13,690,000 TEU (down 4,670,000), Germany from 15,022,386 to 13,294,081 (down 1,728,305), and Japan from 23,276,482 to 21,886,683 (down 1,389,799). These decreases reflect shifts in transshipment hub activity and a broader slowdown in some mature container markets.

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	China	237,570,000	240,480,000	256,945,700	268,790,000	278,759,834	299,703,800
2	United States	54,236,516	53,059,014	60,874,671	61,191,458	54,618,858	59,707,490
3	Singapore	37,195,000	36,870,900	37,571,200	37,289,600	39,010,000	41,124,100
4	South Korea	28,959,959	28,834,192	29,786,900	28,502,044	30,003,141	31,850,924
5	Malaysia	26,215,322	26,669,483	28,261,849	27,293,935	28,246,849	30,659,850
6	Japan	23,276,482	21,568,959	22,353,354	22,462,583	21,499,023	21,886,683
7	United Arab Emirates	18,802,000	18,720,000	19,236,164	20,391,675	21,531,172	23,466,906
8	Hong Kong	18,360,000	17,953,000	17,772,000	16,573,000	14,345,000	13,690,000
9	India	17,487,621	17,597,062	19,561,769	19,717,168	22,208,000	23,898,000
10	Spain	17,464,920	16,745,921	17,712,459	17,161,676	16,380,201	18,114,517
11	Vietnam	15,297,028	16,394,723	19,821,048	20,519,284	21,069,746	24,423,183
12	Netherlands	15,198,050	14,757,227	15,781,756	14,929,333	14,111,298	14,517,179
13	Germany	15,022,386	13,946,212	14,710,963	13,733,867	12,608,856	13,294,081
14	Indonesia	12,704,578	11,771,309	12,906,100	13,281,232	13,734,424	14,709,550
15	Belgium	12,389,876	12,697,162	13,095,258	12,334,925	11,482,434	12,395,047
16	Türkiye	11,591,414	11,626,578	12,591,327	12,366,172	12,554,581	13,507,070
17	Italy	10,789,337	10,696,962	11,303,247	11,577,612	11,303,925	11,927,016
18	Brazil	10,704,669	10,450,632	11,801,530	11,683,239	11,613,563	13,893,906
19	United Kingdom	10,508,000	9,732,000	10,290,181	9,749,676	9,090,140	9,621,469
20	Thailand	10,130,294	9,568,488	10,436,689	10,497,112	10,313,980	11,432,626
21	Philippines	9,333,428	8,019,642	8,674,859	9,258,516	8,803,874	9,216,842
22	Saudi Arabia	8,905,621	9,330,437	9,875,946	10,469,213	11,379,951	8,029,571
23	Australia	8,778,913	8,470,466	9,254,828	9,377,619	9,283,435	9,579,396
24	Egypt	7,403,472	7,564,385	7,226,065	7,646,643	8,360,875	8,581,339
25	Panama	7,346,859	7,735,214	8,623,927	8,518,425	8,322,863	9,570,767
26	Sri Lanka	7,230,000	6,850,000	7,250,000	6,860,000	6,940,000	7,782,776
27	Mexico	7,113,878	6,487,264	7,852,417	8,307,884	8,319,202	9,284,170
28	Canada	7,000,133	6,298,023	7,169,607	7,075,877	6,102,646	6,394,038
29	Greece	6,151,556	6,188,061	6,077,102	5,707,876	5,926,627	5,691,448
30	Morocco	6,068,803	7,000,928	8,448,850	8,840,340	9,964,417	11,789,130
31	France	4,992,918	4,435,697	5,522,541	5,593,633	4,869,539	5,371,045
32	Russia	4,967,133	4,921,319	5,260,849	3,914,304	4,586,171	5,187,096
33	Oman	4,900,767	5,146,009	5,238,968	5,228,483	4,608,110	4,246,786
34	Chile	4,641,633	4,217,172	4,335,451	4,203,293	4,322,878	4,474,125
35	South Africa	4,529,034	4,075,618	4,415,223	4,053,350	4,123,821	4,303,682
36	Colombia	4,316,862	4,272,689	4,901,510	4,480,670	4,503,448	5,188,127
37	New Zealand	3,430,977	3,445,621	3,249,262	3,426,030	3,184,218	3,371,175
38	Pakistan	3,150,000	3,161,000	3,548,000	3,383,580	2,909,000	3,338,000
39	Bangladesh	3,145,919	2,897,709	3,271,732	3,200,236	3,225,732	3,353,732
40	Poland	3,046,483	2,915,937	3,187,943	3,061,848	2,995,174	3,270,784
41	Iran	-	-	-	-	-	2,921,359
42	Israel	2,917,000	3,048,998	3,132,678	3,118,000	3,123,896	3,059,136
43	Portugal	2,907,005	2,986,021	3,294,407	3,153,877	3,189,770	3,541,777
44	Malta	2,813,023	2,539,087	3,075,918	2,993,799	2,907,257	2,967,924
45	Peru	2,677,239	2,651,281	2,874,109	2,865,239	3,144,220	3,477,011
46	Ecuador	2,127,042	2,294,564	2,370,031	2,333,272	2,604,311	2,567,040
47	Dominican Republic	1,894,225	1,781,945	2,184,754	2,043,326	2,101,589	2,110,608
48	Argentina	1,833,964	1,705,390	1,798,923	1,667,161	1,490,437	1,471,434
49	Algeria	1,793,990	1,541,273	-	1,530,969	1,545,930	1,827,788
50	Jamaica	1,647,609	1,631,011	1,975,401	2,137,500	1,995,000	2,349,405
51	Finland	1,628,170	1,496,192	1,409,037	1,446,004	1,368,831	1,317,452
52	Nigeria	1,627,142	1,548,622	1,566,109	1,566,109	1,566,109	-
53	Sweden	1,623,363	1,612,953	1,635,183	1,631,248	1,598,378	1,640,487
54	Guatemala	1,529,010	1,577,456	1,735,500	1,660,504	1,768,269	2,010,490
55	Bahamas	1,528,297	1,429,694	1,761,742	1,702,995	1,469,256	1,540,740
56	Togo	1,500,611	1,725,270	1,986,131	1,952,879	1,907,439	2,006,435
57	Puerto Rico	1,451,950	1,490,218	1,490,218	1,398,600	1,349,400	1,300,000
58	Kenya	1,417,000	1,359,579	1,435,565	1,430,000	1,623,080	2,005,076
59	Qatar	1,340,000	1,412,689	1,543,591	1,408,804	1,318,414	1,421,000
60	Costa Rica	1,300,785	1,509,599	1,523,198	1,594,323	1,658,363	1,717,439
61	Lebanon	1,257,907	798,882	640,263	434,218	-	762,062
62	Myanmar	1,128,353	1,095,247	694,016	846,426	761,557	782,951
63	Ghana	1,079,247	1,324,504	1,604,724	1,244,245	1,226,635	1,701,246
64	Ireland	1,063,489	1,058,888	1,143,007	1,154,803	1,097,574	1,209,552
65	Ukraine	1,007,273	1,048,691	1,022,376	-	-	-
66	Ivory Coast	994,646	979,517	1,042,418	1,083,605	1,476,195	1,802,000
67	Kuwait	959,575.62	863,618	-	-	-	-
68	Slovenia	959,000	945,007	997,000	1,017,798	1,066,093	1,133,340
69	Iraq	932,728.6	-	-	-	-	-
70	Congo	921,000	930,000	1,003,734	1,000,000	1,001,000	1,046,064
71	Djibouti	917,000	860,000	692,000	635,000	886,831	1,293,000
72	Denmark	880,039	933,622	1,054,552	1,079,406	926,423	935,848
73	Norway	837,457	835,398	881,238	933,300	882,560	862,983
74	Jordan	798,160	857,283	765,662	852,554	898,736	824,199
75	Honduras	790,707	700,066	824,876	923,321	907,410	905,497
76	Uruguay	749,562	764,797	977,922	1,080,445	1,120,000	1,115,000
77	Tanzania	726,431	709,881	700,000	700,000	-	985,000
78	Lithuania	703,000	639,006	666,775	1,047,941	1,050,804	1,068,771
79	Angola	700,123	590,128	628,348	678,333	662,054	709,221
80	Senegal	695,698	696,899	769,358	738,000	848,276	881,239
81	Romania	666,036	643,025	631,964	772,046	830,201	989,795
82	Cambodia	639,211	641,842	732,387	750,148	797,778	1,030,000
83	Georgia	601,491	490,670	401,269	477,357	701,550	636,497
84	Benin	510,895.6	-	-	-	-	-
85	Tunisia	474,222	483,178	469,658	431,420	444,714	491,955
86	Mauritius	469,011	438,078	436,398	407,825	448,527	468,254
87	Yemen	464,923	423,393	418,711	368,498	-	380,000
88	Latvia	449,850	457,342	434,146	471,684	468,895	490,971
89	Trinidad and Tobago	446,232	406,778	410,393	498,544	545,177	-
90	Sudan	422,597	396,267	320,274	-	-	-
91	Bahrain	418,933	464,010	404,904	383,435	404,097	409,382
92	Mozambique	411,938	417,459	440,582	420,500	489,000	-
93	Cyprus	389,962	390,504	319,131	371,740	389,864	386,498
94	Cameroon	370,493	421,854	360,512	338,412	348,470	350,000
95	Croatia	348,435	376,981	379,623	544,015	555,336	532,451
96	Iceland	330,292	320,000	360,000	360,000	425,000	-
97	Syria	325,097	243,348	-	-	-	-
98	Cuba	322,431	255,362	246,352	261,080	281,140	-
99	Venezuela	317,850	344,116	221,801	-	-	-
100	Libya	265,098	343,599	422,100	428,760	465,168	-
101	Bulgaria	261,934	254,571	245,160	254,854	282,160	296,350
102	El Salvador	249,472	228,334	294,326	242,307	256,043	255,017
103	Guinea	248,659	250,000	-	-	286,286	-
104	Estonia	241,361	213,928	226,689	288,208	221,405	261,822
105	Papua New Guinea	-	204,518	-	200,000	-	-
106	Madagascar	199,712.5	-	-	-	-	-
107	Guam	190,200	-	-	-	-	-
108	Haiti	185,000	189,500	193,900	200,297	201,888	201,514
109	Nicaragua	175,370	172,798	172,544	153,390	155,815	167,682
110	Seychelles	154,423.4	-	-	-	-	-
111	Gabon	154,330	148,003	154,474	180,878	173,279	180,878
112	Namibia	149,464	148,642	155,980	168,278	160,883	171,151
113	Fiji	145,782.4	-	-	-	-	-
114	Albania	145,762	138,477	144,129	132,965	184,017	-
115	Solomon Islands	128,035.7	-	-	-	-	-
116	Switzerland	121,366	114,075	-	-	-	-
117	Brunei	117,901	106,174	110,430	104,000	99,000	-
118	New Caledonia	111,875	-	107,834	-	-	-
119	Suriname	109,200	106,002	109,600	103,874	104,511	105,949
120	Maldives	107,728.2	-	-	-	-	-
121	Sint Maarten	105,200	-	-	-	-	-
122	Barbados	98,435	89,460	93,899	97,000	101,300	-
123	Somalia	92,238	-	-	-	-	-
124	Cape Verde	91,683	76,139	79,754	82,871	83,828	89,382
125	Liberia	91,453.84	-	-	-	-	-
126	Curaçao	-	89,305	92,640	100,835	98,051	98,100
127	French Polynesia	87,575	79,480	80,220	84,772	-	-
128	Mauritania	84,457.99	-	-	-	-	-
129	Sierra Leone	78,413	-	-	-	-	-
130	Vanuatu	77,435.86	-	-	-	-	-
131	Tonga	76,853.95	-	-	-	-	-
132	American Samoa	76,200	-	-	-	-	-
133	Gambia	71,469.72	-	-	-	-	-
134	Aruba	63,870	53,171	57,062	64,771	64,753	64,800
135	Guyana	58,543	64,241	58,377	-	-	-
136	Comoros	54,358.54	-	-	-	-	-
137	Timor-Leste	53,289	-	-	-	-	-
138	Kiribati	52,099.86	-	-	-	-	-
139	Sao Tome and Principe	49,552.86	-	-	-	-	-
140	British Virgin Islands	45,955.97	-	-	-	-	-
141	Northern Mariana Islands	44,951.82	-	-	-	-	-
142	Belize	44,510	36,993	42,478	47,264	21,279	-
143	DR Congo	42,211	-	-	-	-	-
144	Samoa	42,102	41,200	43,933	45,680	44,676	53,017
145	Cayman Islands	-	-	-	40,829	-	46,658
146	Saint Lucia	39,238	35,721	35,538	38,973	37,054	-
147	Paraguay	37,795.5	37,901.25	-	-	-	-
148	Faroe Islands	31,214.33	-	-	-	-	-
149	Marshall Islands	30,711.22	-	-	-	-	-
150	Guinea-Bissau	28,699.98	-	-	-	-	-
151	Antigua and Barbuda	27,657	28,000	29,000	28,000	29,000	28,000
152	Eritrea	27,452.8	-	-	-	-	-
153	Micronesia	25,234.09	-	-	-	-	-
154	Grenada	18,222	18,446	19,505	20,299	-	-
155	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18,222	18,446	21,000	23,830	20,299	24,416
156	Palau	16,399	-	-	-	-	-
157	Montenegro	15,744	-	38,352	-	35,085	17,263
158	Equatorial Guinea	13,851	-	-	-	-	-
159	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13,629.25	13,560.38	-	-	-	-
160	Gibraltar	10,870.46	-	-	-	-	-
161	Dominica	7,409	7,401	-	-	-	-
162	Greenland	6,144.53	-	-	-	-	-
163	Nauru	5,327.06	-	-	-	-	-
164	Tuvalu	5,150	-	-	-	-	-
165	Bermuda	4,006	-	-	-	-	-
166	Moldova	818	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

The statistics are based on the World Bank World Development Indicators dataset, indicator IS.SHP.GOOD.TU (Container port traffic, TEU: 20 foot equivalent units). The main comparison uses 2024 data where available, but the latest available year is used for countries without a 2024 observation, and this is noted in the relevant sections. Values are expressed in TEU. Missing observations are treated as missing, not as zero.