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Container Port Traffic by Country

China has the highest Container Port Traffic (268,990,000 TEUs), followed by United States (62,214,119 TEUs) and Singapore (37,289,600 TEUs). Bermuda has the lowest (4,006 TEUs).

Economics142 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Dec 23, 2024Original page
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Container Port Traffic

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Ranking

Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 142 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median
855,022 TEUs
Middle half 164.5K TEUs – 3.8M TEUs
Average
5,922,562 TEUs
142 countries
Lowest (best)
4,006 TEUs
Bermuda
Highest (worst)
268,990,000 TEUs
China

Data

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142 countries · # = rank by Container Port Traffic
#
1Bermuda4,006 TEUs2,019
2Equatorial Guinea6,207 TEUs2,020
3Dominica7,401 TEUs2,020
4Gibraltar10,870 TEUs2,019
5Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18,222 TEUs2,020
6Belize20,259 TEUs2,019
7Grenada22,117 TEUs2,021
8Micronesia25,234 TEUs2,019
9Eritrea27,453 TEUs2,019
10Antigua and Barbuda27,657 TEUs2,019
11Guinea-Bissau28,700 TEUs2,019
12Faroe Islands31,214 TEUs2,019
13Saint Lucia39,238 TEUs2,019
14Cayman Islands40,829 TEUs2,022
15DR Congo42,211 TEUs2,019
16British Virgin Islands45,956 TEUs2,019
17Timor-Leste53,289 TEUs2,019
18Aruba57,062 TEUs2,021
19Guyana58,376 TEUs2,020
20French Polynesia69,166 TEUs2,019
21Gambia71,470 TEUs2,019
22Sierra Leone78,413 TEUs2,019
23Cape Verde82,871 TEUs2,022
24Mauritania84,458 TEUs2,019
25Guam84,954 TEUs2,020
26Liberia91,454 TEUs2,019
27Curacao96,000 TEUs2,022
28Barbados97,000 TEUs2,022
29Suriname103,874 TEUs2,022
30Brunei106,174 TEUs2,020
31Maldives107,728 TEUs2,019
32New Caledonia111,875 TEUs2,019
33Switzerland114,075 TEUs2,020
34Fiji145,782 TEUs2,019
35Nicaragua153,390 TEUs2,022
36Namibia160,368 TEUs2,022
37Haiti177,043 TEUs2,020
38Venezuela179,529 TEUs2,019
39Gabon180,000 TEUs2,020
40Madagascar199,712 TEUs2,019
41Papua New Guinea204,518 TEUs2,020
42El Salvador242,307 TEUs2,022
43Syria243,348 TEUs2,020
44Guinea250,000 TEUs2,020
45Bulgaria254,854 TEUs2,022
46Cuba261,080 TEUs2,022
47Libya271,231 TEUs2,019
48Estonia288,456 TEUs2,022
49Sudan320,274 TEUs2,021
50Cameroon366,667 TEUs2,020
51Cyprus371,740 TEUs2,022
52Iceland390,000 TEUs2,021
53Georgia401,269 TEUs2,021
54Bahrain404,904 TEUs2,021
55Mauritius407,825 TEUs2,022
56Yemen418,711 TEUs2,021
57Mozambique420,500 TEUs2,022
58Tunisia464,823 TEUs2,022
59Latvia471,684 TEUs2,022
60Trinidad and Tobago498,544 TEUs2,022
61Benin510,896 TEUs2,019
62Croatia544,015 TEUs2,022
63Djibouti635,000 TEUs2,022
64Angola654,590 TEUs2,022
65Lebanon675,077 TEUs2,021
66Tanzania700,000 TEUs2,022
67Cambodia732,387 TEUs2,021
68Senegal738,000 TEUs2,022
69Jordan765,662 TEUs2,021
70Romania772,046 TEUs2,022
71Myanmar846,426 TEUs2,022
72Kuwait863,618 TEUs2,020
73Honduras923,321 TEUs2,022
74Norway933,300 TEUs2,022
75Republic of the Congo999,999 TEUs2,022
76Slovenia1,017,798 TEUs2,022
77Ukraine1,022,376 TEUs2,021
78Ivory Coast1,042,418 TEUs2,021
79Lithuania1,047,941 TEUs2,022
80Denmark1,079,649 TEUs2,022
81Uruguay1,080,445 TEUs2,022
82Ireland1,154,803 TEUs2,022
83Ghana1,244,245 TEUs2,022
84Finland1,446,004 TEUs2,022
85Kenya1,450,000 TEUs2,022
86Algeria1,541,273 TEUs2,020
87Qatar1,543,591 TEUs2,021
88Iran1,550,304 TEUs2,021
89Nigeria1,566,109 TEUs2,022
90Costa Rica1,594,323 TEUs2,022
91Sweden1,631,248 TEUs2,022
92Guatemala1,660,504 TEUs2,022
93Argentina1,667,161 TEUs2,022
94Bahamas1,724,000 TEUs2,022
95Togo1,952,879 TEUs2,022
96Dominican Republic2,043,326 TEUs2,022
97Jamaica2,137,500 TEUs2,022
98Ecuador2,682,600 TEUs2,022
99Portugal2,794,454 TEUs2,022
100Peru2,865,239 TEUs2,022
101Israel2,951,000 TEUs2,022
102Malta2,993,799 TEUs2,022
103Poland3,061,848 TEUs2,022
104Bangladesh3,200,236 TEUs2,022
105Pakistan3,383,580 TEUs2,022
106New Zealand3,426,030 TEUs2,022
107Russia3,914,304 TEUs2,022
108South Africa4,053,350 TEUs2,022
109Chile4,158,260 TEUs2,022
110Colombia4,480,670 TEUs2,022
111Greece5,166,629 TEUs2,022
112Oman5,228,456 TEUs2,022
113France6,467,242 TEUs2,022
114Sri Lanka6,860,000 TEUs2,022
115Canada7,010,704 TEUs2,022
116Egypt7,765,482 TEUs2,022
117Mexico8,307,884 TEUs2,022
118Panama8,518,425 TEUs2,022
119Morocco8,835,181 TEUs2,022
120Philippines9,249,451 TEUs2,022
121Australia9,375,992 TEUs2,022
122United Kingdom9,738,676 TEUs2,022
123Saudi Arabia10,459,765 TEUs2,022
124Thailand10,497,112 TEUs2,022
125Italy11,577,495 TEUs2,022
126Brazil11,683,239 TEUs2,022
127Belgium12,303,822 TEUs2,022
128Turkey12,366,172 TEUs2,022
129Indonesia12,380,584 TEUs2,022
130Germany13,733,867 TEUs2,022
131Netherlands14,929,333 TEUs2,022
132Hong Kong16,573,000 TEUs2,022
133Spain17,161,676 TEUs2,022
134India19,717,168 TEUs2,022
135United Arab Emirates20,300,000 TEUs2,022
136Vietnam20,518,926 TEUs2,022
137Japan22,515,870 TEUs2,022
138Malaysia27,293,935 TEUs2,022
139South Korea28,502,044 TEUs2,022
140Singapore37,289,600 TEUs2,022
141United States62,214,119 TEUs2,021
142China268,990,000 TEUs2,022

What correlates with Container Port Traffic?

Pearson r against 1,420 other country metrics sharing at least 86 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Container Port Traffic tend to score higher on these

  1. Pork/Pigmeat ConsumptionPork Consumption by Country
    r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 116
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  2. Total Meat ConsumptionMeat Consumption by Country
    r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 87
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  3. Resident Patent ApplicationsPatents by Country
    r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 88
    Plot
  4. Wind Power Onshore CapacityWind Power by Country
    r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 100
    Plot
  5. Carrot and Turnip ProductionCarrot Production by Country
    r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 95
    Plot
  6. Patent ApplicationsPatents by Country
    r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 95
    Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Container Port Traffic tend to score lower on these

  1. US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
    r = −0.56 · strong · n = 140
    Plot
  2. LI Users Aged 18-24LinkedIn Users by Country
    r = −0.29 · weak · n = 135
    Plot
  3. Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
    r = −0.26 · weak · n = 103
    Plot
  4. % of Pop. Living on Less Than $3.65 USD/DayPoverty Rate by Country
    r = −0.26 · weak · n = 107
    Plot
  5. GGGI Health ScoreGlobal Gender Gap by Country
    r = −0.25 · weak · n = 109
    Plot
  6. Hypertension Age-Standardized Prevalence Females 30-79Hypertension Rates by Country
    r = −0.24 · weak · n = 131
    Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Container Port Traffic?
China has the highest Container Port Traffic, at 268,990,000 TEUs, followed by United States (62,214,119 TEUs) and Singapore (37,289,600 TEUs).
Which country has the lowest Container Port Traffic?
Bermuda has the lowest Container Port Traffic, at 4,006 TEUs.
What is the median Container Port Traffic across countries?
The median is 855,022 TEUs across the 142 countries with data.
Where does this container port traffic by country data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Port traffic - Country rankings - Global Economy; Port traffic - Containerisation International; Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) - World Bank; Container Port Traffic - Trading Economics.

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